Skip to content

befores & afters

visual effects magazine

  • ABOUT
  • MAGAZINE
  • PODCASTS
  • SPONSOR
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • ABOUT
  • MAGAZINE
  • PODCASTS
  • SPONSOR
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube

Tag: Method Studios

Podcasts

Real and synthetic: the VFX of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

Posted onJanuary 17, 2023January 17, 2023

One of the most incredible films of 2022.

Articles

This lighting rig helped make that beautiful black and white moon sequence in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ possible

Posted onAugust 10, 2022August 16, 2022

A breakdown of how the rig worked, with visual effects supervisor Jake Morrison.

Podcasts

VFX Notes: Doctor Strange — The Magic Mystery Tour

Posted onMay 12, 2022

It’s part 2 of the podcast on ‘Doctor Strange’!

Articles

How they made those intense ‘Shang-Chi’ prelude battle scenes

Posted onOctober 7, 2021

Including that incredible camera-spinning oner.

Articles

Chris Pratt pantomimed fighting creature tentacles in ‘The Tomorrow War’ with a stuffie called the football

Posted onJuly 6, 2021

How the visual effects teams brought the white spikes to life in the film.

Articles

How ‘The Witches’ drew upon a ton of the latest VFX techniques

Posted onFebruary 19, 2021February 21, 2021

The virtual production, character anim and FX behind Robert Zemeckis’ ‘The Witches’—including how ‘BobZ oners’ were crafted.

Method Studios
Articles

Twitchy little spiders inspired this horrifying scene from ‘It: Chapter Two’

Posted onApril 3, 2020May 11, 2020

A look behind the moment with Method Studios.

Flying horse in Jumanji: The Next Level
Articles

How to make a flying horse

Posted onJanuary 15, 2020May 14, 2020

Behind the scenes of Method Studios flying Cyclone in ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’.

Articles

Exclusive: Method’s ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ VFX breakdown

Posted onDecember 19, 2019June 14, 2021

Go behind the scenes on the fiery C-5 and helicopter chase from the film.

Articles

Breaking down the coolest scene from ‘Ad Astra’

Posted onDecember 14, 2019June 14, 2021

A new featurette has the stunts, shoot and VFX details of the moon rover shots.

THE LAUNDROMAT
Articles

Making ‘The Laundromat’s’ opening oner

Posted onNovember 21, 2019May 14, 2020

VFX gallery: How that Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas shot was done.

Ford v Ferrari
Articles

The major VFX moments of ‘Ford v Ferrari’

Posted onNovember 18, 2019May 14, 2020

How VFX and CG enhanced the action with stadiums, crowds, cars and crashes.

Adastra shooting
Articles

Shooting in the desert, using infra-red, and making a moon rover melee

Posted onSeptember 30, 2019September 17, 2020

How ‘Ad Astra’s’ space pirates scene used real footage and CG effects for high impact. Plus: the fine art of visor reflections.

John Wick 3
Articles

For ‘John Wick 3’s’ antiques hallway fight, Method Studios color-coded every piece of CG glass

Posted onSeptember 17, 2019May 23, 2020

The studio also came up with several ways to simulate smashing glass pieces.

Articles

Everything you need to know about the breaking glass in ‘John Wick 3’: Part 1

Posted onSeptember 16, 2019May 23, 2020

How the real glass stunts worked on set, and why most of the glass breaks were CG.

John Wick 3' VFX breakdown
Articles

This incredible ‘John Wick 3’ VFX breakdown shows the insane CGI glass breaking work

Posted onSeptember 11, 2019May 23, 2020

That meticulous and invisible VFX work here was done by Method Studios.

Chris Kowal
Articles

My VFX job: VFX editor

Posted onAugust 17, 2019May 23, 2020

Method Studios’ Chris Kowal on what editing in VFX actually means.

zaniest character from 'MIB: International
Articles

The zaniest character from ‘MIB: International’ lives in a beard

Posted onJuly 17, 2019May 19, 2020

Meet Bassam, and the VFX team behind it.

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’?

Game of Thrones VFX
Articles

The small VFX detail in ‘Game of Thrones’ that says so much about the show

Posted onApril 14, 2019May 17, 2020

That wing clip is the coolest thing EVER.

© 2023 befores & afters
  • About
  • Support us
  • Newsletter
keyboard_arrow_up