Great VFX reel !

The opposite approach? Building sets that are not in the shot, but affect the actor's performances..

Building a Set No One Can See ...... With The Passion of Joan of Arc, ( Carl) Dreyer did something that proved incredibly controversial. He had his crew build giant elaborate sets for the actors to perform in, but the majority of this set construction and art direction isn’t visible in the finished film as a result of the prominent close-ups throughout. Dreyer pursued such an elaborate spatial design not to show off the work of his crew, but to permit his actors to immerse themselves in their surroundings in a way that would place them in the emotional and physical space of the 15th century trial depicted during filming.

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Yes...but the VFX biz is losing money as they are paid slave wages. On Beasts of the Southern Wild, they used VFX students with no pay. Most VFX work in Hollywood is subsidized by foreign governments...

http://www.studiodaily.com/2013/01/scott-ross-on-globalization-and-other-thoughts/

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/vfx-soldier-criticizes-beasts-free-labor-in-wall-street-journal/