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.
Richard Edlund looks back at the making of ‘Multiplicity’
The invisible effects film is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
The surprising game-changing VFX of ‘Jurassic Park III’
All about ILM’s adoption of several new technologies back on JP3, including ambient occlusion, virtual sets, Maya Paint Effects and dynamic flesh
The miniatures of the original ‘Space Jam’
Go behind the scenes with Vision Crew Unlimited back in 1996.
‘Escape From New York’ at 40: how those ‘CG’ glider graphics were actually achieved with physical models
The model build behind those simulated computer wireframes.
Remember that live-action scene in the making-of for ‘Final Fantasy’? Here’s how it happened
‘Cut! OK, let’s strike the set.’
‘Shrek’ is 20: go back behind the scenes with PDI
Watch this official making-of featurette.
“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.
‘I’m treating my animals like movie stars’
Inside the VFX journey to make the animals of ‘Babe’ talk.
Neal Scanlan explains how Babe the pig was puppeteered
‘When you watch a pig, it's never still for one second.’
Behind the visual effects test that greenlit ‘Hollow Man’
VFX supe Scott E. Anderson looks back at digital humans, greenscreen paint and the genius casting of Kevin Bacon.
The animatronic sheep in ‘Babe’ almost lost their coats before filming even started
Plus other fun sheep stories from the movie, currently celebrating its 25th anniversary.
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