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storytelling in VR
Articles

Goro Fujita’s advice for storytelling in VR

Posted onSeptember 28, 2019May 23, 2020

The Facebook art director and expert in Quill shared his thoughts on the challenges of telling VR stories, and how to overcome them.

Replicating the puppeteering process
Articles

Replicating the puppeteering process, in CG

Posted onSeptember 28, 2019May 23, 2020

How DNEG tapped into practical puppetry in delivering digital characters for ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’.

Miguel Oliveira
Articles

Neural networks, the human figure and art

Posted onSeptember 28, 2019May 23, 2020

How Scott Eaton’s A.I. tool has taken his human figure drawings to a new level.

Neil Huxley
Articles

What I’ve learnt as a filmmaker: frank advice from Neil Huxley

Posted onSeptember 26, 2019May 23, 2020

If you’re looking to get into VFX, directing or pretty much any creative endeavor, Huxley’s advice is a must.

Iron Man
Articles

Get a very different kind of ‘behind the scenes’ experience with these Jeff Bridges photographs

Posted onSeptember 26, 2019May 23, 2020

Rare insights into the filmmaking process on films like ‘Iron Man’ and ‘TRON: Legacy.’

faerie wings
Articles

So…you need to do faerie wings, hey?

Posted onSeptember 25, 2019May 23, 2020

Here’s how the effects teams delivered them for the Cara Delevingne and Orlando Bloom series ‘Carnival Row’.

making Spider-Man suit
Articles

How anyone can make a Spider-Man suit, step-by-step

Posted onSeptember 24, 2019May 23, 2020

(Well, not really, but here’s how Image Engine did for ‘Far From Home’.)

John Wick in the library
Articles

That time John Wick went to the library

Posted onSeptember 23, 2019May 23, 2020

Books can be weapons (obviously).

Ad Astra
Articles

‘Ad Astra’: Making a Pitt-fall in postvis

Posted onSeptember 21, 2019May 23, 2020

Ever wondered why films get previs’d AND postvis’d? Halon explains why the process was crucial for ‘Ad Astra’.

John Wick: Chapter 3 bike chase shooting
Articles

Why the bike chase in ‘John Wick 3’ was rehearsed four different times

Posted onSeptember 20, 2019May 23, 2020

Greenscreened puppeteers and bikes combine like never before.

Catch a helicopter with a chain
Articles

How to catch a helicopter with a chain (and some fast and furious cars)

Posted onSeptember 19, 2019May 23, 2020

The stunts, practical effects and digital visual effects of ‘Hobbs & Shaw’s’ wild daisy chain finale.

Titanic
Articles, Retro

The secrets behind the life (and death) of Titanic’s propeller guy

Posted onSeptember 18, 2019May 23, 2020

VFX crew from ‘Titanic’ reflect on the saddest character of them all.

John Wick 3
Articles

For ‘John Wick 3’s’ antiques hallway fight, Method Studios color-coded every piece of CG glass

Posted onSeptember 17, 2019May 23, 2020

The studio also came up with several ways to simulate smashing glass pieces.

Articles

Everything you need to know about the breaking glass in ‘John Wick 3’: Part 1

Posted onSeptember 16, 2019May 23, 2020

How the real glass stunts worked on set, and why most of the glass breaks were CG.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Articles, Retro

40 years of ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’

Posted onSeptember 16, 2019May 23, 2020

The film is back in cinemas for a super-short time.

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