One of the coolest things about being a VFX Supe is getting to do all kinds of fun stuff that people with real jobs never get a chance to do. This always comes to mind when I’m breaking something or blowing something up or ordering someone to jump off the side of a twenty foot scaffold. It’s at those times when you think to yourself “Wow, this is so cool. I can’t believe I’m actually getting paid to do this!” Well, on the set of one of my shows I got chance to jump into a flight suit and and see life on the other side of the greenscreen. What happened was this, during a shoot we found out that we were missing some in-cockpit footage of jet pilot. There were no extras or stand-ins available so I bellied up to bar and risked almost certain ridicule from my peers for the sake of my craft. Sure I don’t look like much of a fighter pilot in these pictures, but just imagine me with my mask on, a CG airplane around me and whole lotta camera shake. Badass.
LINK to a few more photos of me on set
Mission Accomplished