Understanding VFX: From Screenplay to Screen

​This session offers a high-level introduction to the visual effects pipeline, breaking down the key departments involved in bringing visual effects to screen. It will cover the roles and responsibilities across each stage of production, from early planning and asset creation through to final compositing, helping audiences understand how the different parts of the pipeline come together.

​The session will also introduce virtual production, exploring how it complements and integrates with traditional visual effects workflows. By examining where virtual production sits within the pipeline, the talk aims to clarify how modern filmmaking blends real-time technologies with established VFX practices.

​Overall, the session provides a clear and practical overview of how visual effects are created today, and how different disciplines collaborate to support storytelling across film and television.

​About the Speaker

​Perry Yap is a Singapore-based visual effects professional and co-founder of Citystate Studio, formed by former ILM Singapore leadership. His experience spans large-scale international productions including Marvel and Star Wars films, as well as local features such as We Are All Strangers and Ah Girl, which are due for release this year.

​Through his work, Perry focuses on bringing proven post-production workflows and best practices from global productions into Singaporean films. He advocates for clearer understanding, early planning, and practical production approaches to strengthen collaboration between VFX teams and the wider filmmaking ecosystem.