Behind the scenes of the Iacon 5000 scene in ‘Transformers One’
Includes a few fun breakdowns and views of ILM Sydney.
All about the motion base mechs in the Jennifer Lopez film, ‘Atlas’
How VFX decisions for shooting the mechs were made, and dealing with all the on-set, talent and vendor challenges along the way.
‘Jar Jar changed movies’
Actor and animator. Interviews by Ian Failes.
How they made dino scenes in ‘Life on Our Planet’
This featurette includes lots of on-set footage, stuffies, set surveying, and discussion from ILMers!
‘The Trek Not Taken’ will blow you away
Includes early CG 'Star Trek' tests.
‘We explained to the studio that we were going to do everything backward’
Read Gareth Edwards' in-depth statement on the making of 'The Creator': how the director and his team took the unconventional approach of
Watch this quick vid with ILM modelmaker John Goodson on the T-6 Jedi Shuttle in ‘Ahsoka’
Awesome to see miniatures used in the show!
Watch this new ‘Dial of Destiny’ ET featurette on the de-ageing of Harrison Ford
The Entertainment Tonight video includes some fun on-set imagery of Ford, plus befores/afters of the VFX by Industrial Light & Magic.
‘Andor’ production visual effects supervisor Mohen Leo on designing VFX shots
This new podcast breaks down several of the key VFX sequences in the show.
ILM’s Grady Cofer and Hal Hickel break down the visual effects in s3 of ‘The Mandalorian’
Including...Grogu and IG-12!
‘You never know what the most complicated shot is going to be in your movie’
Industrial Light & Magic’s Todd Vaziri digs into the details on ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ (and also delivers us a VFX masterclass on
How ILM’s MORF tool nearly became the way the stop-motion dinos were motion blurred on ‘Jurassic Park’
On the film’s 30th anniversary, learn how the VFX studio was going to motion blur Tippett’s stop-motion puppets, before things went CG.
How ‘Andor’s’ real London locations were the basis of Coruscant finals
Turning the Barbican into a Star Wars building.
Optical Dogs, dailies and the origins of ‘CBB’: 40 years of ‘Jedi’
We look back at the four decade anniversary of 'Return of the Jedi' with Industrial Light & Magic’s production supervisor on the
It certainly *looked* like Michelle Williams was playing the piano in ‘The Fabelmans’…
…but actually that was the result of some very neat visual effects work from Industrial Light & Magic.
Why Steven Spielberg decided to use LED walls for the first time on ‘The Fabelmans’
How the director relied on ILM’s StageCraft virtual production set-up for the New Jersey tornado sequence.
Here’s why the fluid sims on ‘The Perfect Storm’ were so hard to do
VFX Notes has a special guest -- Habib Zargarpour - who discusses his role at ILM on the oceans for 'The Perfect
The THEN & NOW sessions are on again at FMX 2023!
Stop-motion puppet fabrication, Dragonheart's animation and a look back at Gravity.
Celebrate the release of the new 4K UHD ‘Dragonslayer’ SteelBook release with this Phil Tippett gallery
Re-visiting the go-motion work by Phil Tippett at ILM.
Watch ILM’s ‘Wakanda Forever’ VFX breakdown
The studio has released their work showcasing the attack on the city.
The insider guide to the art and tech of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
A new VFX Notes breaks down the big ticket VFX items in the film.
Here’s how Industrial Light & Magic orchestrated Luthen’s ‘lightsaber’ ship in ‘Andor’
Plus, behind the scenes on ship builds to replicate the ‘miniatures look’, Ferrix’s shipyard, and Coruscant’s cityscapes.
Industrial Light & Magic put ‘Wakanda Forever’s’ Namor on top of a helicopter simulation to test his different flight speeds
How the VFX studio made the character fly, and how they also helped orchestrate the Talokan attack on Wakanda.
ILM’s Hal Hickel on how nostalgia and CG backlash can affect the perception of VFX
The ILM animation director gave this fantastic talk at VIEW Conference this year.
The surprising inspiration for that crazy Warg in ‘The Rings of Power’
Chihuahuas can be scary. But the real reason it served as reference for the Warg was: reality.
The puppet, mocap and CG tests behind the characters for ‘Lost Ollie’
And how ILM crafted the final intricate performances of Ollie, Rosy and Zozo.
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Issue #66: The visual effects of Avengers: Endgame.
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