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On The Set Pic

On The Set Pic: ‘Lost Ollie’

(L to R) Puppeteer Victor Dolhai, Puppeteer Keith Arbuthnot, Zozo (voiced by Tim Blake Nelson), Ollie (voiced by Jonathan Groff), Puppeteer Jamie Shannon, Puppeteer Tim Gosley in episode 102 of Lost Ollie.

Posted onAugust 29, 2022
VFX Breakdowns

How Rocky Balboa’s jog through the streets of Philly was re-made

Posted onAugust 28, 2022August 28, 2022

Behind the scenes of this Ladbrokes spot, with VFX by Selected Works.

VFX Breakdowns

Behind the scenes of ‘House of the Dragon’

Posted onAugust 27, 2022

A glimpse of the first ep of ‘The House That Dragons Built’.

VFX Breakdowns

See this ‘RRR’ making of for the tiger attack on Bheem

Posted onAugust 27, 2022

VFX by MPC, overseen by production visual effects supervisor V Srinivas Mohan.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch ILP’s ‘Stranger Things 4’ breakdown

Posted onAugust 27, 2022

Important Looking Pirates shares its making of.

VFX Breakdowns

See Rodeo FX’s HALO Season 1 VFX breakdown

Posted onAugust 26, 2022

Extensive environments are showcased in this reel.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch Untold Studios’ making of for ‘The Sandman’

Posted onAugust 26, 2022August 26, 2022

Watch Untold’s great VFX breakdown reel for the show.

Articles

4 great things I saw at SIGGRAPH

Posted onAugust 25, 2022August 25, 2022

Volumetric capture, ILM in-depth, Unity’s virtual camera and a fireside with Tim Miller and Gretchen Libby.

On The Set Pic

On The Set Pic: ‘Avatar’

Posted onAugust 24, 2022

James Cameron during production on ‘Avatar’.

Magazine

The invisible effects of ‘The Power of the Dog’

Posted onAugust 24, 2022

The dog in the hills is…amazing.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch DNEG’s behind the scenes look at ‘Stranger Things 4’

Posted onAugust 24, 2022

Bats!

VFX Breakdowns

Behind the scenes of this BoA X XIN music video

Posted onAugust 23, 2022

Greenscreen, motion control, and more.

VFX Breakdowns

Check out One of Us’ VFX reel for ‘The Sandman’

Posted onAugust 23, 2022

A whole range of effects work is showcased in this breakdown.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch MPC’s ‘Resident Evil’ VFX breakdown

Posted onAugust 23, 2022

The VFX studio has released a new reel.

Articles

Those shadow creatures in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ had a pretty amazing way of being formed

Posted onAugust 22, 2022

From spiky pot plant shadow to spiky shadow creature.

Magazine

The digital environments in ‘The Secrets of Dumbledore’ you probably didn’t realize were digital

Posted onAugust 20, 2022August 20, 2022

How One of Us crafted the opening brasserie and Hogwarts Great Hall environments.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch ILM’s ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ VFX breakdown

Posted onAugust 20, 2022

Featuring StageCraft, younger Luke, Rancor and more.

Articles

This is how Framestore helped make that insane birthing sequence in Alex Garland’s ‘Men’

Posted onAugust 19, 2022

Plus, how the VFX studio enabled Rory Kinnear to play all the men in ‘Men’.

Podcasts

b&a podcast: Rising Sun Pictures VFX supe Dan Bethell on ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

Posted onAugust 18, 2022September 15, 2022

Shooting on set, and breaking down RSP’s big scenes, including baby Thor!

Articles

‘Bullet Train’ rides the virtual production wave

Posted onAugust 17, 2022December 1, 2022

With plenty of final visual effects as well.

Articles

So you want to try real-time chroma keying?

Posted onAugust 16, 2022August 16, 2022

We got our hands on a Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12, and tested it out.

VFX Insight

How Character Creator was used to make the teaser for ‘Small Blue Shadow’

Posted onAugust 15, 2022September 8, 2022

A look behind the scenes at Ari Rubenstein’s Small Blue Shadow, including how he’s been using Character Creator and Unreal Engine to make it.

Podcasts

VFX Notes: The VFX of ‘RRR’ – Part 1

Posted onAugust 15, 2022August 16, 2022

The big, bold VFX sequences from this glorious film.

VFX Breakdowns

Building Lucifer’s Hell for ‘The Sandman’

Posted onAugust 15, 2022

Watch this official Netflix breakdown clip.

Articles, Retro

‘Event Horizon’: You just don’t get to see this kind of raw effects footage these days

Posted onAugust 14, 2022

This old-school footage is direct from the miniatures set on Paul W.S. Anderson’s horror film.

On The Set Pic

On The Set Pic: ‘The Boys’

Posted onAugust 14, 2022

This image, posted by the official ‘The Boys’ Twitter account, showcases the opening sequence with Termite. 

VFX Breakdowns

Watch all the season 4 ‘Westworld’ behind the scenes videos

Posted onAugust 13, 2022August 15, 2022

HBO has been releasing behind the scenes vids, often with fun VFX breakdowns.

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