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It’s simple. We need more women in vfx
Check out what some people are doing to help in this portrait and video series called Women in Visual Effects.
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What a list of artists. Seriously, just look at these names
And all the names behind the VFX work in those films. Congrats to all the nominees.
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Looking for a new animated series to watch? You can’t go past Trollhunters
Doing some research for an interview with Trollhunters showrunner Rodrigo Blaas, I started watching the show on Netflix, and basically didn’t stop. It’s like a feature film, in fact, it was originally a feature film. But it also feels very serialised and totally suits the new binge-watch culture. Check out my eventual interview here, at…
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Rogue One’s Random Cam, and other previs fun
Now that we’ve all seen Rogue One five times and deconstructed the storyline, the characters and the visual effects, it’s fun to also consider how some of the iconic shots came to be. Of course, ILM and Lucasfilm’s art department crafted many of the incredible concepts, but some of the first shot designs were done by…
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Chris Wedge on Monster Trucks
I interviewed director Chris Wedge (the co-founder of Blue Sky Studios) about making Monster Trucks, his first live-action feature. Check it out at Cartoon Brew.
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The three big challenges behind Passengers’ spaceship shots
Recently I wrote about MPC’s visual effects for the anti-gravity swimming pool scene in Passengers after talking to overall VFX supervisor Eric Nordby. MPC had plenty of other challenges to solve in the film, too, including how to realize scenes of the spacecraft, the Avalon. Here Nordby runs down three things he and the team…
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A Monster Calls – a wonder of animation
Make sure you try and see A Monster Calls on the big screen for the incredible animated stories, and also MPC’s creature work. Here’s a new piece for Cartoon Brew on the animated tales.
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How Rogue One is an ode to the VFX of the Original Trilogy
One of the impressive feats accomplished by ILM for Rogue One is segueing from this ‘new film’ (made with advanced VFX techniques) into A New Hope (released, of course, in 1977, at a time when effects were done with models and motion control and optical compositing). To make that happen, a special ops team at the studio studied…
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VFX trends for 2017
Digital Arts asked me what I thought were the big trends coming for 2017 in VFX. My view is: digital humans and even better digital characters, more practical fx, more vfx houses getting into anim and their own IP, and a big Oscar VFX upset.
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Schirkoa – find this and watch it
At SIGGRAPH Asia last year, I was able to interview Indian filmmaker Ishan Shukla about his short Schirkoa, which made it to the Academy long list. There’s not much else to say except you need to try and find this film and watch it. Check out the interview at Cartoon Brew.
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