The 21st Annual VES Awards nominees–see them all here
Read the whole list.
The ‘Deadliest Catch’ stock footage in ‘Jurassic World Dominion’, behind the visual effects of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, and other new things I learned at the VFX Bake-Off
Some extra things shared in breakdowns and discussion at the Academy event. The Academy VFX Branch hosted its Visual Effects Bake-Off on
‘A massive 5 million polygon scan of the actual cave in Thailand was brought to life so we could extend our practical sets’
The underwater, cave builds and invisible visual effects of 'Thirteen Lives'.
The game played in ‘The Adam Project’ was an actual playable piece of real-time content
The story behind how Unity made the game in the film.
Lots of water: inside the VFX of ‘Five Days at Memorial’
How a giant water tank, a bevy of bluescreens and some innovative water sims helped make this Hurricane Katrina story possible.
Here’s how DreamWorks lent a whole new brand of stylized look and feel to ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’
Behind the design and the tools utilized by the studio on the film. If there’s one trend stirring up the feature animated
Industrial Light & Magic put ‘Wakanda Forever’s’ Namor on top of a helicopter simulation to test his different flight speeds
How the VFX studio made the character fly, and how they also helped orchestrate the Talokan attack on Wakanda.
ILM’s Hal Hickel on how nostalgia and CG backlash can affect the perception of VFX
The ILM animation director gave this fantastic talk at VIEW Conference this year.
Why the CG water in ‘The Way of Water’ looks so good
Performance capture that could be done simultaneously above and below water, a new muscle strains system away from blend shapes, and new
‘Titanic’s’ digital paraphernalia supervisor made all the difference
Titanic turns 25, and we are celebrating here at befores & afters.
Mirror gags, mountain extensions and *that* beach scene: the VFX of ‘Decision to Leave’
Go behind the scenes of the invisible effects in the South Korean film everyone is raving about.
‘Imperfectly perfect’
The secrets behind the stop-motion animation of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’.
How that shocking DC villain splitting scene was made
(It came as somewhat of a surprise to the VFX team behind it, too)
How does cinematography work on a stop-motion film?
‘Pinocchio’ DOP Frank Passingham breaks down his extensive lighting, camera, motion control and lens choices on the Guillermo del Toro movie.
The surprising inspiration for that crazy Warg in ‘The Rings of Power’
Chihuahuas can be scary. But the real reason it served as reference for the Warg was: reality.
Inside the mechanical and 3D printed puppet head process used for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’
We break down how the puppets were built for the stop-motion feature.
Bending the physics
Why the VFX of ‘RRR’ are both outlandish and grounded in reality at the same time.
How those Talokan underwater scenes in ‘Wakanda Forever’ were made
Find out more details about how the civilization under the surface was brought to life by Wētā FX, including all that corn.
Making the koids in ‘The Peripheral’ involved some ingenious deepfake techniques
One of the computer game sim sequences also relied on AI approaches.
They sent us Shuri’s costume with a very big note saying, basically, ‘Do not burn this’
How the emotional main-on-end title sequence for Wakanda Forever was made with real cloth, wind and fire.
Going from bluescreen partial set to intense Wakandan/Talokanil at-sea battle
How Digital Domain helped craft Wakanda Forever’s ship attack.
Motion bases and making mayhem, in the volume
How that stunning ‘House of the Dragon’ series one finale dragon fight was brought to life with new approaches to virtual production.
‘Show me something gross’
The special effects and visual effects behind Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’.
The puppet, mocap and CG tests behind the characters for ‘Lost Ollie’
And how ILM crafted the final intricate performances of Ollie, Rosy and Zozo.
How Digital Domain helped The Rock melt a mercenary
And how one hilarious moment in ‘Black Adam’ done by the VFX studio didn’t make it to the theatrical cut.
