A world away: John Carter

By Ian Failes | March 12, 2012 | 4 Comments

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ early 1900s tales of a fictional Mars (known as Barsoom) have been brought to the screen with modern day visual effects in John Carter. The film, directed by Pixar’s Andrew Stanton, sees the titular Civil War character, played by Taylor Kitsch, transported… 18 Matches ( carter: 11 john: 7)

the vfx show #144: John Carter

By tscholton | March 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/the_vfx_show-144-JohnCarter.mp3 Play in new window Download Mike Seymour, Jeff Heusser and Matt Wallin take a journey to Mars to review the visual effects of John Carter. We have additional coverage over at fxguide on John Carter in the article A world away: John Carter. Show… 19 Matches ( john: 10 carter: 9)

Art of Stereo Conversion: 2D to 3D – 2012

By Mike Seymour | May 8, 2012 | 14 Comments

…Weta and others have very strong in-house stereo teams). CASE STUDY ONE: John Carter – Cinesite Director Andrew Stanton decided to shoot John Carter in mono on 35mm, but the film was to be released in stereo. Nearly all stereo releases are filmed digitally and… 18 Matches ( carter: 17 john: 1)

fxguidetv #141: Cinesite and John Carter

By Ian Failes | March 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

…Andrew Stanton’s John Carter, including the visual effects for the moving mining city of Zodanga and the film’s stereo conversion.For more on the film, check out our interview with the team at Double Negative on their creature work, or listen to our John Carter vfxshow…. 8 Matches ( john: 4 carter: 4)

Cinesite’s fresh start

By Ian Failes | August 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

…firm Endless LLP. As widely reported, Kodak tiptoed on the edge of bankruptcy and is now in the process of reorganizing its business units. At the time of the split, Cinesite was knee-deep in work for Andrew Stanton’s John Carter (overseen at Cinesite by VFX… 10 Matches ( john: 5 carter: 5)

Ben Snow: the evolution of ILM’s lighting tools

By Mike Seymour | January 20, 2011 | 23 Comments

Continuing our series of stories on the technical tools behind the big effects companies, we talk to Ben Snow of ILM about his career and the development of the energy conservation lighting model, as most recently used on Iron Man 2. ILM’s Iron Man 2… 9 Matches ( john: 8 carter: 1)

FMX 2012 – day one

By Ian Failes | May 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

…it looked impressive, and hopefully forms part of Trumbull’s much-hinted-at science-fiction space movie that he is developing. Double Negative and John Carter Original plate. Final shot. Visual effects supervisor Ken McGaugh spoke during a session covering Double Negative’s creatures work for John Carter. (There were… 8 Matches ( john: 4 carter: 4)

Dark Shadows: retro old school VFX with a modern twist

By Mike Seymour | May 16, 2012 | 1 Comment

…Gotham City for Batman along with Mark Gardner and Pete Talbot (who was DOP of the splinter unit on Dark Shadows). Also part of Meddings’ team was “Angus Bickerton (Dark Shadows VFX Sup), Peter Chang, (who went on to be VFX Supervisor on John Carter,… 3 Matches ( john: 2 carter: 1)

Oscar Nominees 2013

By Jeff Heusser | January 10, 2013 | 3 Comments

…eligible for the Visual Effects category, showcased at the Visual Effects Bake-Off were: Life of Pi, Marvel’s The Avengers, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Amazing Spider-Man, Cloud Atlas, John Carter and Prometheus. In the… 4 Matches ( john: 3 carter: 1)

10 films face-off at VFX bake-off

By Ian Failes | January 4, 2013 | 3 Comments

…with digital work (Jim Sturgess in Neo Seoul had brows, eyelids, even sometimes had his eyes replaced) • Dan Glass promoted the overall variety of the work • Read fxguide’s Cloud Atlas coverage. John Carter. John Carter Visual effects supervisor: Peter Chiang • The film… 4 Matches ( john: 2 carter: 2)