‘We were almost like a little mini ILM inside ILM’
Go behind the scenes of Industrial Light & Magic’s matte painting department from the early 1980s on The NeverEnding Story, which turns
Here’s how those brutal fights in ‘Road House’ were helped made possible with VFX
Go behind the scenes with the careful stunt choreography, shooting fights with pads and helmets, and meticulous VFX work by Cinesite.
How exactly does Wētā FX take on set performance capture and translate it into living, breathing apes?
Find out in this in-depth VFX look behind the scenes of ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’.
The VFX you might have missed in ‘The First Omen’
Some of the seamless effects work included the jackal, setting a nun on fire, and de-modernizing Rome.
‘I really feel like the cameras tell half the story’: Behind the visualization of ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’
How The Third Floor helped craft the film’s craziest sequences.
‘For Godzilla’s walk, we put a speedometer on his feet just to see how fast they go’
DNEG delves into its sequences on ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,’ which also included Kong’s tooth extraction, and the enormous crystal
How Scanline made that Godzilla versus Kong fight amongst the pyramids
Plus, crafting Wart-Dogs, Kong’s arm brace and that Rio fight.
Here’s how practical Slimer puppetry was mixed with CG for ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’
Plus, the sewer dragon, proton beams, Mini-Pufts, the art of transparency, and freezing the world.
Wētā FX artists on the ‘punk’ Suko, ‘gangster’ Skar King and ‘cat-like’ Shimo they crafted for ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’
Plus, how that iconic shot of Kong and Godzilla running side by side was made for the film.
‘We did multiple simulations of what that would actually do to someone. It was horrific.’
Inside the often gruesome visual effects of Shōgun, plus a look at crafting the storm sequence, landslide, crowds of samurai, and 1600-era
‘We asked ourselves at the beginning, do we go for something that feels right, or that is right?’
The virtual production and visual effects art and tech that brought authenticity to ‘Masters of the Air.’
The VFX test that could have seen a rhino in the first ‘Gladiator’
A rhino may soon get its day on screen in the sequel.
Re-creating the hypersleep chamber, in miniature, from ‘Alien’
The National Film and Television School's Model Making and VFX students combine to re-create this iconic movie scene.
The Paul Debevec long read
A reflection on his lasting impact on filmmaking and visual effects.
How the original Slimer was made
The classic Ghostbuster character was brought to life with a performer in suit filmed against black cloth and old-school optical compositing.
I’m relaunching the befores & afters Patreon!
The tiers are being re-named but the prices stay the same, and you'll soon be getting even MORE bonus VFX content.
So, how do you winterize a film?
See how Crafty Apes made snowy landscrapes, street scenes and more on Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’.
Wylie Co. details the making of the blue eyes of the Fremen in ‘Dune: Part Two’
Including the machine learning aspects of the VFX work. Follow along with Wylie's fantastic thread on Twitter.
Get ready for the ‘Then & Now’ VFX sessions at FMX in Germany
Mike Fink, Mark Elendt, Todd Sheridan Perry and Hugo Guerra...go old school!
‘Godzilla Minus One’ wins the VFX Oscar
It beat out The Creator, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Napoleon.
How the VFX team on ‘Maestro’ made the Thanksgiving Snoopy balloon look like Leonard Bernstein was feeling
Behind the invisible effects in the film, which also included crowds, a paper airplane and even wallpaper.
‘He’s such a foul bear, but he’s doing these things that are kind of cute’
Framestore animation supervisor Nicholas Tripodi breaks down the art of bringing Ted to life on TV.
Wormriding: a brief how-to
The incredible sequence in 'Dune: Part Two' and how it was made.
A quick note on the blue eyes in ‘Dune: Part Two’
A machine learning model helped achieve the effect.
A lesson in VFX problem solving from beloFX on ‘Madame Web’
CG spiders, webs and even a crashing car formed part of the studio’s work on the film.
See all the winners from the VES Awards
The Creator took out the main VFX prize while Across the Spider-Verse won big in animation.
From ‘Speed’ to ‘Gran Turismo’: how the Blind Driver Roof Pod changed car chases in the movies (and how it all started with a forklift)
The tech is being recognized with a Scientific and Technical Award.