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Captain Marvel
Articles

Things VFX supes have to think about (that are more than just about VFX)

Posted onApril 9, 2019May 17, 2020

What Luma Pictures had to solve – not just on the technical side – when crafting their ‘Captain Marvel’ train chase.

retro VFX sessions
Articles

The ultimate retro VFX sessions

Posted onApril 9, 2019May 17, 2020

A preview of the ‘Then & Now’ talks at FMX 2019.

The FuseFX Driving Rig
Articles

Here’s how driving comps were done for ‘True Detective’

Posted onApril 8, 2019May 17, 2020

They are in the car A LOT.

Source: Behance page of Trevor Tuttle, a model maker at ILM on Snake Eyes.
Articles, Retro

The CGI tidal wave in ‘Snake Eyes’ that no one got to…sea (sorry)

Posted onApril 5, 2019May 17, 2020

The true story of the original ending of ‘Snake Eyes’, and its ground-breaking water sims by ILM.

Cat VFX scene
Articles

What goes on behind the scenes when a VFX studio does one of those ‘real vs. CG’ test shots?

Posted onApril 4, 2019May 17, 2020

The art of the side-by-side.

Retro

Remember that time Brad Pitt got hit by a van, and a taxi?

Posted onApril 3, 2019May 17, 2020

How *that* shot in ‘Meet Joe Black’ was pulled off

John Gaeta
Articles

John Gaeta on dynamic adaptive geospatially aligned applications, and other things from the future

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

The Magicverse has you.

Vincent Frei
Articles

A new way to search and keep track of VFX studios

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

VFX studio directory site ‘We Are The Makers’ launches

Rocket Migration_workstation
Articles

We’re following along with this Kickstarter animated short film project

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

Will it meet its goal?

Game of Thrones
Articles

There’s so much cool ‘Game of Thrones’ stuff here that I had to embed this video

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

Holy crap ‘Game of Thrones’ is almost here.

The matrix Bullet Time
Retro

Bullet Time before Bullet Time

Posted onApril 1, 2019May 13, 2022

The tests that led to the landmark visual effect of the ’90s.

Making the magic mirror
Retro

Making the magic mirror moment in ‘The Matrix’

Posted onMarch 29, 2019May 17, 2020

“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.”

Retro

Anatomy of a crash: ‘The Matrix’s’ stunning helicopter scene

Posted onMarch 28, 2019April 8, 2021

I knew it. He’s the one.

The Matrix
Retro

Secrets of ‘The Matrix’ code

Posted onMarch 27, 2019May 17, 2020

It comes from Japanese cookbooks, it’s back to front, and it didn’t always flow vertically.

Articles

The Solid Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride

Posted onMarch 27, 2019June 21, 2021

A sticky post with a regular landscape featured image on the corner of a nondescript block in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a bank, or what used to be.

The Hudsucker Proxy VFX
Retro

A visual journey inside the miniatures of ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’

Posted onMarch 26, 2019May 17, 2020

Shooting models sideways, making Tim Robbins act in reverse, and the movies where the same miniatures made surprise reappearances.

Skrull transformations
Articles

Skrull transformations: inventing a new type of morph

Posted onMarch 25, 2019May 17, 2020

All about ‘Captain Marvel’s’ shape-shifting Skrulls, and ponytails.

Sphere
Retro

‘We tried a million things’ – the oral history of ‘Sphere’s’ sphere

Posted onMarch 22, 2019May 17, 2020

The sphere in ‘Sphere’, and how it was made.

Shark VS Grodd: Encore VFX
Articles

OK, so a shark man needs to fight a gorilla – what do you do?

Posted onMarch 21, 2019May 17, 2020

“I was surprised no one scratched my car after that conversation.”

Alita: Battle Angel VFX
Articles

‘She eats a lot during this film, you know’ – giving CG characters some bite

Posted onMarch 20, 2019May 17, 2020

How do you make a CG character eat, anyway? Weta Digital reveals all.

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