Episode 370 - Andrew Orloff - VFX Supervisor/Owner, Zoic Studios

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After being inspired by</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Star Wars</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to pursue a career in VFX, Andrew Orloff became a technical director on</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">South Park</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and worked on Joss Whedon’s (un)holy trinity of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buffy the Vampire Slayer</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Angel</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Firefly</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. After founding Zoic Studios, he’s gone on to serve as VFX supervisor and creative director on some of TV’s biggest shows, including</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Once Upon a Time</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The 100</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Fringe</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">For All Mankind</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this podcast, Andrew talks Chris through the evolution of VFX technology and techniques, from huge Silicone Graphics workstations and renting blade servers to the latest real-time technology for pre-viz and VFX and cloud rendering. You’ll find out how tax incentives work when most of your team works from home, how he collaborates with creatives on big shows — and he answers the burning question of whether working on streaming series is more like TV or film.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">April is Autism Acceptance Month, and Chaos is highlighting some of the upcoming graduates of Exceptional Minds, an academy and studio for neurodiverse young adults. This week, we have Andrew Rosengard, who will be graduating with an emphasis in VFX. You ca