Strange worlds: Method’s Jupiter Ascending effects
Behind Method Studio’s worlds and characters for Jupiter Ascending, including a VFX breakdown video of their work.
ILM at the Oscars
Rounding out our series we look at the two Sci-Tech Oscars awarded to ILM and their technical partners, and go backstage at the Sci-Tech Awards in LA.
Lucas Martell’s The Taking Tree
Watch the final version of director, Lucas Martell’s (Pigeon Impossible) new short film – from his fxphd courses.
Breaking down Agent Carter’s VFX
Watch VFX breakdowns from Marvel’s Agent Carter in this WIRED making-of video.
Kingsman: not so secret effects
Exploding heads, prosthetic legs, a lengthy brawl & skydiving – four VFX scenes from Matthew Vaughn’s rather smart Kingsman.
Weather wild things
See how MPC crafted a host of wondrous weird & wicked weather creatures in a spot for Nissan CUV.
Science! Interstellar filmmakers publish paper on black holes
A new paper from the VFX team behind Interstellar sheds light on gravitational lensing and rendering of the film’s black hole.
VFX in TVCs: Jaw-dropping (and truck-dropping) effects
See VFX breakdowns from Framestore, Method Studios, MPC and Alt.vfx in recent TVCs.
Mikros and Matthijs are back…with unicorns
The team behind Canal+ spots The Bear and The Closet are back with a tale about the sad fate of the unicorn.
Shoot and stitch: making Jupiter Ascending’s Chicago chase
How the Wachowskis employed a helicopter-mounted six RED EPIC camera array to shoot Jupiter Ascending’s dramatic Chicago chase scene.
Sci-Tech winners: UCAP & MOVA
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).
Autodesk going subscription-only. Here’s how they can help the industry
We delve into Autodesk’s recent licensing announcement.
All the VES Award winners – right here
The full list of winners from the 13th annual VES Awards.
Facing Second Son
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
How they did it: behind two of the biggest Super Bowl spots
Catch the Snickers Brady Bunch spot in the Super Bowl? Or the tortoise and hare race for Mercedes? Here’s how they were made.
Barbershop at Weta: Sci-tech winner explained
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.
Altering time with Project Almanac
Method Studios breaks down its time altering visual effects for the found-footage film, Project Almanac.
Crafting the story: the vfx of Unbroken
Behind the story-driven visual effects of Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken with vfx sup. Bill George from ILM.
Houdini 14 gives you more crowds, and sand
New sand and crowd tools inside Side Effects Software’s Houdini 14.
Bringing The Battle of the Five Armies to the screen
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.
87th Oscars – nominations
And then there were five… Oscar nominations have been announced.
Latest Sci-Tech Oscar Winners Announced!
Find out the latest recipients winners of the Sci-tech awards, to be presented in February 2015.
13th Annual VES Award Nominees
The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the nominees for the 13th Annual VES Awards…
Inside Erik Wernquist’s Wanderers
Behind the scenes of the beautiful short film Wanderers – with original inspirational imagery and behind the scenes pics.
VFX on TV: Rock monsters, pirate ships and a cyclops
Showcasing VFX from the TV shows Constantine, Atlantis and Crossbones.
BAFTA Nominations
Nominations have been announced for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2015.
Into the Woods: full of effects surprises
Visual effects supervisor Matt Johnson discusses Into the Woods’ effects from beanstalks, to miniature forests, giants, transforming dresses and drone shoots.
Alive again: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Behind the scenes with vfx breakdowns from the latest Night at the Museum film.
Five big scenes from Exodus
Breakdowns from five shots and sequences in Ridley Scott’s biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings.
Exploring Black Sea
Breaking down the effects in the Kevin Macdonald submarine film Black Sea.
