Episode 299 - Lou Pecora - VFX Supervisor

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Returning podcast guest Lou Pecora was inspired by the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Haunted Mansion</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">ride,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Star Wars,</span></em> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sinbad</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and his love of taking things apart to pursue a career in VFX. His first work was creating morphs for</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buffy the Vampire Slayer</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and he’s gone on to work on big-budget movies and TV shows at Digital Domain and now Zoic.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this epic discussion, Lou breaks down some of the challenges that he’s faced recently, from transforming a straitjacket into a man for</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Legion</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to a nightmare-inducing shot for</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lucy in the Sky</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and COVID-19 shutting down production on</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Fargo</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. He also talks about how his career is progressing, how he’s stayed upbeat and kept himself busy during the lockdown, and he delves into the pros and cons of real-time production methods.</span></p>