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‘Predator’: VFX supe Joel Hynek recalls the days of optical compositing, thermal cameras and *that* red suit
John McTiernan’s Predator is perhaps most fondly remembered for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s line, ‘Get to the chopper!’ But it also featured some incredibly memorable optical effects, crafted by R/Greenberg Associates and overseen by visual effects supervisor Joel Hynek. These included a distinctive camouflage effect wielded by the alien Predator creature (appearing also in a monster suit…
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‘Predator’ is 30: VFX supe Joel Hynek recalls the days of optical compositing, thermal cameras and *that* red suit
John McTiernan’s Predator is perhaps most fondly remembered for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s line, ‘Get to the chopper!’ But it also featured some incredibly memorable optical effects, crafted by R/Greenberg Associates and overseen by visual effects supervisor Joel Hynek. These included a distinctive camouflage effect wielded by the alien Predator creature (appearing also in a monster suit…
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The tech of the 25 year old ‘Lawnmower Man’
It’s such a big year for anniversaries in vfx, so here’s another one: The Lawnmower Man recently turned 25. I talked to people from Xaos and Angel Studios about the groundbreaking CGI and VR work for VFX Voice.
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Up close with the practical creatures of ‘Alien: Covenant’
Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant made heavy use of practical makeup effects, prosthetics and creatures during the filming process. Two creature shops, Creatures Inc. Ltd and Odd Studio combined to make those effects possible, led by creature design supervisor Conor O’Sullivan and creature effects supervisor Adam Johansen. In this visual behind the scenes look at the…
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The Beast within
Disney were super-secretive about how the Beast was made in Beauty and the Beast. But now, with a making of video of Digital Domain’s work released, they’ve let information out. I talked to some of the DD team and wrote a quick how-to on Thrillist.
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The intoxicating sims behind Javier Bardem’s hair in Pirates 5
I could watch these all day. Here’s how MPC pulled it off, in a new article for Cartoon Brew.
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Kevin Tod Haug on ‘American Gods’ and his past great VFX work
I first got excited about Kevin Tod Haug’s work in Fight Club, then Panic Room, then Stay – and most recently on American Gods. So it was a thrill to meet him at FMX and do an interview. Here’s the result at VFX Voice.
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Before you see Tom Cruise’s ‘The Mummy’, re-visit the digital make-up, mocap and other VFX innovations from the 1999 film
You’ve got a character that needs to be desiccated and completely non-human in its position but has to be believably human in the way that it moves. Well, that’s motion capture in a nutshell. – John Berton Jr., ILM visual effects supervisor, The Mummy In 1999, director Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy burst onto cinema screens…
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A home-grown VFX event
Lately I’ve been super lucky to visit some visual effects and animation events around the world. But one of the first events I ever went to – before I even worked in VFX – was the Australian Effects and Animation Festival. It’s still going, and it’s run by Digital Media World magazine, although now it…
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Big hugs
My newest online piece for VFX Voice is about the facehuggers by Framestore in Alien: Covenant. Check it out.
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