The Animation and VFX of China's 'Monster Hunt'
Beijing’s BaseFX founder and CEO Chris Bremble discusses the process and challenges of producing animation and visual effects for the most successful feature film in Chinese history.
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SIGGRAPH 2015 Report: Day 2 & 3
Teapots, Snickers and Virtual Reality are definitely ruling this year’s show.
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SIGGRAPH 2015 Report: Day 1
While there's no Vanilla Ice or Ron Jeremy this year, lots of VR and related goodies about.
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No Task Too Small: The Third Floor and the Previs of ‘Ant-Man’
Previs supervisor Jim Baker walks us through The Third Floor’s key previs and postvis efforts on the latest Marvel feature.
Animation and VFX Fall 2015 Movie Preview
Variety abounds in the animated and VFX-focused films headed our way this fall.
I Got Your Voxels Right Here: The Updated Digital Characters of ‘Pixels’
Sony Imageworks VFX supervisor Dan Kramer helps bring iconic low-res 1980s arcade game characters into the CG world of 2015 in the new Adam Sandler film.
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Solving Tiny Problems: Double Negative Tackles ‘Ant-Man’
Dneg VFX supervisor Alex Wuttke talks lighting, camera arrays and macro photography on Marvel’s latest superhero movie.
Method Studios Comes Up Big by Going Small on ‘Ant-Man’
VFX supervisor Greg Steele talks about bringing ants, wasps and a tiny superhero to the big screen in Marvel’s new action adventure.
Visualizing an Age of Wonder: Lola VFX Takes on ‘Ant-Man’
VFX supervisor Trent Claus discusses aging and de-aging the character of Dr. Hank Pym in Marvel’s new superhero feature.
Iloura Bears it All for ‘Ted 2’
Iloura VFX supervisor Glenn Melenhorst discusses the return of Ted, the politically incorrect talking teddy bear that stars in Seth MacFarlane’s adult comedy sequel.
MPC and Arnold Go Back in Time for ‘Terminator: Genisys’
MPC VFX Supervisor Sheldon Stopsack examines the ins and outs of digitally recreating an iconic action hero for Paramount’s ‘Terminator’ franchise reboot.
ILM Tackles Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
ILM VFX supervisor Ben Snow discusses the enormity, complexity and challenges of the work his team wrestled with on Marvel’s latest superhero adventure.
WATCH: Warner Bros' Chris DeFaria Talks Feature Film Production Realities at FMX 2015
Chris DeFaria, Warner Bros. president of animation, digital production and visual effects, talks about assessing a film's viability, extensive industry use of previs and virtual production, as well as the studio's shock when 'The LEGO Movie' didn't receive an Oscar nomination.
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The Third Floor Helps Shake up ‘San Andreas’
Previs supervisor Todd Constantine talks previsualization of earthquakes, tsunamis and bursting dams on the hit disaster movie ‘San Andreas.’
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Cinesite VFX Saves the Day in ‘San Andreas’
VFX supervisor Holger Voss talks landslides, daring escapes and setting up a Montreal studio for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow's disaster movie.
Halon Helps Visualize Disney’s ‘Tomorrowland'
Tefft Smith II discusses the extensive use of pitchvis, previs, techvis and postvis on Brad Bird’s new fantasy adventure.
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ILM and the VFX of a Futuristic ‘Tomorrowland’
Industrial Light & Magic VFX supervisor Eddie Pasquarello takes AWN on a whirlwind tour of the studio’s work on director Brad Bird's live action Disney feature.
Gallery: Iloura Takes on the VFX of 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
Helping bring all the mayhem and madness of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ to the screen was Iloura’s Sydney studio, led by VFX supervisor Tom Wood. With two major sequences – a toxic sandstorm and evil warlord Immortan Joe’s stronghold, The Citadel – plus hundreds of stunts and vehicle crashes to contend with, Iloura was involved in more than 1,700 VFX shots. Here’s a selection of some of their great work on the film.
Tom Wood Travels ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
Iloura’s VFX supervisor tackles the effects for George Miller’s iconic post-apocalyptic adrenaline-filled feature, including a toxic sandstorm and evil warlord Immortan Joe’s stronghold, The Citadel.
Animal Logic Gets Graphic for ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
The Australian VFX studio tackles a variety of futuristic graphic elements on Marvel’s latest tentpole feature film.
Animation and VFX Summer 2015 Movie Preview
Dinosaurs, Video Game Monsters and Action Movie Icons return this summer for a blockbuster reunion at the multiplex.
‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ and the End of Physics.
Throwing physics out the window seems the new norm as big tentpole films hit the theatres.
Keeping it User Friendly: The Graphic UIs of ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
Graphic art director Alan Payne and Territory Studio tackle the challenges of bringing super-sized personalities to the small screens of Marvel’s latest super hero tentpole.
Scanline VFX Takes a ‘Big Game’ Crash Course
The VFX studio tackles Finnish director Jalmari Helander’s action adventure tale of a young boy who rescues the U.S. president.
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