Kingsman: not so secret effects

February 16, 2015

Exploding heads, prosthetic legs, a lengthy brawl & skydiving – four VFX scenes from Matthew Vaughn’s rather smart Kingsman.

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Weather wild things

February 16, 2015

See how MPC crafted a host of wondrous weird & wicked weather creatures in a spot for Nissan CUV.

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Science! Interstellar filmmakers publish paper on black holes

February 13, 2015

A new paper from the VFX team behind Interstellar sheds light on gravitational lensing and rendering of the film’s black hole.

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VFX in TVCs: Jaw-dropping (and truck-dropping) effects

February 12, 2015

See VFX breakdowns from Framestore, Method Studios, MPC and Alt.vfx in recent TVCs.

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Mikros and Matthijs are back…with unicorns

February 10, 2015

The team behind Canal+ spots The Bear and The Closet are back with a tale about the sad fate of the unicorn.

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Shoot and stitch: making Jupiter Ascending’s Chicago chase

February 9, 2015

How the Wachowskis employed a helicopter-mounted six RED EPIC camera array to shoot Jupiter Ascending’s dramatic Chicago chase scene.

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Sci-Tech winners: UCAP & MOVA

February 7, 2015

Continuing our series we look at Universal Capture and MOVA face capture which both been award prestigious Sci-Tech awards at this years Oscars. (We also comment on the latest controversy).

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Autodesk going subscription-only. Here’s how they can help the industry

February 5, 2015

We delve into Autodesk’s recent licensing announcement.

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All the VES Award winners – right here

February 5, 2015

The full list of winners from the 13th annual VES Awards.

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Facing Second Son

February 2, 2015

Nominated for a VES award mainly for its amazing particle animations, we look at the brilliant face work and animation in the blockbuster PS4 gaming hit: inFAMOUS: Second Son

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How they did it: behind two of the biggest Super Bowl spots

February 1, 2015

Catch the Snickers Brady Bunch spot in the Super Bowl? Or the tortoise and hare race for Mercedes? Here’s how they were made.

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Barbershop at Weta: Sci-tech winner explained

January 29, 2015

Creating a desired hairstyle can often be a long, tedious, and non-intuitive process – not with Weta’s Barbershop (Sci-Tech Award winner). We explain just how clever and yet simple Barbershop is.

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Altering time with Project Almanac

January 28, 2015

Method Studios breaks down its time altering visual effects for the found-footage film, Project Almanac.

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Crafting the story: the vfx of Unbroken

January 27, 2015

Behind the story-driven visual effects of Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken with vfx sup. Bill George from ILM.

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Houdini 14 gives you more crowds, and sand

January 15, 2015

New sand and crowd tools inside Side Effects Software’s Houdini 14.

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Bringing The Battle of the Five Armies to the screen

January 15, 2015

New rendering software, an army tool and incredible sims – find out Weta Digital’s newest techniques that made The Battle of the Five Armies possible.

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87th Oscars – nominations

January 15, 2015

And then there were five… Oscar nominations have been announced.

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Latest Sci-Tech Oscar Winners Announced!

January 13, 2015

Find out the latest recipients winners of the Sci-tech awards, to be presented in February 2015.

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13th Annual VES Award Nominees

January 13, 2015

The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the nominees for the 13th Annual VES Awards…

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Inside Erik Wernquist’s Wanderers

January 11, 2015

Behind the scenes of the beautiful short film Wanderers – with original inspirational imagery and behind the scenes pics.

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VFX on TV: Rock monsters, pirate ships and a cyclops

January 9, 2015

Showcasing VFX from the TV shows Constantine, Atlantis and Crossbones.

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BAFTA Nominations

January 9, 2015

Nominations have been announced for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2015.

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Into the Woods: full of effects surprises

December 26, 2014

Visual effects supervisor Matt Johnson discusses Into the Woods’ effects from beanstalks, to miniature forests, giants, transforming dresses and drone shoots.

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Alive again: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

December 22, 2014

Behind the scenes with vfx breakdowns from the latest Night at the Museum film.

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Five big scenes from Exodus

December 19, 2014

Breakdowns from five shots and sequences in Ridley Scott’s biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings.

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Exploring Black Sea

December 18, 2014

Breaking down the effects in the Kevin Macdonald submarine film Black Sea.

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Commercial break(down)

December 17, 2014

With special making of breakdown videos, we take a look at visual effects work in TVCs with alt.vfx, Method Studios and Mirada.

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Paddington: an animation Q&A

December 17, 2014

Framestore animation supervisor Pablo Grillo delves into the art of animation behind Paddington.

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MARI and MODO for everyone

December 11, 2014

The Foundry is releasing ‘indie’ versions of MARI and MODO today on Steam.

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Zooming in on Assassin’s Creed: Unity

December 8, 2014

How Blur Studio’s hordes of assassins took over Paris in this incredible TV spot, and what extra scripting work was required for an online interactive version.

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