‘Men in Black’ and its crazy collection of real and CG creatures
“I’ve always told people that when you have a movie that's fairly complicated be sure to have a talking pug dog in
The making of the dream-like CG music video to Mac Miller’s ‘Colors and Shapes’
How Hornet crafted the video for the song by Mac Miller, who died in 2018.
How the ‘2D’ Chip in ‘Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers’ was actually 3D
And how MPC had to make Seth Rogen’s Uncanny Valley Bob character look as bad as possible.
Exclusive: Watch DNEG’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ VFX breakdown
Pirate ships, Blackbeard, a kraken and more.
A quick look at those flies in s4 of ‘Westworld’
This new HBO featurette has some behind the scenes.
The virtual Hogwarts Great Hall in ‘Secrets of Dumbledore’
A new official featurette showcases the bluescreen sets, and final work by One of Us.
A unique approach to face replacements by ILM helped make the ‘Multiverse of Madness’ Illuminati battle possible
The VFX studio also meticulously modeled a CG replica of the British Museum atrium.
VFX Notes: The making of *that* batmobile chase
How the Batman/Penguin batmobile chase in ‘The Batman’ was made. This week on VFX Notes, Hugo Guerra from Hugo’s Desk and Ian
On The Set Pic: ‘Blade Runner’
‘Blade Runner’ chief model maker Mark Stetson adjusts a miniature city section. Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner turns 40 today. I thought I
VFX Futures: How all those sparks in Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ were created
Pixar effects supervisor Bill Watral discusses sparks, light speed and more.
From actors jumping on on-set pads to the final magical VFX shots
A breakdown of Rodeo FX’s Berlin dining hall visual effects in ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’.
Behind Vecna’s ‘UV texture crawl’ vines, the fight of a Demogorgon, and the de-ageing of Millie Bobby Brown
Behind the visual effects of volume one of 'Stranger Things 4'.
The invisible VFX prep work done to make that assassin scene in ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ a reality
Image Engine explains the meticulous roto, matchmoving and tracking involved.
The forgotten freeze-frame moments from ‘Batman & Robin’
The infamous 1997 film had its own form of bullet-time, before bullet-time.
VFX Notes: Volker Engel on ‘Godzilla’
The visual effects supervisor re-visits the many practical and digital challenges on the 1998 film.
Behind the scenes of David Fincher’s ‘Bad Travelling’
The animated short is in Love, Death + Robots Vol. 3.
Watch Pixomondo’s ‘Halo The Series’ VFX breakdown
From season one.
The crazy multiverse shot in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ had its own intense VFX journey
Framestore walks befores & afters through the making of the shot–from previs to final–and even reveals a couple of Easter eggs you
Spoiler alert: the VFX of ‘Stranger Things’, s4
In this Netflix video, the Duffer Brothers break down a key fight scene.
VFX Futures: The end titles of ‘Moon Knight’
Behind the work by Perception on the main-on-ends for the Oscar Isaac series.
Behind the scenes of ‘The Baby’
This featurette showcases VFX work by Framestore on the series.
Tech Weeklies is back! Unreal’s Mesh to MetaHuman, DNEG’s review tool, new Blender out
Catching up on a week of tech news in VFX, animation and CG.
VFX Notes: ‘Last Night in Soho’ (and the best mirror shots in movies)
We look deep into the VFX of Edgar Wright's film.
Official behind the scenes for that incredible ‘Love, Death + Robots’ short, ‘Jibaro’
Netflix has released a video with director Alberto Mielgo.
On The Set Pic: ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’
Director Colin Trevorrow on the set of Jurassic World Dominion.
Here’s how MPC made that photoreal Harold Ramis digital double
Behind the scenes in this new VFX breakdown of the studio’s Egon ghost for Ghostbusters: Afterlife. MPC stunned audience members a few
‘Those close-ups are where it all lives and breathes’
The directors of Prehistoric Planet–Andrew R. Jones and Adam Valdez–reveal the secrets behind the live-action/CG hybrid nature documentary series.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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