<p><b><img class="aligncenter wp-image-2312" src="https://incrediblemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DSC_0442-684x1024.jpg" alt="" width="340" height="509" />We recently spoke to Sergio Mishchenko who recently won quite a few awards for his amazing work in visual effects. It was great catching up with him, here’s what he had to say:</b></p>
<p><b>How are you doing Sergio?</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Busy as always!</span></p>
<p><b>Your project ‘Spare One’ has received quite a few awards, congrats!</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Thank you! </span></p>
<p><b>I also heard that you won awards not only just in visual effects, is that correct?</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">I have, including a few Best Commercial awards, Best of the Month, Best Sci-Fi Short and others. A while back, I had some photography recognition as well.</span></p>
<p><b>What does it take to win these awards? </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">I usually get obsessed with something and spend all my time on it. In regards to photography and cinematography, I remember reading every piece of material I could find on the subjects when I was starting out. I guess you can say, this discipline comes from my musical background. </span></p>
<p><b>You play music too? Wow! </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">I barely practice these days – I have no time or a band, but when I started, I remember practicing for 10 hours a day, every day. The most important element however, is the enjoyment –that is the easiest way to learn anything. </span></p>
<p><b>Speaking of ‘Spare One’, was it enjoyable to make? </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">It was fun, but of course it was a lot of work. You don’t think about it in the process, you’re just having fun. If I knew how long it would have taken me to ?nish it, I would still do it -just to prove to myself that I could pull it off. </span></p>
<p><b>How long did it take you? I thought there were quite a few people involved in it?</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Well, pre-production took a little while, ?guring out all the details. Production took a few days, one of which was a re-shoot. Of course, like on any production, not everything goes as planned, and you have to improvise. </span></p>
<p><b>Did something go wrong?</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">There were little things here and there. For instance, my plan was to design the shuttle interior to have a clear idea of what to create. But unexpected last minute hiccups left no time for that. So I was designing and making it kind of on the ?y -which is not something I normally do. </span></p>
<p><b>So how long did post-production take you?</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">It took a few months, give or take. I recently went through some of the ?les &#8211; interestingly enough, about 85 percent of the shuttle interior was done in less than a month &#8211; but the last 15 percent took another 2 or 3. You’re just sitting there thinking, “How can I make it 2% better”? And you stick to it, until you run out of willpower, haha. Then there were some things which were more straightforward.</span></p>
<p><b>Well I wish you all the best on your future endeavors. I’m sure you’ve got quite a few of them ahead of you! </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Yes, that’s true, I always have a few projects scheduled. Thank you!</span></p>