01: Arsen Arzumanyan - Previz Artist, On Working with Film Directors and Changing Your Ego
“For our first episode, our guest is Arsen Arzumanyan is a Senior Previz artist with multiple film credits under his belt including Ready Player One, Beauty and the Beast, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I & II, Jurassic World, The Amazing Spiderman 2 and The LEGO Batman Movie. He's also directed his own (award winning) CG personal films in that demonstrate a huge imagination beyond the day job. He's very kindly agreed to talk to me to share his experience as a working artist and as a freelancer across the globe.”
0:02:18 Arsens Backstory
0:10:17 The Strategy for Getting Into Film
0:18:08 Why Previz is Dangerous
0:25:04 Ride or Die for the Director
0:36:48 Arsen’s #1 Advice
0:42:07 Necessary Skills for Previz
1:01:31 Getting Your First Previz Job/ Unreal
1:12:32 Spend Money on Ads, Not Film Festivals
1:20:07 Sam Mason and Personal Projects
1:28:22 Why Freelancing Rocks
1:37:52 Jurassic World Getting Cancelled
1:53:22 Why the LEGO Movies Rock
Arsen’s Curriculum
