{"id":3696,"date":"2014-08-08T07:34:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T21:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2014-08-06T07:32:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T21:32:57","slug":"hobbit-desolation-smaug-behind-special-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/hobbit-desolation-smaug-behind-special-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to work in special effects for movies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Smaug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Smaug-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"Smaug\" width=\"180\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Smaug-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Smaug-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Smaug-69x55.jpg 69w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Smaug.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many of the latest movies rely heavily on computer generated special effects and animation but exactly how do you land a job like that and what do you need to study?<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year I put that question to Dave Clayton who was the visual effect supervisor for The Hobbit: the desolation of smaug. \u00a0Listen below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3696-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Hobbit_Desolation-of-Smaug_Dave-Clayton-visual-fx-supervisor.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Hobbit_Desolation-of-Smaug_Dave-Clayton-visual-fx-supervisor.mp3\">http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Hobbit_Desolation-of-Smaug_Dave-Clayton-visual-fx-supervisor.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PGUGF44GJ_E?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of the latest movies rely heavily on computer generated special effects and animation but exactly how do you land a job like that and what do you need to study? 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