When your octopus, jellyfish and manta ray all need to do arabesques
A new excerpt from the VFX tools issue of befores & afters magazine.
See Framestore’s VFX breakdown for s6 of ‘The Crown’
Watch the video.
How Framestore turned Hugh Grant into an Oompa Loompa for ‘Wonka’
A discussion about the process, but also about crafting comedy in visual effects.
How VFX turned Tom Hiddleston’s dance moves into painful-looking timeslipping scenes
Also, behind the scenes of Framestore’s spaghettification and the Yggdrasil finale in season 2 of ‘Loki’.
You can now watch Framestore’s ‘FLITE’ in full online
The virtual production short film was also covered in depth in befores & afters magazine.
Building up Beki
Framestore took the domesticated bishop’s claw in Foundation to a new level. Read this excerpt from issue #13 of befores & afters
How ‘Barbie’s’ ode to Dawn of Man set the scene for a specific style of VFX
Behind the scenes of the film’s 1300 VFX shots, virtual production techniques, and miniatures work.
How channeling was different on season 2 of ‘The Wheel of Time’
Plus, how to make a fiery dragon.
Framestore’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Little Mermaid’ is now online
Go under the sea to see the huge environments, incredible character animation and other visual effects work by the studio.
Exclusive: behind Framestore Pre-production Services’ previs for ‘The Last of Us’
Be the first to watch FPS' reel containing previs work for 3 killer scenes in the HBO series.
Behind the biggest VFX scenes in ‘Foundation’ s2
Go in-depth on the series with this new befores & afters podcast.
You might be surprised how Tinkerbell in ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ was made
A full breakdown of the Framestore workflow from actor capture to final character.
See the LED volume and motion control rig used on ‘The School for Good and Evil’
Framestore's VFX breakdown is now out for the film.
Framestore’s ‘Guardians Vol. 3’ VFX breakdown showcases evolution of Rocket
Watch their new video breakdown for the film here.
‘Everything is live at the same time’
Framestore’s Tim Webber on the lessons learned from his live-action/virtual production hybrid short, ‘FLITE’.
Issue #12 of the print mag is out, and covers virtual production short films
Go behind the scenes of Framestore's latest short, FLITE, plus other shorts made with real-time tools.
The different ages of Rocket needed for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ were made by ‘in-betweening’ CG models
Behind the scenes with Framestore on how they went from ‘runt’ to ‘adult’ Rocket.
Behind the bluescreen shoot that brought ‘The Little Mermaid’s’ underwater scenes to life
A step-by-step guide from production visual effects supervisor Tim Burke on the making of the underwater scenes in the film.
‘OK, but we want to see a test’
Behind Framestore’s CG dog Cosmo in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’.
The art of eyelines
How Framestore maintained proper eyeline direction for CG characters and characters that needed eye augmentation on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.’
The 2-day virtual production shoot that led to the most touching moments in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
Also, how the stunning CG dog Cosmo was created, and the insane 120 fps shoot behind that corridor oner fight scene.
‘1899’: Framestore’s virtual production take-aways
Key lessons the visual effects studio learnt on the impressive virtual production series.
Go behind the scenes of the ‘The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special’ VFX with Framestore
The VFX studio has released its breakdown.
The THEN & NOW sessions are on again at FMX 2023!
Stop-motion puppet fabrication, Dragonheart's animation and a look back at Gravity.
VFX supe Russell Dodgson explores three seasons of ‘His Dark Materials’ magic
From on-set puppetry, to CG work, to second unit directing.
How to plan for huge VFX sequences: the VFX supe and VFX producer on ‘Slumberland’
How do you get two characters to ride a giant flying goose, anyway?
‘We literally turn-tabled real jets on the tarmac’
The VFX supervisor for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ breaks down the biggest visual effects challenges in the film, and some of the invisible
Get my new book in PRINT or on KINDLE.
Issue #67: The visual effects of Masters of the Universe.
Latest limited edition t-shirt: Pseudopod.
