Ridley Scott is one of the all-time greats. His movies are captivating, and they take us into the past, the present, and the future with epic storytelling. Scott has a wealth of experience working on different kinds of movies, but all of them have one thing in common: they have to use VFX at some point or another. VFX can seem like a luxury to some readers, but even if you have a huge budget that covers a ton of post, there's really no amount of money you can spend on VFX that can turn a bad movie good. And you don't have to take my word for it, just listen to Ridley Scott. In an exclusive interview with ScreenRant, Scott said, "The idea of visual effects is a marvelous tool. It's a tool. It should not be a repair bill for a badly made movie. And that's where your budget shoots [up]--when you haven't got it right in-camera. Visual effects are an enhancement and should be where you are saving money, rather than having to spend more money to repair a badly planned movie. And the problem is, the tendency of that is happening more often."This is a hard lesson, but a good one. A lot of people think the reason their movie turns out badly is that they don't have enough money to spend on it. But in actuality, you really need to spend the most time crafting the story. No amount of money can fix what stinks...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 3 June, 2025