Just add bats
On the 30th anniversary of 'Cliffhanger', a look at the, er, very efficient bat art direction for a particular scene.
Retro
Optical Dogs, dailies and the origins of ‘CBB’: 40 years of ‘Jedi’
We look back at the four decade anniversary of 'Return of the Jedi' with Industrial Light & Magic’s production supervisor on the film, Patricia Rose Duignan.
‘The Matrix Reloaded’ is 20. What it did for digital humans was HUGE
A celebration of Universal Capture, and what was invented at ESC for the Matrix sequels.
It’s Bamfing time!
Has there ever quite been anything as cool as the original Bamfing effect in ‘X2’? UPDATED!
Celebrate the release of the new 4K UHD ‘Dragonslayer’ SteelBook release with this Phil Tippett gallery
Re-visiting the go-motion work by Phil Tippett at ILM.
Dark City at 25
A conversation with colorist Peter Doyle.
An old Amiga with ‘Titanic’ miniature shoot ‘video taps’ on it is a treasure-trove of VFX history
The Commodore Amiga 4000/040 was used by Digital Domain to help craft effects shots and review miniature shoots for Titanic, Apollo 13 and True Lies.
Celebrating 25 years of ‘Starship Troopers’
"The only good bug is a dead bug."
You can now re-visit one of the greatest ever SIGGRAPH presentations in history
ACM has made 50 years of their publications open and freely available, including this killer animation-related session.
‘Event Horizon’: You just don’t get to see this kind of raw effects footage these days
This old-school footage is direct from the miniatures set on Paul W.S. Anderson's horror film.
‘Predator’: VFX supe Joel Hynek recalls the days of optical compositing, thermal cameras and *that* red suit
Before you see 'Prey', read about the old-school way the VFX in 'Predator' were crafted.
The last-minute roto tool that saved the ending of ‘Death Becomes Her’
A new article on the 30th anniversary of the film.
Head stretching and stomach holes: re-visiting the visual effects of ‘Death Becomes Her’
“Bob had said to Meryl Streep: ‘Whatever Ken asks you to do, no matter how silly, just go with it. You can trust him.’ Because she must have been thinking, ‘What am I? What is this stupid thing?’" - Death Becomes Her visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston.
Why ‘Air Force One’ has some of the most talked about visual effects in history
The film has turned 25!
‘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 it, because then you can fix things after with the same pose.” - Eric Brevig, Men In Black visual effects supervisor.
The forgotten freeze-frame moments from ‘Batman & Robin’
The infamous 1997 film had its own form of bullet-time, before bullet-time.
Multi pass and motion control: re-visiting the VFX of ‘The Fifth Element’
‘You know, Mark, I don’t want to do these ‘fancy panning around and seeing the whole world shots’. I’d much rather set a camera looking down a street, having a cab rush towards me, and cut as it passes by, and then cut to a reverse of it passing by, and construct my film that way.'
Looking back at the practical and digital effects of ‘Anaconda’
Happy 25th birthday to the film's animatronic snake.
‘David had the picture of the movie in his head’
The VFX supervisor of ‘Panic Room’--the film is now two decades old–shares key moments from its production.
A deep dive into the history of ‘The Lawnmower Man’
The film just turned 30! So I talked to director Brett Leonard.
‘Ice Age’ turns 20: a celebration of Blue Sky Studios
Looking back at Blue Sky's first feature film and the art and tech behind it.
PDI won the bid to do a CG cape in ‘Batman Forever’ for an amazing reason
The cape heralded a new wave of cloth simulation in movies.
It’s 25 years since ‘Dragonheart’; learn the VFX secrets behind the film
One of the befores & afters retro panels happening at VIEW Conference
The secrets behind the ‘Independence Day’ cloud tank effects
Learn more about the spaceship arrival/cloud tank VFX at this exclusive VIEW Conference panel.
Celebrating ‘Joe’s Apartment’ and those CG cockroaches
The roaches came to life thanks to Blue Sky Studios.
25 years on, ‘The Frighteners’ still thrills as Weta Digital’s first calling card
A look back at the VFX studio’s first major project.