‘The Polar Express’ is 20. Here’s a fantastic behind the scenes document anyone can access
The mocap'd Robert Zemeckis film featured pioneering work by Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Watch Untold Studios’ VFX breakdown for that walrus Virgin Media spot
Digital walrus, digital boat, and digital water.
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Watch breakdowns from Vine FX for ‘Paris Has Fallen’
Go behind the scenes.
See how JAMM orchestrated Josh Brolin’s interaction with an orangutan on ‘Brothers’
Watch the JAMM VFX breakdown below.
On The Set Pic: ‘Nautilus’
The series was filmed in Queensland, Australia.
Watch Framestore’s vis reel for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
Framestore’s Pre-Production Services (FPS) delivered over 900 previs, techvis and postvis shots.
More invisible VFX from ‘Ripley’
This time from ReDefine.
The VFX and stop-motion animation of ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
Including some very fun Easter eggs about the stop-motion scenes.
The making of Slimer in ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’
A new VFX breakdown from Imageworks is here.
Behind the scenes of the Iacon 5000 scene in ‘Transformers One’
Includes a few fun breakdowns and views of ILM Sydney.
The making of Rook in ‘Alien: Romulus’
UPDATED: Legacy Effects and Metaphysic combined to make the character. Excerpts from befores & afters magazine in print.
Video to 3D Scene tech showcased in Wonder Animation beta release
It will let you film and edit sequences with multiple cuts and various shots and then be able to reconstruct the scene in 3D
‘Gladiator II’ SFX supervisor Neil Corbould convinced Ridley Scott to reimagine the rhino
SFX supe Neil Corbould on finding some old storyboards from the abandoned rhino sequence in the first 'Gladiator' film and showing them to Ridley
On The Set Pic: ‘Uprising’
Behind the scenes.
The visual effects of ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’
Visual effects supervisor Erik Henry on using ILM StageCraft, and on the many creatures of the show.
The making of U2’s ‘Vertigo’
A newly released behind the scenes doco showcases BUF's work for the music video.
How miniatures were made on ‘Alien: Romulus’
Miniature effects supervisor Ian Hunter and Pro Machina teamed up for the film. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine in print.
Roadtesting Rokoko’s Smartgloves and Coil Pro
Matt Estela fires up this motion capture kit from Rokoko for a test run.
iClone 8.5 Free Update – SIM Builder with Prop Interaction & Smart Accessory
Digital Twin and Crowd Simulation with Smart Environment Interaction.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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