The meticulous art of sending a locomotive off the edge of a cliff
A combination of full-scale practical effects, and invisible visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic, made it possible in ‘Dead Reckoning Part
Here’s the different tech and artistry Industrial Light & Magic employed to de-age Harrison Ford for ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
Behind ILM FaceSwap and the process the VFX studio followed to turn Ford from 80 to 42.
Watch ILM’s VFX breakdown for ‘Napoleon’
Showcasing the making of the Battle of Austerlitz.
‘It was literally: shoot, here’s the plate, make it work, go’
Behind the slightly old-school VFX approach on ‘The Creator’.
How ILM’s StageCraft was used on ‘The Marvels’
Watch this short official featurette.
How the biggest VFX moments in Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ were made
Breaking down that confronting horse death by cannonball, the Battle of Waterloo, a fight on ice, crafting ships at sea, and invisible
‘A great big show of visual effects where nobody will know that we did anything’
Behind ILM’s 700 invisible visual effects shots for Martin Scorsese’s 'Killers of the Flower Moon'.
ILM’s Rob Coleman on co-chairing this year’s SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival
The ILM creative director also reflects on the importance of his past SIGGRAPH experiences.
KISS as avatars, by ILM
Check out the short featurette that showcases the performance capture and digital avatar work by Industrial Light & Magic.
Doug Chiang and Doug Smythe reflect on winning a VFX Oscar for ‘Death Becomes Her’
The Academy has two short 'Behind the Oscars Speech' videos with the pair.
How the live-action plate shoots worked for nature documentary series ‘Life on our Planet’
A new podcast on making dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures with ILM.
Watch this official behind the scenes ‘Dial of Destiny’ featurette
Includes befores/afters of ILM's de-ageing work.
How Industrial Light & Magic managed to deliver 48 one-off VFX shots for ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ in the last few months of production
A number of the opening space scenes, arrival on Pandora sequences, and views of Bridgehead were ILM visual effects shots.
Rob Bredow on the state of play of virtual production at ILM
The latest on StageCraft and other tech at ILM.
How to make a trawler sink and a glider fly (and go underwater): 6 of the biggest visual effects scenes in ‘No Time To Die’
We also cover the ice fall, Matera scenes, Land Rover chase and those final devastating explosions.
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