Patreon: John Bruno on the original Slimer and optical compositing from ‘Ghostbusters’
The making of Slimer, and more!
On The Set Pic: ‘Ghostbusters’
Visual effects supervisor with a full-scale terror dog puppet. Happy 40th anniversary to Ghostbusters!
How the original Slimer was made
The classic Ghostbuster character was brought to life with a performer in suit filmed against black cloth and old-school optical compositing.
Go behind the scenes of this virtual production ‘Ghostbusters’ proof of concept
It was presented at SIGGRAPH this year.
How 4 films used LED strips to illuminate actors for interactive light
The Nic Cage example is...awesome (of course).
Check out this ‘Ghostbusters’ effects featurette
Yep, they talk about Slimer.
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How the right school helped this FX artist land a credit on ‘Sinners’
From classroom to credits, with Campus VFX
