'The Number 23': Painterly VFX to Creep Us Out
Ellen Wolff uncovers the beautiful yet chilling 3D effects created by Intelligent Creatures for The Number 23.
Ellen Wolff's Recent Posts
'Happily N'ever After': John H. Williams' Return to Farcical Fairy Tales
Producer John H. Williams reflects on BFC's and Vanguard Animation's newest film and the bigger picture for CG features.
'Flags of Our Fathers': Making War With VFX
Ellen Wolff reports on Digital Domain’s extensive photoreal CG efforts in recreating the horrific Battle of Iwo Jima in Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers.
'Smallville': Greater Superpowers From Entity FX
Ellen Wolff speaks with Mat Beck of Entity FX about raising the VFX quotient in the sixth season of Smallville.
Updating 'The Wicker Man' with Blazing CG
Ellen Wolff ventures out to speak with the trio of vfx houses that helped build The Wicker Man.
'Friends With Money': VFX for a 'Non'-Effects Film
Ellen Wolff looks into Sundance opener, Friends With Money, which highlights the growth of invisible effects.
Imageworks Goes Retro Sci-Fi With 'Zathura'
Ellen Wolff talks with Sony Imageworks Pete Travers about launching Zathura into cinematic outer space.
Brevig and Bay Reunite on 'The Island'
ILMs Eric Brevig discusses with Ellen Wolff the challenges of matching virtual CG work with live-action cinematography on The Island.
Otherworldly Concept Designs of Ryan Church
Ryan Church tells Ellen Wolff all about the design challenges of working with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg on two of this summers hottest movies.
IPAX: When Teachers Join the Crew
Ellen Wolff reports on the latest developments in Sony Pictures Imageworks innovative new faculty-based training program called IPAX.
Blurring the Lines at Blur with Animated Shorts
Tim Miller talks about parlaying commercial success at Blur Studios into a flourishing shorts program.
Honoring Bob Abel: VES Bestows First George Méliés Pioneer Award
Ellen Wolff traces Bob Abels legendary power to do magic on the eve of his posthumous VES honor.
The Prevised Pitch: How Yeatman Got to Direct 'G-Force'
Ellen Wolff chats with veteran visual effects supervisor Hoyt Yeatman on how he used pre-visualization to land his first directing gig on G-Force.
'Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events': `Fellini for the Family’
Ellen Wolff explores how ILMs Stefen Fangmeier mixed cutting edge technology with a bit of old cinema magic to help conjure the retro look of Lemony Snicket.
Flying The Virtual Skies in 'The Aviator'
We close our focus on 3D environments with Ellen Wolffs exploration of how Rob Legato conducted the virtual aerial combat choreography in The Aviator.
Sony Imageworks' Tim Sarnoff Shares His Three-Pronged Approach to 3D
Ellen Wolff talks with the Imageworks president about balancing vfx, 3D animation and the new performance capture hybrid.
Diving Into the Digital Deep End With 'Shark Tale’s' Rafferty
Ellen Wolff discusses how DreamWorks pulled off its funny 3D-animated fish tale with CG supervisor Kevin Rafferty.
'Father of the Pride': Trans-Pacific CGI
Karl Cohen reviews Doing Their Bit, a well researched reference book about WWII cartoons.
Oddworld’s ‘Real’ Reel World
Ellen Wolff talks with Oddworld Inhabitants Lorne Lanning as he considers the realtime CG technologies that will change gaming along with movies and TV.
'Spider-Man 2': A Conversation with Visual Effects Guru John Dykstra
Ellen Wolff discusses vertiginous flights of fancy and other superhero feats in Spider-Man 2 with visual effects supervisor John Dykstra.
