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Optical craziness
If you just think for a second that all the compositing for Who Framed Roger Rabbit was done optically, it blows your mind. Check out my interview with ILM’s then optical photography supervisor Ed Jones about how that was done, on the 30th anniversary of the film, at Cartoon Brew.
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The tree-makers
A look behind the scenes at how Weta Digital, Imageworks, Animal Logic and ILM craft digital foliage, at 3D World magazine. Loved writing this one.
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Mighty Mike from TeamTO
A look at some new animation software made for TeamTO’s new project, Mighty Mike & the Wild Bunch, at Cartoon Brew.
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On the 20th anniversary of The X-Files Movie: ‘splosions!
In my book, Masters of FX, I profiled 16 visual and special effects supervisors about their bodies of work. One of those was Ian Hunter, who, through Hunter/Gratzner Industries and New Deal Studios, has contributed a wealth of practical, miniature, and other effects work for large scale films and other projects. Hunter supervised the miniature…
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Behind the scenes of the DIY minisodes
For Cartoon Brew, I talked to Encyclopedia Pictura about their neat DIY minisodes for Cartoon Network.
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Inside the Falcon
For VFX Voice, I asked Solo vfx supervisor Rob Bredow about some of the rear projection work for the cockpit scenes.
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A convoy clash
For VFX Voice, my newest piece on Deadpool 2 – the huge convoy sequence!
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Check out this mocap featurette for the VR ‘Jurassic World: Blue’ experience
Felix & Paul Studios is behind the ‘Jurassic World: Blue‘ VR mini-series available on Oculus Go, Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR headsets. They worked with ILM on the experience, and here’s a neat featurette on how the mocap was achieved. Look for ILM’s awesome animation supe Glen McIntosh!
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Some of the coolest characters in Solo were practical/CG hybrids
Here’s my coverage of the visual effects for Solo’s L3, Rio and Lady Proxima at Thrillist.
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