The untold tale of Bonsai.
Category: Retro
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.
An admission: I totally forgot about the great CG spacesuits in ‘Space Cowboys’
Righting that wrong with the film’s visual effects supervisor.
Retro RenderMan: shading on ‘Finding Nemo’
How RenderMan was used for the film’s coral reef.
Tumultuous titles: the crazy story behind ‘Waterworld’s’ opening moments
One of several memorable Universal logo take-overs, and it even involved a giant globe…