Prodigal FX Reel

Sep 2011 | 0 min read

Role: F/X Producer
When: Spring 2011
Tools Used: Adobe After Effects

What: Special effects produced for an Elon M.A. Interactive Media short film titled “The Prodigal.”

The goal of these effects were to add some higher-end special effects on no budget while my classmate and I were in graduate school at Elon University.

Techniques used include: pre-composited layers, 3D lights and shadows, Particle Playground.

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