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7 Questions With ‘Ghostbusters’ VFX Supervisor Daniel Kramer
What does a visual effects supervisor do and how do you become one? We find out from a leading feature film vfx supe.
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Making A Nuclear Apocalypse: How The Iconic Sequence In ‘Terminator 2’ Was Created
Early digital effects were mixed in with breakfast cereal and matzo crackers to create one of the iconic sequences in contemporary cinema.
The Tech Behind Bebop and Rocksteady’s Comic Turns in ‘Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles: Out of the Shadows’
Carton Brew speaks to ILM vfx supe Pablo Helman about the variety of vfx techniques needed to create the scene-stealing performances of Bebop and Rocksteady.
MPC Tries The Ultimate Recruitment Strategy: VFX Will Get You Laid
MPC recruitment manager claims, “Getting to say you make THE BEST movies gets you friends with benefits.”
How They Made That ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Scene Everyone Is Talking About
Adelaide, Australia-based Rising Sun Pictures made the vfx for the most talked-about shot in the new “X-Men” film.
An Oral History of ILM’s ‘Dragonheart’ On Its 20th Anniversary
“Dragonheart,” released twenty years ago this week, was a live-action film that had one of the first digital characters you could believe in. We talk to the ILM artists who created it.
Not Your Grandpa’s Talking Animals: How Animators Kept ‘The Jungle Book’ Real
Cartoon Brew delves into the animation challenges of Disney’s latest blockbuster.
Fusion Compositing Software Is Now Free And Available On Macs
There’s never been a better time to composite your vfx/animation projects and do color grading — for free.
FMX Report #2: What The VR Future Holds
As quickly as it began, FMX is over for another year. Perhaps more than at previous conferences, speakers were especially confident in …
Conan O’Brien Nails It With This Skit About VFX Workers on ‘The Jungle Book’
No animals were harmed in the making of Disney’s “The Jungle Book” — unless you count the human animals.
FMX Report #1: This Year Is All About VR
Cartoon Brew reports from Germany’s digital art conference FMX.
‘Jungle Book’ Filmmakers Can’t Decide If They Made An Animated Film Or Not
What do you call a ‘live-action’ film that’s 90% animated?
VFX Firm Double Negative Is Shutting Down Its Singapore Studio
The studio won an Oscar this year for its vfx work on “Ex Machina.”
Animal Logic And New Line Team Up For ‘Astro Boy’ Reboot
The animation studio that made “The Lego Movie” wants to make “Astro Boy” popular again, too.
‘Wide Open’ by Dominic Hawley and Nic Goffey
Music video for The Chemical Brothers “Wide Open” featuring vocals by Beck and dancer Sonoya Mizuno.
Kevin Spacey Plays A Part-CGI Cat in the French Film ‘Nine Lives’
Even the Europeans are joining the CGI animal trend.
2016 VES Award Nominations: ‘The Peanuts Movie’ Leads Animation Pack
On the live-action vfx side, Star Wars: The Force Awakens leads the feature categories with seven nominations, while HBO’s Game of Thrones leads all projects with a total of nine nominations.
ILM’s CG Work Is The Biggest Star of New ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’ Trailer
The new Turtles trailer contains plenty of cartoon fun, thanks to ILM.
20 Films Shortlisted for Visual Effects Oscar
The Academy expanded the field of visual effects contenders to 20 films this year.
In Further VFX Consolidation, Technicolor Acquires The Mill
Technicolor has acquired The Milll, the world’s largest advertising vfx studio, in a deal valued at nearly $300 million.
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