๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—™๐—ซ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—™๐—ซ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

"๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ? ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ, ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด."

In compositing, what you ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ is as important as what you put in. Every frame is a decision. Every decision is a story. And the best compositors? They know when to say, "Thatโ€™s enough."

The truth is, VFX isnโ€™t about showcasing every trick you know, itโ€™s about ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† so they feel invisible. But that mastery comes only with practice, feedback, and a deep understanding of ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€.

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€

When building your reel, donโ€™t cram it with every cool effect youโ€™ve learned. Instead, show your ability to make thoughtful, intentional choices. Because thatโ€™s what gets noticed and hired.

Whatโ€™s a skill you wish was emphasized more in Compositing?

Let me know in the comments below.