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Author: Ian Failes

Articles

‘We literally turn-tabled real jets on the tarmac’

Posted onFebruary 11, 2023February 12, 2023

The VFX supervisor for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ breaks down the biggest visual effects challenges in the film, and some of the invisible effects surprises from the team.

Articles, Retro

An old Amiga with ‘Titanic’ miniature shoot ‘video taps’ on it is a treasure-trove of VFX history

Posted onFebruary 10, 2023February 11, 2023

The Commodore Amiga 4000/040 was used by Digital Domain to help craft effects shots and review miniature shoots for Titanic, Apollo 13 and True Lies.

Podcasts

The insider guide to the art and tech of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’

Posted onFebruary 10, 2023

A new VFX Notes breaks down the big ticket VFX items in the film.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch PFX’s VFX breakdown for ‘Medieval’

Posted onFebruary 10, 2023

Here’s how the Czech VFX studio PFX crafted 650 visual effects shots for the Petr Jakl film.

Articles

‘I like the idea of doing a real place, underwater tank, LED screen, animatronic and CG, and then glueing them all together’

Posted onFebruary 9, 2023

How ‘Emancipation’ VFX supervisor Rob Legato designed the Will Smith vs alligator scene.

VFX Breakdowns

Check out Cause and FX’s breakdown for ‘Mosquito Coast’

Posted onFebruary 9, 2023

See how the studio executed a key storm sequence and other shots in series 2.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch DNEG’s ‘Devotion’ VFX breakdown

Posted onFebruary 9, 2023

Planes!

VFX Breakdowns

Watch Rodeo FX’s digi-double work for ‘Stranger Things 4’

Posted onFebruary 8, 2023

A new breakdown explores the human character VFX.

Magazine

Strange designs

Posted onFebruary 7, 2023

Wētā FX unleashes zombies, and strange environs, for Multiverse of Madness.

Podcasts

Digital people, CG water, miniatures, morphing: ‘Titanic’ had it all

Posted onFebruary 6, 2023February 7, 2023

VFX supervisor Rob Legato looks back on 25 years since the film was released. And yes we talk about Propeller Guy!

VFX Breakdowns

Imageworks breaks down ‘The Sea Beast’

Posted onFebruary 4, 2023

A very impressive VFX breakdown video showcasing water effects, rigging, and character work.

Articles

Sci-Tech winners announced

Posted onFebruary 4, 2023February 4, 2023

Sci-Techs include recognition of rain bar practical FX, renderfarm management, 3D texturing and AI-driven facial veiling technology.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch a whole bunch of ‘Wakanda Forever’ breakdowns in one place

Posted onFebruary 4, 2023February 8, 2023

Featuring reels from Marvel, Digital Domain, Cinesite, Storm Studios, Scanline and Weta FX.

Magazine

The unique challenge of making a stalking, unfolding, alien entity that hides amongst the clouds

Posted onFebruary 2, 2023

MPC’s key role in designing Nope’s ‘Jean Jacket’: an excerpt from issue #8 of befores & afters magazine.

VFX Breakdowns

Check out Scanline’s VFX breakdown for ‘Andor’

Posted onFebruary 2, 2023

The studio has posted its reel.

VFX Breakdowns

Fun lighting rigs and stunt rigging set-ups on Lockwood & Co

Posted onFebruary 2, 2023February 3, 2023

Check out this official Netflix video.

VFX Breakdowns

Behind Namor’s wings in ‘Wakanda Forever’

Posted onFebruary 1, 2023

A new featurette is out!

VFX Breakdowns

See the on-location and VFX process for ‘Prehistoric Planet’

Posted onFebruary 1, 2023

MPC has released a new behind the scenes video.

Articles

Here’s how Industrial Light & Magic orchestrated Luthen’s ‘lightsaber’ ship in ‘Andor’

Posted onJanuary 31, 2023February 1, 2023

Plus, behind the scenes on ship builds to replicate the ‘miniatures look’, Ferrix’s shipyard, and Coruscant’s cityscapes.

Articles

How to find befores & afters content online, in audio and video, and in print

Posted onJanuary 30, 2023

A quick round-up of where you can find befores & afters stories, podcasts, videos and social media postings.

VFX Breakdowns

How those underwater scenes were made in ‘Wakanda Forever’

Posted onJanuary 29, 2023

Watch this new Marvel featurette.

VFX Breakdowns

Go behind the scenes of JUNG_E

Posted onJanuary 27, 2023

This featurette includes VFX making of material.

Articles

NEW to the befores & afters Patreon – LIVE STREAMS!

Posted onJanuary 26, 2023

Sign up for a ton of bonus content, and now introducing, live streams…

Articles

The volumetric capture crowd tech behind ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’

Posted onJanuary 25, 2023February 3, 2023

A step-by-step on how 700 terabytes worth of volumetric capture was crafted for the concert crowds in the Whitney Houston biopic.

Articles

The VFX Oscar noms are out!

Posted onJanuary 25, 2023

Congrats to the nominees, and here’s how befores & afters covered each project.

Articles

How the ‘Pinocchio’ VFX team took the stop-motion further

Posted onJanuary 24, 2023January 24, 2023

They crafted environments, water, snow, rain and many other effects for the Guillermo del Toro film.

VFX Breakdowns

VIDEO: Explore this VFX breakdown for ‘The Pale Blue Eye’

Posted onJanuary 24, 2023

Director Scott Cooper’s film, now on Netflix, features a range of invisible effects supervised by Jake Braver and crafted by studios including Phosphene FX and ILM.

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