Since his last visit, Scott Farrar has worked on the visual effects of THE HUNGER GAMES and WORLD WAR Z. He is now back in the Transformers universe with this new episode.
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Impressive Michael Keaton in this new trailer of BIRDMAN directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu: The VFX are made by: Rodeo FX (VFX Supervisor : Ara Khanikian) The Production VFX Supervisors are Jake Braver & Adam Howard. © Vincent Frei – The…
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Ben Stiller and his gang are coming to London in NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB: The VFX are made by: MPC Digital Domain Method Studios Zoic Studios The Production VFX Supervisor is Erik Nash. © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2014
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Beautiful and intriguing new trailer for INTERSTELLAR: The VFX are made by: Double Negative (VFX Supervisor : Paul Franklin) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2014
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Here is a second trailer for THE MAZE RUNNER with more action and VFX shots: The VFX are made by: Method Studios (VFX Supervisor : Sue Rowe) Factory VFX (VFX Supervisor : Eric D. Christensen) Crazy Horse Effects The Third Floor The Production VFX Sup…
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Cool featurette about Rocket and Groot of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY beautifully created by the teams of Framestore and MPC! The VFX are made by: MPC (VFX Supervisor : Nicolas Aithadi) Framestore (VFX Supervisors : Jonathan Fawkner & Kyle McCulloch) Can…
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Interesting behind the scenes video by MPC about their work on the Fiat “Godzilla” commercial: © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2014
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Nice movie clip from HERCULES showing armies and VFX work by Cinesite: The VFX are made by: Double Negative (VFX Supervisor : Ryan Cook) Milk Visual Effects (VFX Supervisor : Nicolas Hernandez) Prime Focus World (VFX Supervisor : Alex Pejic) Cinesite…
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Technicolor have announced their plans to expand the teams of MPC Montreal. In the next six months, they will ramp up from 300 to 520 employees! MPC Montreal is currently working on various projects such as INTO THE WOODS and CINDERELLA. And they wil…
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Lots of action and gore in this red band trailer of SIN CITY – A DAME TO KILL FOR: The VFX are made by: Prime Focus World (VFX Supervisors : Jon Cowley, Tim McGovern and Joshua Saeta) The Show VFX Supervisor is Stefen Fangmeier © Vincent Frei –…
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From fantastical creatures to sprawling battles - fxguide looks at the visual effects of Hercules.
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A run-down of RealFlow 2014 with Lumiere Studios' technical director Duncan Lees.
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A look at the previs efforts from Cinedev, MPC and Halon for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
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Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Jason Diamond discuss the film and visual effects in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
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Weta Digital senior VFX supervisor Joe Letteri and VFX supervisor Erik Winquist discuss Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Plus we run down the new July term at fxphd.com.
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We preview the Real-Time Live! sessions at SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver, talking to Real-Time Live! Chair Nico Gonzalez and jury member Ari Shapiro from USC ICT.
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Dawn of Planet of the Apes delivers complex serious acting from its lead digital characters - we speak to Weta Digital about this blockbuster hit of the summer.
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Each year The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extends invitations to join the academy. The 2014 invitees for Visual Effects are
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The Foundry has launched COLORWAY, a new design application that speeds up and changes the process of iterating on and finalizing an image or product look, and expands the company's move into the design space.
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Award season begins with the announcement of nominations for the 66th Annual Emmy Awards.
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In this month's Ep Jason and Mike are back from travels and switching cameras!
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We explore VFX in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hannibal, Hawaii Five-O, Sleepy Hollow, Game of Thrones, Vikings and Orphan Black.
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Solid Angle to showcase Arnold 4.2 with Cinema4D and Houdini plug-ins at SIGGRAPH 2014.
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Following director Christopher Nolan’s surprise appearance at last week’s Comic-Con International, Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures release the latest trailer for sci-fi epic ‘Interstellar’ onto the web.
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‘Tangram Jam,’ developed and produced as part of the Cogswell Game Design & Development program, will be presented at the 2014 SIGGRAPH Conference’s “Appy Hour” showcase in Vancouver. 
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Brad Clark puts Autodesk’s latest flagship suite release through its paces. 
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Encore VFX helps realize a fictional Middle Eastern nation for FX’s new drama with exotic set extensions, extravagant CG palaces and city skylines, subtle environmental work and crowd duplication.
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Disney releases the first teaser and a dozen new images for ‘Into the Woods,’ arriving in theaters on Christmas Day.
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Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies release the first trailer for the animated/live action hybrid, ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.’
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With director Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer still in theaters, the sci-fi feature racks up an impressive $3.8 million over its first two weeks on VOD.
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Students rely on Xsens MVN for flexible motion capture on-set for short film recently screened at Comic-Con International.
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London-based production company and animation studio announces the appointment of Judy Hill as Executive Producer in charge of New Business.
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Leading visual effects post production studio specializing in high-end commercial finishing appoints Kira Karlstrom as Business Development Executive.
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Minneapolis-based creative studio expands its visual effects department with the new hire of VFX artist Patricio Fernandez.
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Student film Some Like it Bot uses mocap to bring robot-human romance to screen
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To raise money for CALM, AnyForty has released 27 wonderful four-colour prints from some of our favourite illustrators – but they're only available until August 4.
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We reveal the grading and post-production by colourist Juan Ignacio Cabrera on Crackle's hit TV drama.
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It's hard to make cash machines more thrilling then they already are, seeing as how they're designed to spit money at you. But a team of tinkering Australians has done just that by modifying an ATM to play Doom.
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Smarter contextual awareness, 4K video and augmented reality are just some of the new technologies that will be offered by smartphones and tablets over the next year or so, according to Qualcomm's product blueprints.
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We've got an exclusive preview of Yoko Honda's artwork for the latest Belly Kids release
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This film for the Design Council's Inclusive Design iniative uses a mixture of 2D and 3D styles.
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The Prime Minister’s office has pulled the £50 million that was due to be spent on the regeneration of Old Street’s 'Silicon Roundabout' in East London.
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NASA has released 3D files that can be used by 3D printers to create 21 different objects, from space probes and satellites to asteroids and planetary features.
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At this point, it seems like a given that Samsung is working on a virtual reality headset, with several reports indicating a partnership with OculusVR.
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Ulysse Fréchelin's photos from his book American Trucks show the sheen, colour and texture of crafted juggernauts.
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Trunk director Rok Predin has completed One of a Kind, his most ambitious animated film to date.
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Get a job: Volition is hiring a Visual Effects ArtistGamasutraVolition is seeking a Visual Effects Artist to add dramatic flair to environments, characters, cinematics and more on an unannounced AAA 360/PS3 title. Responsibilities - Collaborate with…
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Business InsiderHere's How Groot And Rocket Raccoon Look Without Visual Effects In ...Business Insider"The reason the filmmakers wanted these is because they take them onto the set and they put them in little chairs and they put them next to the door…
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Examiner.comInterview: Ben Snow discusses the amazing visual effects of 'Noah'Examiner.comBen Snow is the 4-time Oscar-nominated Visual Effects Supervisor of Darren Aronofsky's "Noah," which arrived on Blu-Ray July 29. Snow talked to Examiner about t…
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CelebuzzWith little snark and cheap visual effects, 'Sharknado 2' bitesTwinCities.com-Pioneer PressWith little snark and cheap visual effects, 'Sharknado 2' bites. By David Wiegand San Francisco Chronicle. Posted: 07/27/2014 12:01:00 AM CDT. Updated:…
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Dr Who visual effects studio builds desktop as a service for graphicsComputerWeekly.comJellyfish Pictures, the visual effects and animation studio behind popular programmes such as Dr Who, Line of Duty and Natural History Museum Alive 3D, has develop…
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Hollywood ReporterFlorida Launches Explosive Lawsuit Over Visual Effects Company's Blow-UpHollywood ReporterDigital Domain might have had extensive movie credits, including digital visual effects work on Titanic, Apollo 13 and Transformers, but the l…
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GamasutraGet a job: Obsidian is hiring a Visual Effects ArtistGamasutraThe Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry! Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised ri…
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Saluting Game Of Thrones' visual effectsDen Of GeekIt doesn't help that popular perception of visual effects artists and animators - arguably not aided by the view that their work is simply “painting digital makeup onto actors' performances” as e…
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Hypable'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' CGI proves visual effects have reached a pinnacleHypableDawn of the Planet of the Apes has wowed moviegoers this weekend with its impeccable visual effects and we think it finally proves that CGI has reached it…
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'Transformers: Age of Extinction': 5 Things to Know About the Visual EffectsHollywood ReporterTransformers: Age of Extinction — which has already earned nearly $600 million worldwide — marks the fourth title of the franchise and director Michael…
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The biggest question many fans are going to have following their viewing of "Guardians of the Galaxy" is when will this group of galactic heroes come in contact with The Avengers? Speaking with Yahoo Movies, director James Gunn and actors Chris Prat…
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With a Christmas 2015 release being targeted, the fifth "Mission: Impossible" film has to get filming soon if it's to make the date. Out doing a brief bit of press for "Hector and the Search for Happiness," actor Simon Pegg revealed to Cinema Blend…
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Almost immediately following Legendary's "Skull Island" announcement at Comic-Con, a wild rumor began to swirl that Guillermo del Toro was involved with the project despite the filmmaker's commitment to "Pacific Rim 2". Understandably the rumor didn…
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Whilst we saw a side-on glimpse of him during the end credit sequence of "Marvel's The Avengers," it's this week's "Guardians of the Galaxy" that offers our real first look at everyone's favorite Marvel super villain who, lets face it, kind of looks…
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Universal has officially confirmed that Frank Darabont is set to direct the freshly titled "The Huntsman," the follow-up to 2012's "Snow White And The Huntsman".A press release issued by the studio confirms Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron are s…
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A couple of key release date changes today.With Universal's "Snow White And The Huntsman" prequel nabbing the April 22nd 2016 release date this morning, the studio has pushed back Alex Kurtzmann's "The Mummy" reboot. Originally scheduled for that…
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Syfy's "Sharknado 2: The Second One" launched last night and broke records for the network, quickly becoming the channel's most watched original movie ever with 3.9 million total viewers and 1.6 million Adults 18-49 - nearly doubling both counts from…
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Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley have teamed up with "The Machinist" and "Transsiberian" director Brad Anderson on the Edgar Allan Poe short story adaptation "Stonehearst Asylum" (previously titled "Eliza Graves").Sturg…
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Emily Ratajkowski ("Gone Girl") has landed the female lead opposite Zac Efron in Max Joseph's coming of age DJ movie "We Are Your Friends" for Working Title and Studio Canal. Efron plays an aspiring 23 year old Hollywood DJ named Cole who spends h…
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"The Last Samurai" director Edward Zwick and producer Marshall Herskovitz are developing a live-action English-language adaptation of the 2012 Japanese manga "Soul ReViver" for Bedford Falls, Fields Corporation and All Nippon Entertainment Works.Th…
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Bang and blameIf your life is low on things exploding and leathery old blokes trading quips while shooting people, the final Expendables 3 trailer is here to change all that. Take a look below to see the latest from Sly and the family Stonebanks (tha…
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This place is horrible. Smells like balls...If you love superheroes and Emma Stone, but still feel that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 didn't have enough of Edward Norton in very small underpants, then you're in luck. The new international trailer for Alej…
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The Godfather of Makeup has passed awayDick Smith, the renowned "Godfather of Makeup", has died aged 92. Smith was a legend in the field, pioneering an astonishing number of different techniques and trickery in-camera. He’s best known for his work…
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Rocker/director sends in the clownsAfter a couple of months of mystery following the unveiling of a teaser poster featuring nothing but a gruesome clown face, Rob Zombie has finally revealed what 31 is all about. His next film, contrary to previously…
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Double, double, toil and Meryl The world at large finally has an Into The Woods trailer. Fans of the musical it's based on have long been very excited to see (and hear) what Rob Marshall has done with Stephen Sondheim's classic, and with this tease…
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Double, double, toil and Meryl Later this week, the world at large will be able to see an Into The Woods trailer, and fans of the musical it's based on are very excited to see (and hear) what Rob Marshall has done with Stephen Sondheim's classic. I…
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Sponge N' RosesSpongeBob SquarePants, marine superhero and unofficial seventh Avenger, has a new movie coming out and, like all good movies, it’s got a trailer to share. Click below to watch what the spongy one has got in store in Sponge Out Of Wat…
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Joining Olivia WildeFirst announced earlier this year, Olivia Wilde is both producing and starring in the psychological thriller Meadowland. She's now joined in the cast by Luke Wilson, along with Elisabeth Moss and Natasha Lyonne.The scant synopsis…
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In a biopic written by Terence WinterMike Tyson has been cheerfully playing himself in recent years in the Hangover and Scary Movie films, Rocky Balboa and Grudge Match. But in a newly developing biopic, Jamie Foxx is set to take on the mantle of the…
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Glee's Harry Shum Jr. joins the martial arts sequelIn Hollywood, everyone and their auntie is getting aboard to the Chinese bandwagon, looking for opportunities in the ever-growing movie market. The Weinstein Co. is no exception and its sequel to Ang…
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The Godfather of Makeup has passed awayDick Smith, the renowned "Godfather of Makeup", has died aged 92. Smith was a legend in the field, pioneering an astonishing number of different techniques and trickery in-camera. He’s best known for his work…
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She'll play a younger Mary Shelley The story of how Mary Shelley came to write Frankenstein has been well documented, but how about how she came to be Mary Shelley? A Storm In The Stars promises to explore the younger romantic life of the real-life a…
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I haven’t had time to post on some recent VFX news since I’ve been focused on getting ready to launch the ADAPT membership and fundraiser drive. We are officially a non-profit organization now and are setting up our site to allow supporters to jo…
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Lots of VFX news today. I’ll wait for more details to come out and let the dust settle before I comment. In other news, it’s pretty rare to get international governments to provide oversight of their subsidy programs and disclose their costs. The…
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@MitchyD @YamAll @UbisoftMTL @IGN Our government helped them enough, if they can't walk on their own by now… They should fall. Hard.— Dany Rioux (@TheMadJack) June 18, 2014 A few weeks ago I pondered if cuts in Quebec subsidies would trigger a mi…
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UK VFX execs are on a roll this week: Speaking during the Unreality Checked panel of the VFX Summit, The Mill chief creative officer Pat Joseph said that although the nature of the work – particularly commercials – called for long hours, “the p…
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Tuesday morning I woke up early to do an interview with the BBC about the VFX industry. I argued that while the UK is benefiting from recent increases in subsidies for the film industry, I warned that Canada was offering much larger subsidies that…
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Last week I posted about Quebec winding down it’s film and games subsidy program by instantly cutting it by 20%. This week report Will Campbell uncovers an internal Ontario document that seriously questioned the sustainability of offering film subs…
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The Quebec government announced this week that it would cut subsidies across the board by 20%. This includes film and games subsidies: On the spending side, an across-the-board cut of 20 per cent will be applied to the popular tax credits that govern…
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So it finally happened. Sony Pictures Imageworks is moving all of its work to Vancouver signaling an end of an era: Variety: Sony Imageworks Moving HQ to Vancouver The Hollywood Reporter: Sony’s VFX House Imageworks Moving Headquarters to Vanco…
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Photo by AnimationMerc Well it’s looking to be that time of the year again where Andy Serkis tries to make another failed run at garnering an Oscar nomination for motion capture performances in VFX films. The Brew nails it: In an interview that Ser…
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I just arrived back to the US from my trip to China. (Which was pretty crazy if you saw my tweet about the plane almost crashing.) During my trip I was saddened to hear about another school shooting this time at UC Santa Barbara. I just was at UCSB t…
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