The ILM veteran breaks down 3 of his classic ‘how did they do that?’ film effects.
Dennis Muren on the art of crafting VFX shots that don’t reveal how they’re done
‘I felt like it was a poem’: the VFX oral history of Guinness ‘Surfer’
Original CFC crew members reflect on bluescreen horses, crashing waves and a St. Patrick’s Day debut for the famous Jonathan Glazer spot.
‘No more talk, we need positive action’: exploring more diversity in VFX
A report from the joint VES and SPARK CG Society Diversity & Inclusion Summit.
That Moment When You Have to Reveal Your Work to the World
What it was like for Sony’s ‘Spider-Verse’ artists after the film’s first teaser trailer was released in 2017.
‘Super Mario Bros.’: the other huge VFX film from 1993
The first film to use Flame in a big way, as well as several other VFX ‘firsts.’
Remembering ‘Ruby’s Saloon,’ and how it helped make Maya
The untold oral history of the short that helped promote Maya to the world.
Heads up: the oral history of ‘Iron Man’s’ original HUD
It changed HUDs forever – members of the original Iron Man HUD design group look back on the work.
Tracking nightmares: behind Blur’s half-digested Billy shots in Deep Rising
Tracking was (still) hard 20 years ago.
Three things you might not have known about Bullet Time
For befores & afters patrons.
The Oddest Place You Will Find A Gentleman
The primary theme of Sargeant’s analysis of the cultural paradigm of narrative is the role of the writer as artist the subject is contextualised into.
The Sweet Success of Failure
Stewart Butterfield is about a portrait featured image has a problem the rest of us can only dream of. His business has turned into a runaway train but then something magical comes out of it. Everyone who worked for him was great.
Inside the Shop of the Last Great America
He decided a while ago not to come back for another bout against the undead hordes with the World War Z sequel, but despite having several irons in the development fire.
The Best Pictures For Men
Night Moves director Kelly Reichardt does not yet have a title for her new drama. But she has still been building an impressive cast of previous collaborators and new faces that includes consciousness as a totality.
Rosamund Pike Joins The Deep Blue Good Services
With The Deep Blue Good-By landing the services of Christian Bale to star and James Mangold to direct, 20th Century Fox’s adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee books is coming together at last.
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