How Animal Logic’s R&D For ‘The Lego Ninjago Movie’ Included Going to the Beach
The studio looked to real world reference for water, sand, fire, and smoke in their latest Lego movie.
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The Secret History Of Disney’s ‘Gemini Man’ And The Quest To Make A Convincing CG Human
More than 15 years ago, Disney tried to make “Gemini Man,” a film in which a real actor interacted with his younger CG self. This is the story of the studio’s ambitious attempt to make a convincing CG human.
How Real-time Rendering Is Changing VFX And Animation Production
Real-time tools are giving animation and vfx creators more flexibility in generating cg worlds and characters.
Behind-The-Scenes: Showing Off Spidey’s New Swing In ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’
The ‘Homecoming’ filmmakers wanted to show Spider-Man’s tentative side in the movie’s dramatic ferry scene.
Luc Besson Went One Step Further Than Previs on ‘Valerian’ By Recruiting His Students To Plan Out Complex Scenes
You’ve heard of previs, but what about ‘video-vis’? This technique could save you time and money when making a film with complex vfx sequences.
TRAILER: ‘The Iron Giant’ and ‘Akira’ Play A Role In Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’
Steven Spielberg’s pop culture-soaked dystopia transfers “The Iron Giant” and “Akira” to virtual reality.
From Performance Capture To Creature: How The Apes Were Created In ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’
An overview of Weta Digital’s process in turning performance capture into final animation in the newest ‘Apes’ film.
‘Okja’: Finding the Personality Of A CG Super-Pig
How the vfx crew used on-set puppeteering and cg to bring the star of ‘Okja’ to life.
Inside Peter Jackson’s New Augmented Reality Studio
We go behind the scenes of Wingnut AR’s tabletop augmented reality experience made with Apple’s new ARKit.
‘Transformers: The Last Knight’: Behind Bumblebee’s New Trick
How the “Transformers: The Last Knight” vfx crew crafted a new kind of transformation for the franchise’s fifth outing.
Inside Neill Blomkamp’s First Experimental Oats Studios Short ‘Rakka’
Oats Studios isn’t just creating fresh new content, they’re creating a fresh and new approach to the process of making vfx-driven films.
How They Did It: Making The War Scenes In ‘Wonder Woman’
Director Patty Jenkins “always couched the visual effects in emotions,” the film’s vfx supervisor Bill Westenhofer tells Cartoon Brew.
Just How Did They Make Javier Bardem Look Like He Was Underwater in ‘Dead Men Tell No Tales’?
MPC made Captain Salazar appear underwater, even when he wasn’t.
‘District 9’ Director Neill Blomkamp Launches Oats, An Experimental VFX Studio
“The whole point of the studio is to just do what we want,” says Neill Blomkamp, director of films like “District 9,” “Elysium,” and “Chappie.”
The Biggest Motion Capture Studio in Canada Just Opened
Already a hub for vfx, animation and games, Vancouver now has a new mo-cap studio.
‘Alien: Covenant’: How On-set Suit Performances, Mo-cap, And VFX Each Played A Role In Production
Behind the scenes of Ridley Scott’s newest “Alien” film, with before and after image breakdowns.
How They Animated Baby Groot In That Epic Opening To ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’
With a little help from Framestore, Baby Groot stole the show in the opening battle scene of ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2.’
Step-By-Step: How They Made Those Disturbing Godflesh Scenes in ‘American Gods’
The adaptation of the Neil Gaiman novel had some out-there god imagery that was so crazy it needed a custom-made camera rig to make it possible.
Can You Pick the Real Car in This Shot? Behind-The-Scenes of ‘The Fate of the Furious’
By the end of production, even the vfx artists and filmmakers had difficulty telling the real cars apart from the digital ones.
‘Ghost in the Shell’ Marks Another Step Forward for Live Action-CG Hybrid Actors
Visual effects played a huge role in bringing Michael Pitt’s Kuze villain to life in the new live-action version of ‘Ghost in the Shell.’
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