Podcasts VFX Notes: ‘Twister’ – a meeting of the minds of practical & digital effects Posted onMay 20, 2022 Part 1 of our deep dive into the Jan de Bont film.
Articles One of the toughest effects in ‘Twister’: sunflowers Posted onMay 9, 2021 ‘I’m in trouble. They’re not going to grow.’
Retro Six ‘Perfect Storm’ SFX stories Posted onJuly 1, 2020July 2, 2020 “After the second take, somebody gave me a baton.”
Articles, Retro ‘Speed’: a tale of many buses Posted onJune 10, 2019May 19, 2020 One bus had a section made of rubber, just in case Keanu ‘got into trouble’.
Articles, Retro Look closely and you can see the cable pulling the ‘Speed’ bus towards the plane before it explodes Posted onJune 7, 2019May 19, 2020 But, so what…’splosions!
Articles, Retro The bus in ‘Speed’ wasn’t supposed to land like a 747 Posted onJune 5, 2019May 19, 2020 But it did, and it was still spectacular.
Articles, Retro The first big explosion in ‘Speed’ was very nearly a major disaster Posted onJune 3, 2019May 18, 2020 And it was thanks to someone who thought they had missed their bus.
Articles Texas Switch: the coolest filmmaking trick around? Posted onApril 16, 2019May 17, 2020 Did you know it was used in ‘Aquaman’, ‘Speed’ and ‘Cast Away’?