Visual effects and animation journalist Ian Failes

Retro VFX: Contact

The famous mirror shot in ‘Contact’ was almost something else entirely

Retro VFX: Men in Black

‘Men in Black’ and its crazy collection of real and CG creatures

The forgotten freeze-frame moments from the film

Optical compositing, thermal cameras and *that* red suit

Re-visit the digital make-up, mocap and other VFX innovations from the 1999 film

Animation director Randal M. Dutra reflects on those early days of the digital age

Multi pass and motion control: re-visiting the VFX of 'The Fifth Element'

Full liquid metal, now in 3D: re-visiting the freakin’ T-1000 walking out of the fiery truck crash

The race to finish Dante’s Peak...20 years ago

You’re a wonderful human being: re-visiting CG Jabba 20 years later

Behind the ILM Mars Attacks! tests that convinced Tim Burton to go CG

It’s been 20 years since ‘Twister’ brought us that flying cow

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My book featuring 16 of the world's best vfx supervisors is available at Amazon.com

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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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