Behind the practical creature effects on ‘Sinners’
Special effects artist Mike Fontaine breaks down his work on the film.
How Wētā FX crafted a horde of infected for season 2 of ‘The Last of Us’
An excerpt from issue #34 of befores & afters magazine.
Previs and postvis reels for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
John Allardice, who was pre/postvisualization supervisor at Intelligent Species on Top Gun: Maverick, has released four incredible reels showcasing his team's work
Populating the world of ‘Andor’ with droids and creatures
An excerpt from issue #33 of befores & afters magazine.
‘The Last of Us’ s2 VFX breakdowns all in one place
A continuing collection of VFX breakdowns and making ofs from season 2 of 'The Last of Us'.
See RISE FX’s VFX breakdowns for ‘Daredevil: Born Again’
Including that oner!
Issue #34 is out and covers the practical and digital effects in ‘The Last of Us’ season 2
Issue #34 of befores & afters magazine is now out in PRINT and DIGITAL!
A team of just three VFX artists helped make the million dollar-winning commercial in the Doritos ‘Crash the Super Bowl’ contest
Here’s how they did it (including a whole bunch of VFX breakdown videos).
‘The number of times we talked about a blood and guts cannon in prep meetings was…fantastic’
The VFX supervisor for ‘The Monkey’ breaks down the film’s craziest and quirkiest death scenes. Plus, exclusive visual effects breakdown videos of
A quick behind the scenes of ‘M3GAN 2.0’
Some on-set puppetry. Hats off to the VFX clean-up team!
Planes, dams and invisible visual effects
How key scenes in Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme were made, including with miniatures!
Ingenious ways the deaths were filmed for ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’
See the practical effects, bluescreen shoots and other ways that the deaths were captured.
ILM breaks down the VFX in ‘Andor’, season 2
The VFX studio has released a new reel of its visual effects for the season.
Go behind the scenes of season 2 of ‘Andor’ in a full issue of befores & afters magazine
Issue #33 of befores & afters magazine is now out in PRINT and DIGITAL!
Full ep of Marvel Studios’ ‘Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ is released
Ahead of Disney+ series Ironheart release, the full making of for Wakanda Forever is now on YouTube.
What you didn’t know about Nuke’s 3D system and how it was developed
Get a rare insight into the making of Nuke at Digital Domain, including a Nuke script for a classic Titanic VFX shot.
The surprising use of visual effects in season 6 of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
The invisible effects work in the show you may not have noticed.
The art of two Mickeys
Classic splitscreens, traditional face replacements and new approaches to machine learning-assisted face swapping allowed for twinning shots in ‘Mickey 17’. An excerpt
How Wētā FX created Seasmoke in ‘House of the Dragon’ s2
A new VFX breakdown is out.
Twinning, Creepers and more VFX covered in the ‘Mickey 17’ issue
Issue #32 of befores & afters magazine is now out in PRINT and DIGITAL!
A new book dives into the 3-strip dye-transfer printing process pioneered by Technicolor
And it reveals some more filmmaking history you might not already know.
OK, so how do you show a saw cutting through someone’s face?
How make-up effects work and digital visual effects combined to craft this shot.
Go behind the scenes of ‘How To Train Your Dragon’
This official b-roll showcases on-set puppetry, motion base/gimbal dragon riding and more.
How the twinning on ‘Sinners’ with Michael B. Jordan was achieved
This official featurette looks at the twinning work in the film, including via the use of the 'Halo Rig'.
Crafty Apes breaks down its work for ‘The Residence’
See how the VFX studio crafted scenes for inside and around the White House. Watch the breakdown here.
Behind the scenes on Wētā FX’s previs for ‘The Last of Us’ Jackson siege
They have released a fun featurette.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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