A brand new podcast in the ILM series.
You’re listening to another episode in our special ILM series, as part of the release of my book, Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation.
For that book, someone I spoke to was John Knoll, who is Executive Creative Director at ILM. Now, I’ve been lucky enough to speak to John over the years about so many things–from Jar Jar to the podrace, to Davey Jones, and to his miniatures and motion control rigs for models in the Mandoverse.
In this conversation, we focused on two fun things: the advent of digital VFX tech at ILM, and then also an in-depth chat on the maelstrom in the third Pirates of the Caribbean film. That maelstrom proved to be a huge challenge, and it was fascinating hearing the ways John and the team at ILM had to navigate huge voxels and sims, director feedback, and find innovative ways to solve complex problems.
This podcast is sponsored by RE:Vision Effects.
Here’s a quick quiz: Name the company that made VFX for these movies?
E.T., Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Abyss, Terminator 2,, Forest Gump, The Mask, Twister, Mission Impossible, Spawn, Speed II, Saving Private Ryan, The Perfect Storm, AI, Minority Report, Cowboys and Aliens, Lucy, Kong: Skull Island, The Revenant, The Batman, Alien: Romulus and Running Man?
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