The making of ‘The End of Oak Street’
Issue #69 of befores & afters magazine covers the visual effects of The End of Oak Street.
Mando’s miniatures, puppets, stop-motion and more
Issue #68 of befores & afters magazine covers the visual effects of The Mandalorian and Grogu.
How the Dykstraflex changed VFX
The importance of ILM's Dykstraflex to the making of A New Hope, and to filmmaking.
Creating the Spinosaurus for ‘The End of Oak Street’
Practical and digital effects combined.
Beast Man was fully CG (and the plates shot at a former RAF runway)
The fully CG character and the transformation of a plain backlot, in Masters of the Universe. An excerpt from issue #67 of
Really fun 11.5 minute featurette on the dinos in ‘The End of Oak Street’
Breaking down ILM's work on the film!
New ‘The End of Oak Street’ featurette highlights ILM’s Spinosaur
ILM's Jay Cooper also showcases use of AR app.
Building up a battle
ILM VFX supe Russell Earl and ILM anim supe Kevin Martel examine the third act battle in 'The Electric State'.
So many robots
Issue #65 of befores & afters magazine covers the visual effects of The Electric State.
Brad Pitt gets hit by a car (twice)
How that crazy car shot - with no cuts - was crafted in VFX for Meet Joe Black by ILM.
That time Bill Nighy wore ‘computer pajamas’
How Davy Jones was brought to life in 'Dead Man's Chest' thanks to actor Bill Nighy and new VFX innovations from ILM.
All the ILM book podcasts in one place
Dennis Muren, Janet Lewin, Rob Bredow, Jeff White, Cary Phillips, Rachel Rose, Ben Morris, David Vickery, Ben Snow, Hayden Landis, John Knoll
Our final ILM book podcast is with the VFX artist who changed my life: Todd Vaziri
What a series! Listen in for an episode that goes back to the very beginning.
ILM’s John Knoll reveals one of the toughest VFX sequences he’s ever worked on
A brand new podcast in the ILM series.
ILM’s David Vickery on combining practical and digital
A look back at some past Jurassic World films with the VFX supe.
ILM’s Cary Phillips on the development of Cari for ‘Dragonheart’
It's the newest podcast in our ILM series!
“The ending with the Zeppelin was a nightmare, but it turned out pretty cool”
How that final airship explosion in The Rocketeer was (almost) a major disaster.
Deathclaws: practical and CG artistry
Bringing the nine feet tall creatures to life. An excerpt from issue #58 of befores & afters magazine.
How ILM invented ambient occlusion for ‘Pearl Harbor’
Plus, a look back at the miniatures work, and rarely-discussed motion capture approaches.
‘Dragonheart’: the inside stories
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dragonheart with key members of the VFX team.
‘Mission: Impossible’ is 30 this week!
One of those game-changer VFX films.
Here’s how ILM handled the melting room and exotic matter in ‘Stranger Things’ season 5
These new VFX breakdowns were released by the studio.
ILM’s Ben Morris reflects on ‘The Last Jedi’ and ‘ABBA Voyage’
Behind the key challenges in those very different projects.
ILM’s ‘The Wall’ breakdown from ‘Stranger Things’ 5
Go behind the scenes.
ILM’s Rachel Rose on the R&D side of visual effects
How StageCraft came to be, plus a look at BlockParty 2 and Fez.
Watch ILM’s VFX breakdown for ‘Stranger Things’ 5
Go behind the scenes.
Want to learn how ‘The Dinosaurs’ was made? Watch these featurettes
Rare glimpses inside ILM, and a look at the stuffies, practical builds and VFX work.
Get my new book in PRINT or on KINDLE.
Issue #69: The visual effects of The End of Oak Street.
Issue #68: The visual effects of The Mandalorian and Grogu.
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