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But everything is against you when you're making a movie: the logistics of putting a crew out where you need to go, whether the light is fading; if the weather's not right, something's wrong.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":47,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":48},{},[],{"id":67,"quote_text":68,"author_id":5,"source_id":55,"has_image":56,"author":69,"source":70,"quote_tag":71,"commentary":48},3995719,"My background is in VFX, and I know from experience that the best VFX are when you have something real in the frame that you can either extend or work off of. 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