Freelance – Page 2

The state of play with digital actors

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For Cartoon Brew, I jumped into the recent slurry of cg humans / digital actors in all sorts of places – in film, tv, commercials, real-time and even live venues.

The VFX of Mary Poppins Returns

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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.

New VirtuCamera app to make your films

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

Outlaw King’s invisible fx

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

A seriously fantastic beast

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

Marwen’s digital dolls (which still utilised live action)

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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.

Isle of Dogs and VFX

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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.