Month: May 2016
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The making of ILM’s caricature
For Dragonheart (released in 1996), ILM needed a facial animation system. So they made one and called it Caricature (they almost called it ‘Fanny’). Here’s a new retro vfx piece at Cartoon Brew.
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When 3D and anime meet
Love this new short film from Valere Amirault called Symphony of Two Minds. My piece also has the exclusive premiere at Cartoon Brew.
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The vfx of ‘Civil War’s’ opening battle
One Perfect Shot has posted my piece on RISE FX’s vfx for the opening battle sequence in Captain America: Civil War.
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Translating ‘Angry Birds’ from app to film
Here’s a new story in Cartoon Brew which looks at Imageworks’ animation for Angry Birds – a tough film to make to keep the characters simple and play homage to the mobile game app.
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‘Mission: Impossible’: ILM’s pioneering vfx 20 years on
1996 really was a big year in film releases and in vfx break-throughs. Mission: Impossible might not necessarily be thought of as a vfx blockbuster in the same vein as Twister or Independence Day from that year, but in many ways it ushered in several new techniques and drew upon a raft old ones to help tell this thrilling first…
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How animators kept ‘Jungle Book’ real
I explored with MPC how animators on The Jungle Book kept the animals real, in this piece for Cartoon Brew.
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Simpsons live – what could go wrong?
Here’s a tech piece at Cartoon Brew I wrote about the Simpsons live segment which utilised Adobe Character Animator and an extra keypad approach to adding animated elements.
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Craving behind the scenes?
Sometimes I will watch a film or see a game and really, really want to know what work went on behind the scenes. Sometimes I’m lucky enough to have covered the film or game, sometimes there’s a great making of book. But often there isn’t. Enter: Craft, a new site that’s looking to show tons…
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Top Gun turns 30
It certainly doesn’t feel like it. Here’s a 2013 piece I wrote for fxguide on the film’s miniature jet effects and the stereo conversion for a cinema re-release.
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The Bare Necessities of VFX
For One Perfect Shot, I took at look at how the VFX team from The Jungle Book made the Bare Necessities scene.
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