Check out this making of by The Mill about their work on this cute Netto commercial: WANT TO KNOW MORE? The Mill: Dedicated page about Netto “The Easter Surprise” on The Mill website. Netto “The Easter Surprise” – Commercial © Vincent Frei…
- 5 days ago17 Aug 17, 9:00am -

Framestore have just released this VFX Breakdown about their work on KING ARTHUR – LEGEND OF THE SWORD: WANT TO KNOW MORE? Framestore: Dedicated page about KING ARTHUR – LEGEND OF THE SWORD on Framestore website. Christian Kaestner & Stuart Penn:…
- 5 days ago16 Aug 17, 2:30pm -

Here is the trailer for MOLLY’S GAME, the first movie by Aaron Sorkin: The VFX are made by: Mr. X (VFX Supervisor: Aaron Weintraub) Director: Aaron Sorkin Release Date: 22 November 2017 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post MOL…
- 5 days ago16 Aug 17, 12:00pm -

Rudy Grossmann has nearly 20 years of experience in the visual effects. He has worked in many studios such as Industrial Light & Magic, The Orphanage, Weta Digital or Digital Domain before joining Atomic Fiction in 2014. At Atomic Fiction, he has wor…
- 6 days ago15 Aug 17, 4:00pm -

Here is a featurette about MARVEL’S THE DEFENDERS: The VFX are made by: Zoic Studios Shade VFX Release Date: August 18, 2017 (Netlfix) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post MARVEL’S THE DEFENDERS appeared first on The Art of VFX.
- 6 days ago15 Aug 17, 12:00pm -

Last year, François Dumoulin explained to us about the work of Rodeo FX on THE LEGEND OF TARZAN. He speaks to us today about his new collaboration with Luc Besson and the challenges encountered on VALERIAN.The post VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSA…
- 10 days ago11 Aug 17, 3:00pm -

Storm Studios presents their VFX work on this OneCall commercial: © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post OneCall Dekning: VFX Breakdown by Storm Studios appeared first on The Art of VFX.
- 10 days ago11 Aug 17, 1:00pm -

Netflix have released the teaser trailer for the Season 2 of THE CROWN: The VFX are made by: One of Us Release Date: December 8, 2017 (Netflix) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post THE CROWN – Season 2 appeared first on The Art of V…
- 10 days ago11 Aug 17, 10:00am -

In 2015, Jessica Norman explained to us about the work of MPC on EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS. She then worked on A MONSTER CALLS and today she talks about her work on WONDER WOMAN.The post WONDER WOMAN: Jessica Norman – VFX Supervisor – MPC appeared…
- 11 days ago10 Aug 17, 3:00pm -

Nice work made by Stargate Studios Malta on the first season of MEDICI – MASTERS OF FLORENCE: © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post MEDICI – MASTERS OF FLORENCE – Season 1: VFX Breakdown by Stargate Studios Malta appeared first o…
- 11 days ago10 Aug 17, 1:10pm -

Chaos Group announced V-Ray for UE4.
- 19 hours ago21 Aug 17, 2:43am -

Animal Logic makes their USD Maya tools open source.
- 2 days ago19 Aug 17, 1:43pm -

Visual Effects Society Names Syd Mead a Keynote Speaker at 2017 VES Summit, also names a featured speaker from IMAX as well as an Online Security expert.
- 4 days ago17 Aug 17, 5:55pm -

Adobe crosses faces with Content Aware Fill, their Character animator project and some new genius research for one of the best papers at this year's SIGGRAPH.
- 8 days ago13 Aug 17, 10:15pm -

Visual Effects Society Names Acclaimed Writer-Producer-Director Jon Favreau Recipient of VES Lifetime Achievement Award
- 14 days ago7 Aug 17, 4:57pm -

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 11 distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for the 2017 Oscars®.
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Virtual Graffiti at SIGGRAPH 2017
- 19 days ago2 Aug 17, 12:26pm -

MEETMIKE explores the future of Actors, Avatars and Agents. See what is creating the buzz here in LA (video)
- 21 days ago1 Aug 17, 6:45am -

A summary of MPC's SIGGRAPH talks.
- 24 days ago29 Jul 17, 2:01am -

We deep dive on the new PIXAR SSS models and explain the link to new Nuclear Physics research. Plus a list of every Pixar talk at SIGGRAPH.
- 24 days ago28 Jul 17, 2:42pm -

ARkit at SIGGRAPH and at Wingnut AR in New Zealand.
- 26 days ago26 Jul 17, 5:10pm -

Halon presents the PreVis and PostVis for War for the Planet of the Apes, done in UE4.
- 31 days ago21 Jul 17, 7:56pm -

I recently spoke to visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston about his work at ILM on Death Becomes Her for the 25th anniversary of the film. The interview received some surprising attention; the film might not have been a hit but the practical make-up…
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James Gunn narrates a scene from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 where the Ravagers take on Rocket in the forest – breaking down the shots from storyboards to previs/postvis and final (with VFX by Trixter). This clip is from the film’s DVD/Blu-Ray…
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“Ask any VFX artist about their worst shot and I bet they can tell you the shot name. On Event Horizon, M255 was that shot for me.” – Sue Rowe Now a visual effects supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sue Rowe was back in 1997 a sequence sup…
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For DigitalArts, I highlighted 7 of the coolest things I saw at SIGGRAPH. What a conference!
- 9 days ago12 Aug 17, 11:05pm -

I recently listened to this interview on BBC’s The Film Programme between host Francine Stock and Christopher Nolan on the director’s latest project, Dunkirk. It’s a great interview, in which Nolan discusses how he constructed the time-bending…
- 12 days ago10 Aug 17, 5:59am -

Digital Arts asked me to round-up the recent events at SIGGRAPH 2017 – you can read that here. Also coming is a look at some specific super-cool things I saw there. It was truly an awesome event, so much more to say than there is time in the world!
- 12 days ago9 Aug 17, 9:05pm -

ILM and VFX partner Hybride collaborated to produce a high-energy bus chase scene in Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Here, Valerian and Laureline race to board a bus that is then attacked by a menacing Megaptor creature. I…
- 17 days ago5 Aug 17, 2:48am -

Luma Pictures handled the Spider-Man: Homecoming ATM sequence, and I found out for VFX Voice how they made it happen.
- 17 days ago4 Aug 17, 11:50pm -

Stunningly realistic, the alien Pearl characters in Valerian were crafted by Weta Digital. In this new piece for VFX Voice, I had vfx supe Martin Hill run down how they were made.
- 19 days ago3 Aug 17, 4:07am -

At Cartoon Brew, I wrote about DD and The Third Floor’s work on Spider-Man: Homecoming on the ferry sequence, one of the coolest from the film.
- 19 days ago2 Aug 17, 2:50pm -

‘Historic’ Warner Bros. deal to make Jenkins the highest paid female director in Hollywood.
- 3 days ago18 Aug 17, 11:19pm -

VFX veteran has lent his talents to a slew of major feature films including ‘The Avengers,’ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.’
- 3 days ago18 Aug 17, 9:22pm -

Thirty-three projects from all over the world nominated for animago AWARDS in eleven categories; international VFX experts set to meet at the animago CONFERENCE in Munich September7-8, 2017.
- 4 days ago18 Aug 17, 12:25am -

Featured speakers at interactive forum to be held Saturday, October 28 include Hollywood data hack expert Hemanshu Nigam and IMAX home entertainment president Jason Brenek.
- 4 days ago17 Aug 17, 6:02pm -

In our “VR-first future,” the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
- 5 days ago16 Aug 17, 1:00pm -

Former CEO of localization company SDI Media Group is tapped to oversee delivery, localization and digital cinema operations; Robert Julian appointed company CFO.
- 7 days ago15 Aug 17, 2:12am -

Made entirely using Red Giant’s Trapcode Suite, the popular Adobe After Effects plugins for motion graphics and custom AE scripting, ‘L’oiseau qui danse’ is an homage to the abstract animation style of Visual Music.
- 7 days ago15 Aug 17, 12:32am -

Hughes has been an integral part of Framestore’s production department since 2010, leading a growing team of producers across Framestore’s core VFX artistry.
- 7 days ago14 Aug 17, 8:50pm -

Animated sequel following the 2014 independent animated hit produced by ToonBox Entertainment and Redrover earns worst debut ever for a film opening in more than 4,000 locations.
- 7 days ago14 Aug 17, 7:03pm -

Loynes brings 20 years of insight to the Jellyfish development team from her previous posts at Seed Animation, Amp London, MPC, UNIT 9 and Aardman.
- 7 days ago14 Aug 17, 3:38pm -

Tribeca selects Withoutabox to be the exclusive third-party film submission service for the 2018 Festival as part of a new, multi-year agreement.
- 7 days ago14 Aug 17, 3:27pm -

With an awards ceremony and dinner, the partnership will see AMD, Foundry and HP collaborate in celebrating outstanding achievement in the virtual reality industry on the new date of 9th October 2017.
- 7 days ago14 Aug 17, 3:12pm -

The GIFs are part of a personal project by creative studio YLLW that was loved by the internet, of course.
- 4 days ago17 Aug 17, 3:30pm -

Eran Mendel tells about his hugely popular weekly project turning Game of Thrones iconic moments into funny vector-based animated GIF – plus see all the GIFs.
- 5 days ago17 Aug 17, 9:00am -

Brilliant picture books with art by famous illustrators that your children will love – and which you'll appreciate too.
- 5 days ago16 Aug 17, 3:11pm -

This year’s nominees are a pretty good reflection of what happened over 2016 – Pokemon Go, Kanye West clothing and the Olympic Refugee Flag.
- 5 days ago16 Aug 17, 11:35am -

Following the success of her Waterstones Book of the Year children’s book, Coralie tells us about The Worm and the Bird, a beautiful yet ironic story about different perspectives.
- 6 days ago15 Aug 17, 2:00pm -

See ukulele illustrations by Dave McKean, Charles Williams, Mick Rooney and more which will be auctioned to aid The Hepatitis C Trust.
- 7 days ago14 Aug 17, 11:11am -

Disney Animations visual development artist Woonyoung Jung on illustrating female athletes, dinosaurs and cats in comical situations.
- 10 days ago11 Aug 17, 11:40am -

VR and AR experiences, animations, realtime rendered events and new tech from the recent event in Los Angeles.
- 11 days ago11 Aug 17, 8:00am -

Founder of 360° video content creators Blend Media, Damian Collier, on why virtual reality is yet to be fully adopted by the mainstream.
- 13 days ago9 Aug 17, 8:00am -

See how VFX artist Jean-Marie Marbach uses Red Giant’s popular set of After Effects plugins, Trapcode Suite, and specific After Effects scripting.
- 13 days ago8 Aug 17, 10:48am -

The broadcaster has already rolled out Reith on its BBC Sport website and app, and soon it will be used by all programmes and websites.
- 14 days ago8 Aug 17, 9:17am -

Wenyi Geng was born in Japan, grew up in China and now studies at NYC’s School of Visual Arts. She explains how this influences her work.
- 17 days ago4 Aug 17, 11:20am -

INSIDERHere's what the intense wight battle on 'Game of Thrones' looked like without visual effectsINSIDERHBO released a behind-the-scenes look at how they brought the wight battle to life with practical and visual effects. From building a fake froze…
- 3 hours ago21 Aug 17, 6:15pm -

Deadline'The Handmaid's Tale' VFX Supervisor Brendan Taylor On Dismantling Church With Potent, Invisible EffectsDeadlineIn the brave new world of visual effects, where the only limitations are those of the imagination, visual effects break down broad…
- 3 days ago18 Aug 17, 9:02pm -

Daily MailIncredible images reveal the stunning visual effect of 'crown shyness' where tree tops avoid touching and create the ...Daily MailBeautiful cracks in the canopy cover of forests and woodlands have been captured in a series of stunning image…
- 5 days ago16 Aug 17, 11:32am -

GizmodoIt Turns Out That Visual Effects Actually Did Do a Lot to De-Age Kurt Russel in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2GizmodoGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2's Kurt Russell wowed audiences when he revealed that the younger look he sported in flashback s…
- 10 days ago11 Aug 17, 5:32pm -

GoldderbyEmmy Awards: Best Visual Effects will have new winner with 'Game of Thrones' not eligibleGoldderbyAfter losing the series award for Best Visual Effects in 2011 to “Boardwalk Empire,” “Game of Thrones” has had a stranglehold on it for…
- 10 days ago11 Aug 17, 5:08pm -

2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Visual EffectsGoldderbyThe Oscar for Best Visual Effects is particularly tough to predict early on because of the complicated system by which the nominees are determined in three stages. First, the members of the executiv…
- 10 days ago11 Aug 17, 2:33pm -

IGNMarvel's Inhumans Producers, Stars Defend Visual Effects BacklashIGNQuestions about the show's visual effects during the panel were in part born from the fact that the show will also be debuting its first two episodes in IMAX on September 1 ahead…
- 14 days ago7 Aug 17, 8:18pm -

Hollywood ReporterJon Favreau To Receive Visual Effects Society Lifetime ...Hollywood ReporterThe 'Jungle Book' helmer will be honored at the 16th annual VES Awards on Feb. 13.Jon Favreau To Be Honored With VES Lifetime Achievement AwardDeadlineall 4…
- 14 days ago7 Aug 17, 5:07pm -

Variety'Avatar' Sequels Progress to Next Level as Weta Digital Begins Visual Effects WorkVarietyVisual effects studio Weta Digital has begun work on the four sequels to James Cameron's “Avatar,” one of the highest-grossing films ever. The Welling…
- 22 days ago31 Jul 17, 4:26am -

Wall Street Journal (subscription)Visual-Effects Company Sues Another Two Movie StudiosWall Street Journal (subscription)A visual-effects company has filed suit against two Hollywood studios and a videogame company, alleging unauthorized use of its t…
- 28 days ago24 Jul 17, 10:53pm -

Marvel Entertainment and ABC have premiered several new character posters for “Marvel’s Inhumans” series based on the comic book series. The story explores the never-before-told epic adventure of the royal family including Black Bolt, the enigm…
- 2 hours ago21 Aug 17, 6:55pm -

Immediately following its premiere at GamesCom, Bungie and Activision have released the official launch trailer for one of the Fall’s biggest video game titles – “Destiny 2” – which comes to current gen consoles (PS4, XB1) and PC on Septemb…
- 2 hours ago21 Aug 17, 6:54pm -

Irish actor Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (“Love/Hate,” “Peaky Blinders”) has confirmed that he will have a role in Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” after being spotted not that long ago on the film’s set in a mo-cap suit. Speaking with…
- 2 hours ago21 Aug 17, 6:52pm -

Writer/director S. Craig Zahler exploded onto the scene with 2015’s cannibal western “Bone Tomahawk” which blended skilled filmmaking on a very limited budget, great performances, and a real mean streak that yielded some of the most gruesome on…
- 4 hours ago21 Aug 17, 5:31pm -

The long-running Joss Whedon fansite, Whedonesque.com, is shutting down a day after Whedon’s ex-wife Kai Cole penned a much-talked about column this weekend at The Wrap about the director whom she labels a hypocrite for “preaching feminist ideals…
- 4 hours ago21 Aug 17, 5:28pm -

Fomrer “Battlestar Galactica” and “Longmire” alum Katee Sackhoff has joined the cast of the fourth season of “The Flash”. Sackhoff will recur as the villain Amunet Black, aka Blacksmith, a steely boss of an underground black market for su…
- 4 hours ago21 Aug 17, 5:25pm -

Filmmaker Rebecca Thomas (“Electrick Children,” “Stranger Things”) has been hired to direct the sci-fi film “Intelligent Life” for Amblin Entertainment. Ava DuVernay (“Selma”) was originally attached to direct with Lupita Nyong’o to…
- 4 hours ago21 Aug 17, 5:24pm -

Donning a frizzy ginger wig, heavy makeup and serious gown, Australian actress and bombshell Margot Robbie (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Focus”) has been photographed on the set of “Mary Queen of Scots” in her role as Queen Elizabeth the F…
- 5 hours ago21 Aug 17, 4:27pm -

Gwilym Lee (“Jamestown”) is Brian May, Ben Hardy (“X-Men: Apocalypse”) is Roger Taylor and Joe Mazzello (“The Social Network”) is John Deacon in the upcoming Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody”. QueenOnline.com broke the casting news, sa…
- 5 hours ago21 Aug 17, 4:23pm -

Paul Greengrass (“United 93,” “The Bourne Supremacy”) is next set to direct a movie he has written about a Norwegian terrorist which Netflix has just won the rights to. The killer in question was Anders Behring Breivik, a self-described right…
- 5 hours ago21 Aug 17, 4:20pm -

Following last night’s sixth episode, HBO has premiered the ‘Next Time’ trailer for the seventh and final episode of the seventh season of its big-budget fantasy drama “Game of Thrones”. The preview promises the meeting that has been teased…
- 7 hours ago21 Aug 17, 2:35pm -

With production now underway on both “Ant-Man and The Wasp” and the untitled fourth “Avengers” film, photos are now out from the sets of both in Atlanta and Japan respectively. Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lily and Michael Douglas can be seen in the…
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Update: You can donate to Eric here: https://www.gofundme.com/s5hw7-send-eric-to-dc Huge thanks to all of you who helped contribute to comments on NAFTA renegotiations. VFX professional Eric Rosenthal left a comment in the previous post that he might…
- 55 days ago28 Jun 17, 8:15am -

Statement from Daniel Lay, Co-Founder of the Association of Digital Artists, Professionals, and Technicians In 2013 Daniel Lay, the writer behind the industry blog VFX Soldier started ADAPT to help fund and direct a trade effort to curtail the use of…
- 80 days ago3 Jun 17, 2:34am -

Hollywood Reporter: Ron Thornton, an Emmy-winning visual effects designer, supervisor and producer who worked on such shows as Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Voyager, has died. He was 59. Variety: Thornton is best known for bringing computer-generated imag…
- 23 Nov 16, 7:29pm -

Today is my last day in the visual effects industry. It’s an industry that I’ve spent nine years of my life completely dedicated to, so it’s a bitter sweet kind of day. My love for animation and film began at 4 years old, when I saw the Lion Ki…
- 12 Oct 16, 6:08pm -

I came across a post on Facebook by one of Ron Thornton’s friends that the veteran VFX supervisor has been hospitalized. While I don’t have all the information a gofundme page has been set up to help pay for medical expenses. If you can please he…
- 16 Sep 16, 4:42am -

Tonight a majority UK voters chose to leave the European Union which as of this writing is leading to a meltdown in financial markets and wild drops in foreign currencies agains the US dollar. There’s been a bit of chatter amongst many in VFX as to…
- 24 Jun 16, 6:43am -

Are people still reading this thing? Well, It’s been a year since I’ve posted on this blog and after the end of the ADAPT effort I took a long hiatus. As disappointed as I was, the post-VFX life has been great. New opportunities, I got a home, a…
- 2 May 16, 5:43am -

From the press release: https://wikileaks.org/sony/press/ Today, 16 April 2015, WikiLeaks publishes an analysis and search system for The Sony Archives: 30,287 documents from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and 173,132 emails, to and from more than…
- 16 Apr 15, 6:16pm -

The other day I got an email from the VES asking members to suggest nominees for title of VES Fellow: The Visual Effects Society is asking for your suggestions for nominees for title of VES Fellow, which is a member who has maintained an outstanding…
- 14 Apr 15, 8:41pm -

I haven’t posted much on this blog but some recent news caught my eye: Last week’s Godbout Commission report sent shivers up the spines of Quebec’s film and television production industry. The Quebec Taxation Review Committee, chaired by econom…
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