Podcasts Ian and Hugo debate the practical/digital debate with ‘The Last of Us’ ·May 31, 2023 It's the newest episode of the VFX Notes podcast!
Podcasts We talk a lot about stop-motion time-lapses in our VFX Notes ep on Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’ ·May 17, 2023 (And we make the push for CG time-lapses, too!)
Podcasts Here’s why the fluid sims on ‘The Perfect Storm’ were so hard to do ·April 6, 2023 VFX Notes has a special guest -- Habib Zargarpour - who discusses his role at ILM on the oceans for 'The Perfect Storm'.
Podcasts Behind the VFX of ‘Wakanda Forever’ ·February 28, 2023 Hugo and Ian tackle the VFX of this Black Panther sequel.
ArticlesPodcasts ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ gets the VFX Notes breakdown ·February 22, 2023 Smoke, tanks, environments...and rats!
ArticlesVFX Breakdowns Have you checked out the VFX Notes Shorts? ·February 13, 2023 The latest Shorts features Avatar: The Way of Water.
Podcasts The insider guide to the art and tech of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ ·February 10, 2023 A new VFX Notes breaks down the big ticket VFX items in the film.
Podcasts Upending the classic VFX approach: ‘Everything Everywhere all at Once’ ·December 9, 2022 How only a small number of VFX artists managed a massive effort on the film. And yes we ALSO talk about Raccacoonie.
Podcasts ‘Avatar’ changed performance capture, 3D and virtual production ·November 23, 2022 "You are on Pandora."
Podcasts Alien entities, day for night, and inflatable tube men ·November 9, 2022 VFX Notes is back, and it's back in a big way, with 'NOPE'.
Podcasts That time Tom Holland got hit by a bluescreen car ·September 26, 2022 4 hours of stuffies discussion (just kidding).
Podcasts Part 2 of the VFX Notes podcast on ‘RRR’ is here! ·September 2, 2022 Throwing leopards and punching tigers.
Podcasts VFX Notes: The VFX of ‘RRR’ – Part 1 ·August 15, 2022 The big, bold VFX sequences from this glorious film.
Podcasts VFX Notes: OMG that goop in ‘Stranger Things 3’ ·July 27, 2022 Melting rats, goop, the Tom/Bruce Monster and Starcourt Mall are all covered in VFX Notes.
Podcasts VFX Notes: Demodogs, Dart, Mind Flayer and the Gate in ‘Stranger Things 2’ ·July 11, 2022 We cover the VFX of 'Stranger Things 2'.
Podcasts VFX Notes: Meet the Demogorgon from ‘Stranger Things 1’ ·July 4, 2022 The first ep in our 'Stranger Things' series.
Podcasts VFX Notes: The making of *that* batmobile chase ·June 27, 2022 How the Batman/Penguin batmobile chase in 'The Batman' was made. This week on VFX Notes, Hugo Guerra from Hugo's Desk and Ian Failes from befores & afters jump into Wētā…
Podcasts VFX Notes: Volker Engel on ‘Godzilla’ ·June 17, 2022 The visual effects supervisor re-visits the many practical and digital challenges on the 1998 film.
Podcasts VFX Notes: ‘Last Night in Soho’ (and the best mirror shots in movies) ·June 10, 2022 We look deep into the VFX of Edgar Wright's film.
Podcasts VFX Notes: Inside the ‘Doctor Strange’ NYC mirror dimension ·May 27, 2022 Plus a look at those Hong Kong reverse shots.
Podcasts VFX Notes: ‘Twister’ – a meeting of the minds of practical & digital effects ·May 20, 2022 Part 1 of our deep dive into the Jan de Bont film.
Podcasts VFX Notes: Doctor Strange — The Magic Mystery Tour ·May 12, 2022 It's part 2 of the podcast on 'Doctor Strange'!
Podcasts VFX Notes: ‘Doctor Strange’, part 1, including that freakin’ cloak ·April 22, 2022 We're gearing up for the release of the new film!
Podcasts VFX Notes: The VFX of ‘No Time To Die’ ·March 27, 2022 A practical and digital effects extravaganza.
Podcasts VFX Notes: The VFX of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ ·March 24, 2022 Behind the scenes in this latest episode.