The overall VFX supervisor riffs on witness cameras, bleak L.A. cityscapes and the super-secret digital recreation of Rachael in Denis Villeneuve’s mesmerizing ‘Blade Runner’ sequel.
Studio created complex sequence in which the beloved bear is trapped underwater.
Honor is the most-recent for the visual-effects house in a busy awards season.
All five Oscars best visual effects nominees used software made by the company, whose employees also were honored by the Television Academy and at the Sci-Tech Awards.
Production VFX Supervisor Geoff Baumann assembled and managed the movie’s heavy-hitter vendor lineup to complete more than 2,000 visual effects shots for Marvel’s most recent hit.
Weta’s four-time Oscar-winning senior VFX supervisor talks about the complexities of creating believable digital ape performances in the final film in Fox’s ‘Apes’ trilogy reboot, director Matt Reeves’ futuristic action adventure ‘War for the Planet of the Apes.’
V-Ray developers organize event dedicated to the future of rendering.
High-performance, mid-size display is built for creative and design applications including augmented and virtual reality.
Academy Award winner and visual effects supervisor of ‘Kong: Skull Island’ takes creative reins of ILM’s Canadian studio.
Group of 20 nominees draws on two decades of experience and technological advances, delivering shots that were previously unimaginable.
Studio’s Canadian outpost will form a hub for animation, feature films, commercials and VR-AR work.
Academy governors Richard Edlund and Bill Kroyer weigh in on how to acknowledge and reward the growing number of stellar CG character performances.
Release makes available classic and rare films by the ‘Father of Visual Music’ and the great-grandfather of motion graphics.
Bristol-based VFX outfit delivers effects across 1,350 shots on Nick Park’s most-recent Aardman feature.
Animal-rights group rewards films for storylines positive to animals and use of CG imagery instead of live creatures.
DNeg VFX supervisor Paul Lambert details the creation of futuristic Los Angeles cityscapes, the holographic Joi, and the visuals for the final act of director Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up to the 1982 sci-fi film noir classic by Ridley Scott.
Digital and Blu-ray editions in HD and 4K include extensive bonuses including a feature-length making-of documentary and 14 deleted scenes.
Acclaimed illustrator and designer looks to explore and experiment in multiple media.
Center assisted painters by providing detailed reference, visual effects, compositing and editing for Oscars-nominated feature.
Sound editors’ guild also honored sound work in short-form animation, games and non-theatrical long-form animation.
Company’s Montréal team created nearly 300 shots for the sequel to the sci-fi classic.
Winner will receive $10,000 prize as well as a trip to the conference for a premiere event for their content.
One of five films to receive a nomination for best visual effects in this year’s race for Oscar gold, ‘Episode VIII’ mixes new characters with those from the 1977-1983 films in wholly new environments.
Pixar feature wins BAFTA Award for best animated film; Roger Deakins wins fourth BAFTA for Cinematography for ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ which also wins for special visual effects.
VFXWorld takes a closer look at the Oscar-nominated effects that brought the biggest version of King Kong ever to the big screen.
