VFX Notes: Volker Engel on ‘Godzilla’
The visual effects supervisor re-visits the many practical and digital challenges on the 1998 film.
VFX Futures: The end titles of ‘Moon Knight’
Behind the work by Perception on the main-on-ends for the Oscar Isaac series.
VFX Notes: ‘Last Night in Soho’ (and the best mirror shots in movies)
We look deep into the VFX of Edgar Wright's film.
VFX Notes: We got cows!
It's part 2 of our Twister chat.
VFX Notes: Inside the ‘Doctor Strange’ NYC mirror dimension
Plus a look at those Hong Kong reverse shots.
VFX Futures: NVIZ on the previs of ‘Morbius’
How NVIZ approached their visualization work on the film.
VFX Notes: ‘Twister’ – a meeting of the minds of practical & digital effects
Part 1 of our deep dive into the Jan de Bont film.
VFX Futures: ftrack’s Fredrik Limsäter on the state of play of production tracking
We also get to the bottom of ftrack's name...
VFX Notes: Doctor Strange — The Magic Mystery Tour
It's part 2 of the podcast on 'Doctor Strange'!
VFX Artifacts: Paul Debevec on Light Stage 3
We narrow in on this crucial development in the history of Light Stages, including the role of LED lighting.
Moving from VFX to games: meet Blinkmoon
What's different, and what's the same, about gaming and VFX?
VFX Notes: ‘Doctor Strange’, part 1, including that freakin’ cloak
We're gearing up for the release of the new film!
Looking back at the practical and digital effects of ‘Anaconda’
Happy 25th birthday to the film's animatronic snake.
Concept designer Ben Mauro on building his ‘HUXLEY’ universe
How Mauro dreamt up a graphic novel project and has turned it into so much more.
VFX Futures: The VFX art department–a chat with Cinesite’s Madeleine Scott-Spencer
How Cinesite's art department operates, and how it has adapted to virtual production workflows.
Zendaya and Tom Holland’s wire work, digi-doubles, and the art of comp’ing hair
How Luma Pictures helped craft the VFX of the opening sequences of 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'.
VFX Futures: The evolution of Richard Linklater’s rotoscoped animation films
Behind the scenes of 'Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood'.
De-ageing, destruction and other digital effects in ‘The Adam Project’
Go behind the scenes of the Ryan Reynolds film with the VFX supervisor.
5 VFX-Oscar nominated films. 5 eps of VFX Notes
Watch all VFX Oscar-related eps right here.
VFX Notes: The VFX of ‘No Time To Die’
A practical and digital effects extravaganza.
VFX Notes: The VFX of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’
Behind the scenes in this latest episode.
VFX Futures: The virtual production behind the pirate ship scenes in ‘Our Flag Means Death’
Sam Nicholson from Stargate Studios explains the ocean plate camera array and LED wall shoot for the Taika Waititi show.
Pixar’s Danielle Feinberg on the studio’s new tech in ‘Turning Red’
A new way of rigging and articulation developed at Pixar called profile movers helped craft the very expressive characters in the film.
VFX Notes: ‘Free Guy’, face replacement and fun VFX
Catchphrase!
VFX Futures: From VFXer to trucker–Louis Katz’s story
A chat about one person's path in and beyond the visual effects industry.
VFX Futures: ‘Wheel of Time’ VFX supe Julian Parry on designing the One Power
Behind the scenes of a very specific scene in episode 4 of the series.
VFX Notes: The VFX of ‘Dune’
Sandworms, ornithopters, sandscreens and shields. In the latest episode of VFX Notes, Ian Failes from befores & afters and Hugo Guerra from
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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