Learning is one thing. Mastery is another.

For Hiroka, studying compositing isnโ€™t just about following lessons, itโ€™s about ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ.

Her biggest expectation? ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น. How much can she improve? How far can she go?

Her biggest challenge? ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ. The lessons are in English. The topics are technical. And for someone learning in a second language, thatโ€™s no small hurdle.

Then thereโ€™s the other challenge, ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. The VFX industry thrives on connections, but how do you build relationships in an online program?

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ Hirokas! ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ '๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ Hiroka' ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†.

๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€.

๐ŸŽฅ Shot, edited, and produced by our co-founder, Andrew Zeller.