Month: October 2016

  • VR for theme parks…it’s happening

    Talked to two former DreamWorks Animation employees who have started their own VR venture, and it includes theme parks. Here’s the interview at Cartoon Brew.

  • Movies that were saved by special effects

    Thrillist asked me to come up with some examples of where movies were ‘saved’ by special fx. And I had a lot of fun coming up with this list, which included Kevin Costner’s merman ears and Ryan Reynolds’ penis.

  • Voyage of cloud tanks and practical fx

    Love the approach vfx supe Dan Glass took for the visual effects in Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time. Here’s my write-up at Cartoon Brew.

  • No, I’m not crying

    The new trailer for Moom is featured exclusively at Cartoon Brew, and I got to speak to the filmmakers Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo about the short film’s Japanese influences.

  • Come for VIEW, stay for the workshops

    One of the big drawcards of VIEW Conference in Turin, Italy is its workshops. These include masterclasses from big Hollywood directors, animators and visual effects artists and from specialized training bodies and industry players. The workshops take place between 24 October and 28 October at VIEW. Check out the list below and find out more…

  • When skeletons attack

    Here’s a new piece I wrote for Cartoon Brew on Double Negative’s visual effects for the skeleton attack sequence in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.