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Retro VFX: The tech of Terminator 2

An oral history with ILMers behind the CGI.

The social (VFX) lives of Hollywood

Behind the scenes vfx pics posted by the stars

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

Retro VFX: Batman & Robin

The forgotten freeze-frame moments from the film

Retro VFX: Predator

Optical compositing, thermal cameras and *that* red suit

Retro VFX: The Mummy

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

RETRO VFX: The Lost World

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

Retro VFX: The Fifth Element

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

Retro VFX: Terminator 2

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

Retro VFX: Dante’s Peak

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

Retro VFX: CG Jabba

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

Retro VFX: Mars Attacks!

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

Retro VFX: Twister

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

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Masters of FX

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

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A candid chat with the director of Peter Rabbit

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“We did a lot of planning and then I threw it all out, and then I planned it again, and then I threw it all out.”

I had a really frank discussion with Will Gluck, the director of Peter Rabbit about working on the hybrid cg-live action feature, with VFX by Animal Logic. Check it out at Cartoon Brew.

Posted on February 10, 2018Categories FreelanceTags Animal Logic, CartoonBrew, Peter Rabbit, Will Gluck

The latest from VFX Voice

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At VFX Voice, two new online articles I wrote have now been published. The first is a breakdown of one scene from Downsizing, which utilised some neat miniaturisation effects. And the second is about the awesome stampede in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

Posted on February 5, 2018Categories FreelanceTags Downsizing, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, vfxvoice

A guide to the best horror effects

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For MovieMaker magazine, I talked to practical and digital effects artists from Blood Brothers and Alchemy24 about combining forces to make some killer horror fx. The full story is in the MovieMaker ‘Complete Guide to Making Movies 2018’.

Posted on January 28, 2018Categories FreelanceTags Alchemy24, Blood Brothers, MovieMaker

Pakistan animation preview: Allahyar and The Legend of Markhor

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This feature is being made by 3rd World Studios, using Unreal Engine 4. Check out the story at Cartoon Brew.

Posted on January 26, 2018Categories FreelanceTags Allahyar and The Legend of Markhor, Cartoon Brew

How Snoke evolved in The Last Jedi

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For Cartoon Brew, I sat down with ILM London to discuss Snoke, and how a bunch of changes were made during and after shooting to make the character more menacing.

Posted on January 18, 2018Categories FreelanceTags Cartoon Brew, ILM, The Last Jedi

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