Q&A: I’m making a movie. How do I do special effects?

Question by Yas: I’m making a movie. How do I do special effects?
I’m making a movie for the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld, and I need to do lots of special effects, like hoverboarding, that kind of stuff. I have absolutly NO idea how to do this! Please help me! How do I do special effects? And I’m on a cheapish budget here, too…

Best answer:

Answer by Jason B
Yeah, ok. You should maybe learn things before attempting something like this. It will take software to make good effects and most software like that is not cheap. People go to school for these things.

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