Academy posts VFX Bake-Off summary video showcasing 5 nominees
A new video includes fun breakdowns.
The VFX Oscar noms are out!
Congrats to the nominees, and here's how befores & afters covered each project.
The ‘Deadliest Catch’ stock footage in ‘Jurassic World Dominion’, behind the visual effects of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, and other new things I learned at the VFX Bake-Off
Some extra things shared in breakdowns and discussion at the Academy event. The Academy VFX Branch hosted its Visual Effects Bake-Off on
The special effects behind that dramatic stadium save in ‘The Batman’
Some insider info from SFX technician Richard Cheal was revealed on the Team Deakins podcast.
Total speculation: the 10 films from 2022 that could make the VFX bake-off
What do you think? Is this list close, right on, or completely way-off?
VFX Notes: The making of *that* batmobile chase
How the Batman/Penguin batmobile chase in ‘The Batman’ was made. This week on VFX Notes, Hugo Guerra from Hugo’s Desk and Ian
How they filmed that batmobile chase in ‘The Batman’
A new official video featurette.
The sims that destroyed Gotham
Behind Scanline VFX’s Gotham City flooding scenes in ‘The Batman’.
An official look at the virtual production of ‘The Batman’
A new featurette has been released showcasing ILM's StageCraft virtual production tech, and other setups.
Anatomy of a Batmobile chase: a Wētā FX round-table
The film’s stunning Batman versus Penguin chase includes some visual effects you might not even realize were there.
PDI won the bid to do a CG cape in ‘Batman Forever’ for an amazing reason
The cape heralded a new wave of cloth simulation in movies.
On The Set Pic: ‘The Batman’
Actor Robert Pattison and director Matt Reeves on the set.
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New Aquaman, Shazam, Batman and more. It all happened during DC FanDome 2021.
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