VFX Notes: The VFX of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’
Behind the scenes in this latest episode.
When you have to craft not one Spider-Man, but three!
Sony Pictures Imageworks on the many characters it had to craft, including three Spider-Men–for the final ‘No Way Home’ showdown.
Gene Kelly’s performances were a direct source of reference for the animators on ‘Vivo’
Also, how to animate a kinkajou, a snake and 2D-looking sequences in 3D.
‘You just described a movie that’s got eight pipelines in it and eight different looks!’
How Imageworks tackled the look and feel of ‘Vivo’.
Watch these 3 Imageworks ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ VFX breakdowns
Behind the scenes of the studio's digi-doubles and CG city work.
How Imageworks gave Falcon new wings
Also, a look at the New York chopper and truck rescue scenes in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’.
The effects you probably didn’t notice in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’
Costume fixes, and a bloody (and often CG) shield.
‘Turning a painting into moving images reveals a lot of things’
The tools Imageworks developed to help give ‘Mitchells’ its painterly style (and to create giant Furbies).
‘The way we animated those was completely new’
‘Mitchells’ animation supe Alan Hawkins discusses the insane robot rigs on the film.
‘Okay, what if it looked exactly like this?’
'Mitchells vs. the Machines' director Michael Rianda on why the art of the film looks like the final film.
How the ‘2021’ internet of ‘Johnny Mnemonic’ was imagined in 3D Studio
At the time, PCs were not being used heavily for Hollywood VFX.
‘Cast Away’ and the story behind Imageworks’ in-house compositing software
The untold tale of Bonsai.
‘Over The Moon’: Inside the FX department
What Sony Pictures Imageworks’ FX team delivered for the film.
Lighting a city of light sources
How Imageworks tackled Lunaria in ‘Over the Moon’.
Exclusive: How to make an ostrich
Imageworks' VFX breakdown for that ostrich chase in 'Jumanji: The Next Level'.
Imageworks breaks down desert environment VFX for ‘The Next Level’
A huge amount of work went into just the desert for this ostrich sequence.
Sheena Duggal on ‘Contact’s’ memorable mirror moment
The VFX supe is being recognized at the upcoming VES Awards.
Attack of the ostrich
How ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’s’ dune buggy desert chase was made.
Imageworks posts its ‘Far From Home’ breakdown
Environments, digital characters and lots of FX.
What it took to make ‘Stuart Little’s’ fur, 20 years ago
A short history of mouse fur at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Feather facts from ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’
What went into crafting Leslie Jones' Zeta character.
The large-scale effort to replicate London’s Tower Bridge for ‘Far From Home’s’ finale
Lidar, shooting panos and textures 3 times a day, and closing the Bridge for just 2 minutes at a time.
Shooting ‘Speed’s’ opening titles almost destroyed the miniature elevator
'We shoved so much light into the miniature that it was literally melting and coming apart.'
That Moment When You Have to Reveal Your Work to the World
What it was like for Sony's 'Spider-Verse' artists after the film's first teaser trailer was released in 2017.
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