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The amazing amount of roto that went into converting T2
It was a lot of roto. I talked to Stereo D here at VFX Voice.
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The tech of ‘Terminator 2’ – an oral history
Ever since James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day was released in 1991, I’ve been reading about the many ways ILM, led by visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren, had to basically invent new ways to realise the CG ‘liquid metal’ T-1000 shots in that film, of which there are surprisingly few. Tools like ‘Make Sticky’ and…
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Horse riding now a thing in Massive
At SIGGRAPH, I caught up with Stephen Regelous from Massive to find out about the software’s new horse and rider agent. Check it out at VFX Voice.
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Body Labs might be a way to change animation
I talked to Body Labs about their statistical models for the human body shape and motion, and how they might impact on animation for gaming, AR, VR and visual effects. Check it out at Cartoon Brew.
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The last-minute roto tool that saved the ending of ‘Death Becomes Her’
I recently spoke to visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston about his work at ILM on Death Becomes Her for the 25th anniversary of the film. The interview received some surprising attention; the film might not have been a hit but the practical make-up effects by ADI and ILM’s innovative ‘digital wizardry’ both continue to be…
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From storyboard to final in ‘GOTG Vol 2’
James Gunn narrates a scene from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 where the Ravagers take on Rocket in the forest – breaking down the shots from storyboards to previs/postvis and final (with VFX by Trixter). This clip is from the film’s DVD/Blu-Ray release.
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A shot from ‘Event Horizon’ is still Sue Rowe’s toughest VFX task ever
“Ask any VFX artist about their worst shot and I bet they can tell you the shot name. On Event Horizon, M255 was that shot for me.” – Sue Rowe Now a visual effects supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sue Rowe was back in 1997 a sequence supervisor at Cinesite (Europe) on Paul W.S. Anderson’s…
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7 highlights from SIGGRAPH
For DigitalArts, I highlighted 7 of the coolest things I saw at SIGGRAPH. What a conference!
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Here’s one of the best interviews I’ve heard Christopher Nolan give about his thoughts on film, digital and VFX
I recently listened to this interview on BBC’s The Film Programme between host Francine Stock and Christopher Nolan on the director’s latest project, Dunkirk. It’s a great interview, in which Nolan discusses how he constructed the time-bending narrative in the film, how he used sound and score, and his thoughts on – and this is what…
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My SIGGRAPH round-up
Digital Arts asked me to round-up the recent events at SIGGRAPH 2017 – you can read that here. Also coming is a look at some specific super-cool things I saw there. It was truly an awesome event, so much more to say than there is time in the world!
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