Watch this official making-of featurette.
Category: Retro
“I gotta go Julia, we got cows”
Twister’s VFX team is back.
The high-flying miniatures of ‘Executive Decision’, and where they are now
One of the models is now hanging in the lobby of an airport hotel.
How the ‘2021’ internet of ‘Johnny Mnemonic’ was imagined in 3D Studio
At the time, PCs were not being used heavily for Hollywood VFX.
“I thought, ‘This is not going to work.’ But nobody has ever questioned it.”
The CG secrets behind General Grievous’ cape.
The miniature FX of ‘Air Force One’
Watch these video interviews with the team behind the work.
Remember those giraffes in ’12 Monkeys’?
Here’s how they were crafted in CG, along with some of the other animals in the film.
‘Cast Away’ and the story behind Imageworks’ in-house compositing software
The untold tale of Bonsai.
How a test using a plate from ‘Jumanji’ helped sell the CG approach on ‘Mars Attacks!’
Behind the ILM test footage.
It’s 25 years since ‘Goldeneye’ – a huge miniatures film
Revisit some of the film’s models with Nigel Blake.
Retro RenderMan: ‘Children of Men’
How Framestore made a baby.
The CG side of the animated ‘Mulan’
Looking back on the mix of 2D and CG in the 1998 film.
‘We got cows’
A look-back at ‘Twister’, with VIEW Conference speaker Stefen Fangmeier.
Retro RenderMan: King Kong’s giant fur challenges
‘wmFur’, the Marschner Model and more.
Retro RenderMan: ILM’s stunning Davy Jones
The rendering advancements made for the extremely memorable character.
