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Miniaturisation secrets: Eric Brevig on ‘The Indian in the Cupboard’
Alexander Payne’s Downsizing, soon in theatres, marks the latest in a rich history of films that have dealt with miniaturisation – that is, showing shrunken-down characters in a real-sized world. Films such as Fantastic Voyage, Inner Space, Willow, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Hook, The Indian in the Cupboard and Ant-Man are all ones that have…
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Are you planning for FMX yet?
I first heard about FMX in 2011, just as I started writing full-time about visual effects. I went there – it’s in Stuttgart – and was immediately hooked. There’s a ton of super-cool visual effects, animation and CG presentations. You could go to JUST THOSE all week if you wanted to. But why the conference…
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Rachael Reborn
VFX Voice features this story on MPC’s Rachael work in Blade Runner 2049. Had fun writing this one.
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Massive in Thor: Ragnarok
I found out from Framestore how Massive was a big part of their final battle work in the film. See VFX Voice.
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Blue Sky director Carlos Carlos Saldanha on ‘Ferdinand’
Had a fun chat to him for this Cartoon Brew Q&A.
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Titanic’s VFX producer on how James Cameron brought her onto the movie, and how she made it *into* the movie
It’s now 20 years since James Cameron’s Titanic was released. Back in 1997, somehow the film made it through an incredibly challenging shoot, a tense studio environment, constant media scrutiny and a gruelling post-production schedule to become the then most successful box office hit of all time. But Titanic was not without its challenges, especially…
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Making Coco pop
You gotta love that headline, it’s from the new issue of 3D Artist magazine where I wrote about Pixar’s Coco. Buy the mag here.
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Breaking down the beautybot
Earlier this year I caught up with Imageworks visual effects supervisor Mark Breakspear to discuss his studio’s work on Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The home entertainment release of the film is now here, and Imageworks has shared with vfxblog a fun look at the beautybot effects. Watch Breakspear and animation director Max Tyrie talk about the…
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The secrets behind the life (and death) of Titanic’s propeller guy
A man falls from the poop deck, hitting the bronze hub of the starboard propeller with a sickening smack. That line from James Cameron’s script for Titanic, coming deep into scenes of the chaotic sinking of the famous cruiseliner, might sound simple enough. But it would turn out to be the basis of one of…
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Thirsty work
Aardman Nathan Love do some cool commercials work, including this spot for Sprite that features Lebron James. I went behind the scenes for Cartoon Brew.
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