Creating a High Quality VFX Sequence on Budget - Full Breakdown

Credits:
-produced, directed and vfx: Sondre Fagerborg
-DOP: Theodor Hjelmtveit
-starring: Amanda Robertsen
-Helmet modelling: Bruno Peres
-Corridor base layout: Denys Kostenko
-BTS photography & help: Sebastian Sveen

[@rashidmadni6562]

Absolutely phenomenal, those nuke scripts made my eyes fall on ground.

[@fagerborg960]

yayy thanks :DD

[@danielvaladares14]

THIS VIDEO DESERVES 1 MILLION VIEWS

[@fagerborg960]

It makes me happy that you think so!

[@twinsparadox8700]

True

[@isi_kebulan]

this shot needs a master class and I am ready pay for it

[@fagerborg960]

damn! :O

[@himmat1110]

i also

[@thegreatalton]

Definitely, same.

[@jonatanseifert5300]

@@fagerborg960 You have my money too

[@jonatanseifert5300]

Even the "simple" stuff that nobody explaines. There are a billion tutorials on how to model, but I never found stuff for distortion matching, grey/ chromeball etc. Like how to shoot for vfx

[@amatoris_]

this video deserves much love

[@fagerborg960]

🥰🥰

[@AdeoluMakinde]

As a compositor myself, that nuke script gave me the visualgarsm 😊

[@fagerborg960]

aw that makes me happy!

[@yourweso]

omg broo that was truly phenomenal honestly, i was quite amazed that after months of filming and shooting the product turned out very well

[@fagerborg960]

Thanks man! it's always a bit scary 🙏

[@sheraz3D]

The art of problem solving. See you guys in future hollywood movies👍

[@fagerborg960]

so many problems😅

[@sheraz3D]

@@fagerborg960 more problems =more dollars😅

[@jaym2267]

Bravo. You definitely pulled it off!

[@fagerborg960]

thanks man, good to hear!

[@carlosmilite]

This Is Hollywood quality. Amazing 😮

[@fagerborg960]

thank you so much! :D

[@vietphung2413]

Bro, this is so dope, i got goosebumps, i think i will never can do scene like this

[@fagerborg960]

aw, thank you so much! thats soo cool to hear!

[@AboBooi]

WILD! INCREDIBLE WORK MAN!!

[@fagerborg960]

thank you so much brother!🙏

[@MiDaY_i]

Beyonddddd blown away OMFG!

[@fagerborg960]

damn thank you! :D 🙏

[@FLQR3D]

mann, this is so good and so inspiring.

[@fagerborg960]

aw thats so fun to hear, thanks!

[@raghuware2469]

wow as a beginner artist myself i aspire to be at your level

[@fagerborg960]

aw thank you, just keep going!

[@CompositeNation]

Man this video is underrated, incredible piece of VFX and great and solid workflow!! Congratulations!

[@fagerborg960]

thank you so much brother! 🙏

[@assemble3d704]

Your video is fantastic and very informative! I really enjoyed watching it. However, I found the background music a bit loud, which made it difficult to hear your instructions clearly at times. Maybe lowering the background music volume or increasing the voiceover volume would help. Keep up the great work!

[@fagerborg960]

Thank you sm, and thank you for the feedback. Will keep that in mind for next time! 🙏

[@InLightVFX]

Fantastic end product and thank you for showing the process! Btw I think it would be good to boost the volume on your voiceover and enunciate your words a bit more, it was hard to hear you when you trailed off. And it's not an issue with your accent. Anyway, loved this and can't wait to see more from you!

[@fagerborg960]

@@InLightVFX Hey man thank you so much! You have a good point on the voice, just checked your channel and I have a bit to learn from you on that😂🤌. Thanks🙏

[@asifkhan13080]

one of the best video i ever saw.

[@fagerborg960]

damn, thank you so much!

[@amperin8999]

Just amazing

[@fagerborg960]

thank you sm!

[@PrashantYadav-ys7oj]

That is truly remarkable! Could you please inform us about the schedule for the tutorial class if you are planning any? I am keenly interested in knowing when it will take place...

[@fagerborg960]

Thank you sm! Not currently planning on doing that, what are you interested in learning? :)

[@koncreate8744]

Glad to see fellow problem solving enjoyer in the wild.

[@fagerborg960]

haha for sure!

[@cgworm6111]

The quality is through the Roof. Keep making awesome content🔥💯

[@fagerborg960]

Thank you, will do! 🙏

[@r8teful]

Impresive, I would recommend increasing the volume of your voice-over next time, the music was too loud which made it hard to hear what you where trying to say

[@fagerborg960]

Thanks, and thanks for the feedback, the levels should have had some more work yes! 🙏

[@NestGFX_]

Exceptional work, damnnn

[@fagerborg960]

thank you so much! 🙏

[@vennettianimationstudio]

Incredible, good work bro

[@fagerborg960]

thank you brother!

[@BrownHuman]

incredible work dude! amazing visualizing and execution.

[@fagerborg960]

thank youu!😍

[@dhruvbharadva9135]

Awesome!

[@fagerborg960]

thankyouu!

[@Laronamowo]

good job team

[@fagerborg960]

🙏🙏

[@MaximilliaRay]

this video is packed with goodness, just subscribed!

[@fagerborg960]

Ahh thank you!!

[@Enderblade18]

Really wish I #1 had friends that cared enough to assist my VFX journey and #2 the ability to make VFX this good lol Nice job though looks like a movie to me!

[@fagerborg960]

you''ll find them! Thank you so much!!🙏

[@votruongquannguyen5451]

Hollywood! Hire this man!!!!

[@timeline0259]

It's so crazzzzzzzzz......y !!! Everthing you done is amazing! Looking forward to your next video

[@fagerborg960]

aw thank you so much!

[@isi_kebulan]

this is wholesome. glad to see someone using maya and a proffessional workflow for a change. this is film quality vfx. earned your self a subscription. wish i could learn more from you. do you have patreon? theres very few info on youtube on how you actually use a color chart and a mirror ball in production .

[@fagerborg960]

For sure, not too much info out there on the "pro" workflows! Thank you so much though, i don't have anything like that right now unfortunately, focus has been on creating!🙏

[@Kayyy03]

those reflections on the glass of suit made my eyes fall on ground.

[@ShymonMusic]

Holy... I love to see the process - super inspiring. This video will definitely push me to try making one someday!

[@fagerborg960]

That makes me happy, glad it was valuable!🙏

[@nuuts4993]

What a crazy job dude

[@fagerborg960]

thanks man! :D

[@motionsam]

phenomenal work

[@fagerborg960]

thank youu!

[@Gireshahid33]

superb

[@fagerborg960]

🙏

[@dongssssk2]

beautiful

[@fagerborg960]

thank youu!!

[@galravid-tal8517]

Beautiful work! Amazing to see you breaking it down, keep on rocking! Thank you!

[@fagerborg960]

Thank you so much!🙏

[@jokergeek6309]

What would be the cost if it was done in a film dude.The output and Quality was very nice, In future If I done a movie I will contact you definitely, your works are amazing man.Keep it up dude.

[@harshitvedi4029]

This is absolutely amazing!! i just love how great and realistic the scene looks. LOVE It!

[@fagerborg960]

woah, thanks a lot man, means a lot!

[@kiraofcl]

this came out so cool! cant wait to see whats next ❤

[@fagerborg960]

Thank you sm!!🙏

[@tareqbengah6820]

Amazing work !!

[@fagerborg960]

thanks!!

[@VFXSHOWDOWN]

Amazing work man

[@fagerborg960]

thank you so much!🙏

[@VFXSHOWDOWN]

@@fagerborg960 keep it up

[@pondoitsame927]

i really want to learn about full VFX pipeline that included in breakdown

[@fagerborg960]

What specifically are you interested in?

[@fagerborg960]

and thank you sm!

[@pondoitsame927]

@@fagerborg960 im interested in your composition skill

[@tusharkashyap2431]

This is so good dood🎉

[@fagerborg960]

thank you sm! :D

[@balavfx934]

great work.

[@fagerborg960]

thank you!🙏

[@phantomcorps3373]

Well done with some very interesting results! (FYI, the music under the voiceover made it hard to hear some of what you were saying.)

[@fagerborg960]

Will put more work into this balance in the future, thank you for the feedback!

[@unrealengine5900]

Brilliant!!!

[@fagerborg960]

thank you!!

[@brightlightproduction]

Amazing work...Loved it

[@fagerborg960]

thank you sm!🙏

[@GiancarloBombardieri]

incredible job!! congratulations!!

[@fagerborg960]

Thanks man!😊

[@ASKVFX]

Really impressive work. Bravo!!

[@fagerborg960]

thank you so much!

[@Dshowz]

Incredible & inspiring thank man ❤️

[@fagerborg960]

thank you so much!

[@MasteringCinematics]

Congrats man! Looks amazing

[@fagerborg960]

thank you sm!

[@manojachar5083]

Loved comp❤❤

[@fagerborg960]

yay thnaks! :D

[@SunSeiROFX]

Brilliantly made! and thanks for the great tips! 👍👏

[@fagerborg960]

thank you! glad you found some value😃

[@Txndai]

incredible

[@fagerborg960]

thank you! :D

[@garnalmaani]

World class level

[@fagerborg960]

thank you!!

[@user-vs2uy4mu5u]

great vid can't wait to see more!

[@fagerborg960]

Thank you!!🤩

[@satishpillaigamedev]

fabulous 👏👏👏👏👏

[@fagerborg960]

thank youu!

[@darkelectronicmusic]

Nice work on this

[@fagerborg960]

thank you!!

[@himmat1110]

Amazing

[@fagerborg960]

thank you! 🙏

[@MaheshHima]

Good work

[@fagerborg960]

thank youu!!

[@lizkeres2593]

Really great work, but sadly the animation breaks the illusion a bit. Maybe you could have object tracked the hand with a separate marker and bind it to the ok controller of your arm rig. Then, you'd only have to animate the fingers

[@fagerborg960]

Thanks man! for sure, but my biggest issue is how the rig is behaving, and the body + shoulders feeling kind of static when she moves. It might have to do with the actual anim as youre saying though, great input, thanks again! :D

[@OlawoleAdaja]

Awesome

[@fagerborg960]

thank youu!

[@tamfx]

very interesting

[@fagerborg960]

glad to hear man! 🙏

[@reggielj]

Incredible work!

[@fagerborg960]

Thank you sm!

[@samuraigfx404]

Lit stuff 🔥

[@fagerborg960]

thanks! 🙏

[@anointed4artistry160]

I am so impressed with your innovative and hardworking mindset! Incredible how you reached this level of quality! How long did it take you to complete this scene in particular? How long have you been learning VFX? Did you go to school at all? Take any courses?

[@fagerborg960]

@@anointed4artistry160 Hey, thank you sm! This was in production for about 4 months on and of, most work going in to assets and r&d tbh. Been learning VFX for about three years. But been doing simple after effects stuff before that again. Three years at the VFX program in oslo, but also mixing in online courses and KZbin

[@cooldistrict9264]

thank you for sharing!

[@fagerborg960]

hope you found some value!

[@Iqroh]

This is amazing dude

[@fagerborg960]

thank you!!🙏

[@samaouioussama1594]

EPIC !!!!

[@fagerborg960]

thank youu!

[@maikonoribka9749]

only the hand animation was kinda strange to me, but the rest is 11/10. everything merge so nicely to the scene! Awesome job!

[@fagerborg960]

Thanks man! 🙏

[@mikoalt]

Insane work dude!

[@fagerborg960]

thank you brother! :D

[@jhay_vine5083]

AMAZINGGG

[@fagerborg960]

THANKYOU!

[@Rob_eight10media]

great stuff 🙂.. I wish the narration was a little clearer and maybe music volume a little lower..

[@fagerborg960]

thanks man, appreciate the feedback! :DD

[@hivfx9021]

well done~~~bro!

[@fagerborg960]

thank you!!

[@tommygomel]

Amazing project !! Only thing to say is that you should ask a sound designer to work on the sequence next time, it would elevate it to a new level !

[@fagerborg960]

for sure, that part is hard too! thanks man!🙏

[@Fiftypie]

holy fuck you're good , incredible breakdown man

[@fagerborg960]

thanks man, that means a lot🙏

[@vivekrakholiya1500]

amazing man ❤‍🔥

[@fagerborg960]

thank you!!🙏

[@fajarhimansyah910]

wow your work is stunning, i wonder where are these people learning about VFX, Compositing, etc. because i want learn it so bad

[@fagerborg960]

@@fajarhimansyah910 thank you sm! Quite good compositing program in Oslo, I’m also mixing in some online learning as well.

[@fajarhimansyah910]

@@fagerborg960 you mean like online course? Where you find those online course?

[@guillaumevfx]

@@fagerborg960 Yes, which online course do you recommend?

[@fagerborg960]

@@guillaumevfx Compositing Academy / Alex Hannemann have helped me quite a bit in the start

[@guillaumevfx]

@@fagerborg960 Okay thanks, is there a way to contact him?

[@cloud_brust]

its very amazing

[@fagerborg960]

thank you so much!

[@montyasr]

You did amazing ❤. That's the next level of creativity. Please make a video, trying similar scene in (Unreal Engine 5 + blender) with less physical resources.

[@fagerborg960]

thank you so much, that could have been fun!

[@VibeBox12]

you are top of the tops

[@fagerborg960]

ahh thankyou!

[@surfexcelll]

Amazing 🔥🔥

[@fagerborg960]

thnak you! :D

[@MOHAMMED-viduals]

wowwwww This is amazing

[@fagerborg960]

thaaank you!! 🙏

[@RedaHarrouss]

hats off

[@fagerborg960]

@@RedaHarrouss thank you🙌

[@brucemangeard2453]

Such a great work dude !!

[@fagerborg960]

@@brucemangeard2453 thank you sm !!

[@dszarts]

well DAMN!

[@fagerborg960]

🙏🙏

[@umaedited]

"we can do basically whatever we wanted"

[@fagerborg960]

"could" but pronunciation was a bit unclear hehe

[@ryanc-9700]

amazing!

[@fagerborg960]

thank you :DD

[@ummhmm8012]

amazing

[@fagerborg960]

thanks! :DD

[@aquinuofficial]

This vid is fire

[@fagerborg960]

aw thanks!

[@marheim9361]

Helt sjukt!

[@fagerborg960]

Takk!🙏🙏

[@hassaanvfx]

That's a lot of work ! Amazing breakdown!

[@fagerborg960]

It is for sure, thank you!🙏

[@ocdvfx]

insane

[@fagerborg960]

thank youu!🙏

[@lionel_the_lion_art3211]

Love the end result and it looks incredible. I aim to get as good as you one day. I was looking at the helmet movement with the head and I feel it has this really light weight movement due to it being a foam base. Do you think adding weights into the foam helmet would make the movement appear as if the helmet has more weight to it and it'd look a bit more natural. That's the only thing that was throwing me off and is just something I thought would improve it. Amazing work and video quality in general. Keep it up!

[@fagerborg960]

It's actually just the small front bit which is foam, but yeah it might make sense to have an even heavier helmet.. And thank you so much!🙏

[@etoilenoire666_]

insaneee

[@fagerborg960]

@@etoilenoire666_ thank you!!🤩

[@rahulmohanty3505]

It's really outstanding, I want to learn from you.

[@fagerborg960]

thanks man! What would you like to learn?

[@rahulmohanty3505]

I'm from India, I just started my career as a VFX artist and also interested in making films but I don't know the process behind all of this. And I really want to learn the CGI thing and how you shoot how you plan all of this.