Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to create special effects
- Confirm special effects requirements and timelines in consultation with relevant personnel and with reference to production documentation
- Based on analysis of special effects requirements, suggest changes to specifications if appropriate, and confirm final requirements with relevant personnel
- Discuss with relevant personnel a range of construction methods and techniques that could be used to meet design and production requirements
- Consider the effect of lighting on materials and finishes when choosing methods and techniques
- Agree on methods and techniques that will provide the best visual interpretation of script requirements, taking into account budget and time constraints
- Select required equipment and materials according to design and production requirements
- Construct special effects
- Participate in ongoing discussions throughout the construction process to ensure special effects design requirements are met
- Create special effects items using selected materials and production techniques
- Observe health and safety and industry safety guidelines throughout the construction phase
- Participate in ongoing production technique trials to achieve the best results and solve problems that arise during the construction phase
- Label and store partially completed special effects items to enable easy retrieval and to avoid loss or damage during the production phase
- Finalise special effects
- In consultation with relevant personnel, evaluate and check special effects items for accuracy and compliance with design and production specifications
- Adjust special effects items as required
- Label and store finished special effects in readiness for productions
- Evaluate own performance in the process of creating special effects items and note areas for improvement