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Tag: John Frazier

Podcasts

VFX Notes: We got cows!

Posted onJune 3, 2022

It’s part 2 of our Twister chat.

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.”

'Speed': a tale of many buses
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’.

'Speed' bus explosion with plane
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!

Jumping bus on Speed
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.

explosion vfx in Speed
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’?

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