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Tag: VIEW Conference

Articles

ILM’s Hal Hickel on how nostalgia and CG backlash can affect the perception of VFX

Posted onDecember 30, 2022

The ILM animation director gave this fantastic talk at VIEW Conference this year.

Articles

Does A.I. kill art, the tech behind ‘Love and Thunder’, and getting a job in VFX

Posted onOctober 6, 2022October 7, 2022

Here’s what befores & afters is up to this year at the VIEW Conference.

Articles

When you come to the VIEW Conference, it’s more than just amazing speakers

Posted onSeptember 11, 2022

The program is out, and so are details about recruitment, exhibitors and special sessions.

Articles

Roger Deakins on cinematography and VFX cross-over, and why the DOP calls his stills photography ‘personal scribbles’

Posted onOctober 25, 2021

“I spend a lot of time trying to take photographs. But I can go days and not take a single frame.”

Articles, Retro

It’s 25 years since ‘Dragonheart’; learn the VFX secrets behind the film

Posted onOctober 6, 2021

One of the befores & afters retro panels happening at VIEW Conference

Articles, Retro

The secrets behind the ‘Independence Day’ cloud tank effects

Posted onSeptember 20, 2021

Learn more about the spaceship arrival/cloud tank VFX at this exclusive VIEW Conference panel.

Articles

Phil Tippett goes behind the scenes of ‘MAD GOD’

Posted onAugust 18, 2021

A video excerpt from a VIEW Conference chat with the stop-motion/VFX legend.

Articles

One of the toughest effects in ‘Twister’: sunflowers

Posted onMay 9, 2021

‘I’m in trouble. They’re not going to grow.’

Articles

Learn the untold stories of the effects for ‘Twister’

Posted onApril 14, 2021April 15, 2021

Watch the full replay of the VIEW Conference anniversary panel.

Retro

“I gotta go Julia, we got cows”

Posted onMarch 23, 2021

Twister’s VFX team is back.

Articles

How to pitch your project: tips from Jorge R. Gutierrez and Shannon Tindle

Posted onNovember 12, 2020

A special preview of their on-demand talk from VIEW Conference 2020.

Articles

Dennis Muren on the origins of ‘Stained Glass Man’ in ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’

Posted onNovember 2, 2020November 10, 2020

An exclusive preview from the ILM VFX supe’s VIEW Conference talk.

Articles

VFX past, present and future at VIEW

Posted onOctober 1, 2020October 2, 2020

Old-school practical FX, and virtual production, panels to check out at the conference.

Articles

Tomm Moore on his distinctive style of animated filmmaking

Posted onSeptember 14, 2020September 17, 2020

The ‘Wolfwalkers’ director is one of the speakers at VIEW Conference 2020.

Articles

‘It has become feasible to generate useful movies with the computer’

Posted onSeptember 7, 2020September 9, 2020

Ed Catmull, soon to speak at VIEW Conference, saw the potential for computer animation early on. Very, early on.

Articles

The newest speaker announced for VIEW Conference is…Phil Tippett!

Posted onAugust 12, 2020August 13, 2020

He’ll be diving into stop-motion, visual effects and the art of making films.

Articles

See Pixar’s Dylan Sisson in a new PreVIEW of VIEW Conference (and RenderMan!)

Posted onJuly 17, 2020July 17, 2020

I’ll be joining him for a chat about the latest RenderMan tech, including NPR.

BRAD BIRD
Articles

What Brad Bird is watching (and thinks you should, too)

Posted onOctober 22, 2019May 15, 2020

The director shares a bunch of his favorite live action films, animated features and musicals.

VIEW Conference 2019
Articles

5 not-to-miss events at VIEW

Posted onSeptember 29, 2019May 23, 2020

…including an exclusive ‘Frozen 2’ preview.

VIEW Conference
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How you can learn from the masters at VIEW Conference

Posted onSeptember 9, 2019May 23, 2020

A preview of the VIEW Conference masterclasses (the secret weapon of the conference).

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