The intensive previs process on ‘The Phantom Menace’.
Category: Retro
The world already loved lightsabers, but then ‘The Phantom Menace’ made them even better
How new ways of shooting, new digital tools and lots and lots of roto resulted in the laser swords of ‘Episode I’.
How ILM’s work on ‘Hook’ led to ‘Phantom Menace’s’ podrace
Projection mapping played a key role in making those racers go fast. Real fast.
Remember when Brendan Fraser took on all those mummies by himself?
A VFX oral history of ‘The Mummy’s’ coolest action scene.
Man-in-suit, miniatures, mechanics and modern CG: looking back at 20 years since ‘Godzilla’
VFX supe Volker Engel goes back to the film, the trailer, and the production of the 1998 film.
How driving around L.A. with a camera out the window led to one of the coolest shots in ‘Iron Man’
Storytelling with previs, VFX and a Sony hand-held camera.
Going back to ‘Pleasantville’: when doing a DI wasn’t so easy
‘Pleasantville’ visual effects supervisor Chris Watts on bringing through a revolution in scanning/film-outs, the unexpected use of Shake, and the film’s hardest shots (they’re not what you think).
The Nostromo was originally yellow, and other stories from ‘Alien’s’ secret documentarian
Ridley Scott’s masterpiece is about to turn 40 – now’s the time to watch this treasure-trove of behind the scenes interviews.
The CGI tidal wave in ‘Snake Eyes’ that no one got to…sea (sorry)
The true story of the original ending of ‘Snake Eyes’, and its ground-breaking water sims by ILM.
Remember that time Brad Pitt got hit by a van, and a taxi?
How *that* shot in ‘Meet Joe Black’ was pulled off
Bullet Time before Bullet Time
The tests that led to the landmark visual effect of the ’90s.
Making the magic mirror moment in ‘The Matrix’
“Neo looks at his hand; fingers distended into mirrored icicles that begin to melt rapidly, dripping, running like wax down his fingers, spreading across his palm where he sees his face reflected.”
Anatomy of a crash: ‘The Matrix’s’ stunning helicopter scene
I knew it. He’s the one.
Secrets of ‘The Matrix’ code
It comes from Japanese cookbooks, it’s back to front, and it didn’t always flow vertically.
A visual journey inside the miniatures of ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’
Shooting models sideways, making Tim Robbins act in reverse, and the movies where the same miniatures made surprise reappearances.