‘Stories in Bollywood are changing; technology will too’

Arrvind Armugam (37) is a visual effects (VFX) supervisor and filmmaker. A gold medallist in direction from the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, he was one of the first people to have mastered the editing software Avid. He teaches VFX and is writing his first Bollywood film.

What is your educational background? I studied botany in school, after which I did the direction course. I have learnt everything else about VFX on the job, by working on films, talking to people and from the Internet. 

What does it take to be a VFX expert?

A science, physics, math or art background is a huge boon for anyone trying to get into VFX for films.

A VFX expert tries to mimic real-life physics to be able to create a real-looking scene. Special effects and its entire body of work now fall under visual effects. It  covers everything from shooting a bomb blast in films to action sequences.

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