In-depth on face replacement, environments and that crazy tennis ball POV shot in ‘Challengers’

November 27, 2024

A new podcast with VFX supervisor Brian Drewes.

Today on the befores & afters podcast, we’re talking to ZERO VFX visual effects supervisor Brian Drewes about the film, Challengers. Now, if you’re a befores & afters reader, you might have already seen some coverage of this fantastic tennis film in the magazine, but I wanted to share a follow-up chat I had with Brian where we go into a lot of fun detail about face replacements, environments, crafting slow-mo shots and a range of invisible effects. This really is one of the most unique visual effects projects from the past year, I think.

This episode of the befores & afters podcast is sponsored by SideFX. Looking for great customer case studies, presentations and demos? Head to the SideFX YouTube channel. There you’ll find tons of Houdini, Solaris and Karma content. This includes recordings of recent Houdini HIVE sessions from around the world.

Check out the chat above, a behind the scenes video below.

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