Month: January 2019

The VFX of Mary Poppins Returns

For VFX Voice, I asked Mary Poppins Returns vfx supervisor Matt Johnson about practical fx, combining 2D animated characters with live-action, and other work in the film.

January 29, 2019
New VirtuCamera app to make your films

For Cartoon Brew, I covered this Gremlin short, which used a new VirtuCamera iPhone to Maya app to help block scenes.

January 28, 2019
I’m pretty sure you can’t pack much more into this crazy weekend of visual effects in Vancouver

Did you see Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and want to know how it was made? Did you see Mary Poppins Returns and wonder how they combined 2D animation and live action? Did you see Roma and not realise there were any visual effects in it at all? All those projects – and a lot more…

January 24, 2019
Outlaw King’s invisible fx

For VFX Voice, a chat with the team behind the visual effects of Outlaw King.

January 23, 2019
A seriously fantastic beast

A look at Framestore’s work for The Crimes of Grindelwald, at VFX Voice.

January 16, 2019
Marwen’s digital dolls (which still utilised live action)

For Cartoon Brew, I broke down how Atomic Fiction (now Method Studios) made the digital doll scenes for Welcome to Marwen by still relying on some great live action and virtual production techniques.

January 13, 2019
Isle of Dogs and VFX

Every single frame of Isle of Dogs was touched by VFX, making for a great combination between hand-animated stop-motion, sets, and digital artistry. Read more in my VFX Voice story.

January 9, 2019
Dive deep into the visdev on animated shorts

For Cartoon Brew, I asked production designers and filmmakers behind a number of the animated shorts up for Oscar consideration about their process. Lots of great concepts and artwork to check out.

January 8, 2019
Industrial Light and Transformer Magic

I am still obsessed with Transformer transformations. So I talked to ILM about Bumblebee for Cartoon Brew.

January 7, 2019
New stunning ‘First Man’ VFX featurette

Just in time for the VFX bake-off, Universal has released a First Man VFX reel featuring the practical, miniature and digital effects work for the film. Check it out below: If you’d like to go further into the work, I talked earlier to visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert from DNEG and miniatures effects supervisor Ian…

January 3, 2019