What do VFX assistants do on big hollywood feature films?

Anthony Snitzer has an interesting blog/journal documenting what he got up to as visual effects assistant working on The Avengers for five weeks. Daily tasks range from the mundane (picking up printer ink) to the more exciting – watching explosions and doing LIDAR scans from a helicopter. If you want to know what its really like to work in the film business then definitely have a read through Anthony’s blog.