Compositing
📋 What it is
Compositing layers many separate images — actors, backgrounds, effects — into one seamless final shot.
🗣️ Coach says
One movie shot is often many images stacked together: the actor here, a background there, an explosion added on top, all blended so you never see the seams. That layering is “compositing.” The final shot is a beautiful, invisible collage.
🧠 Memory hook
Compositing = layer many images into ONE seamless shot. Hide the seams.
😂 Giggle
What do you call a dinosaur made with special effects?
A special-FX-tinction!
😲 Whoa!
A single blockbuster frame can be a composite of dozens of separate layers, each created by a different artist, blended into one image.
✅ Quick check: What does “compositing” do in visual effects?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
It layers many separate images (actors, backgrounds, effects) into one seamless final shot, blended so the joins are invisible.
Compositing is how all the effect layers become one believable image.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Imagine three layers of a shot (actor, background, effect) and how they’d stack.