How do you marry practical and visual effects without bumping the audience? That’s what the team behind the film, Snatchers did. Snatchers is a horror-comedy film about a teen girl who wakes up nine months pregnant with an alien.
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In today’s episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins and Jason Hellerman speak with filmmakers Stephen Cedars and Benji Kleiman to discuss:
- Practical effects - what are they?
- Some of our favorite practical effects in film
- How practical effects can be more effective than CGI
- Scaring away Bob Murawski with the smell of farts
- Finding a balance between CGI and practical effects
- How Stephen and Benji approach writing sketches
- Transitioning into making feature films
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