This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on May 16, 2025.The mission quickly turns perilous when he learns that he and the target are surrounded by people trying to kill them.We sat down with editor Ben Mills to learn about how he used Adobe After Effects to bring the wild visual effects (VFX) of Fight or Flight to the big screen — from infusing chaos and carnage into the hard opening to removing logos and reconstructing shots with Content Aware Fill to fully finalizing the VFX for a number of scenes. He also shared his advice for maintaining an efficient After Effects workflow: “Try to keep it simple. There's nothing worse than doing something so complex it becomes difficult to unpick or pass on to someone else.”Learn more about VFX storytelling from Mills below, and don’t forget to check out Fight or Flight, which premiered in theaters on May 9th.How did you first get into editing and VFX design? What drew you to it?Ben Mills: I've always had an interest in VFX and always experimented with After Effects during university. My first real taste of it professionally was on “Kick-Ass 2,” mocking up temp shots and creating more complex VFX in order to help tell the story. This really gave me a huge understanding of how powerful they can be and how necessary they are to the storytelling process, even from a base level.What was the inspiration behind your VFX work on this...
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