fxpodcast: Real Steel
Erik Nash, visual effects supervisor from Digital Domain, joins us to talk about work on the film Real Steel.
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fxpodcast: 200th episode – London Calling
For our 200th fxpodcast episode, sponsored by Sohonet, we are proud to explore the success and future of the four biggest effects houses in London: Double Negative, MPC, Framestore and Cinesite.
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fxpodcast: Steven Scott – Cowboys & Aliens
As part of our ongoing series talking to the world’s best colorists, in this episode we have a discussion about color correction with Steven Scott from EFILM.
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fxpodcast: IBC 2011 Roundtable
Recorded live at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam, a roundtable discussion about the show with John Montgomery, Simon Blackledge and Jeff Heusser.
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fxpodcast: Computational photography
Mike Seymour talks to Dr Kari Pulli at NVIDIA about the area of computational photography, what we have learnt from mobile device cameras and what we might expect if DSLRs embrace this new area of cutting edge research.
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fxpodcast: Final Destination 5
We discuss the bridge collapse sequence in Final Destination 5, with vfx by Prime Focus. Recorded in Vancouver, we talk first with VFX supervisor Chad Wiebe and then CG supervisor Todd Perry.
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fxpodcast: Rise of the Planet of the Apes – The eyes have It
Dan Lemmon, vfx supervisor (WETA Digital) discusses their brilliant animation work on Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
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fxpodcast: SIGGRAPH 2011 roundtable
Ian Failes, John Montgomery, and Mike Seymour cover SIGGRAPH 2011. Plus, interviews covering Cinema 4D, 3DS Max, and the upcoming release of Houdini 12.
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fxpodcast: Ken Perlin Beyond the Noise
In this show we speak to NYU professor Ken Perlin, Oscar winner, researcher and educator about his development of Perlin Noise and about his work today in computer user interactions.
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fxpodcast: The Art of Grading Harry Potter – Peter Doyle
Mike Seymour has a frank discussion with Peter Doyle, Senior Supervising Colorist, about Harry Potter 7: Part 2. Mike had spoken to Peter in 2009 about his work on the Potter series, and it was one of our most popular fxpodcasts. This time Peter explains how he creatively created key looks.
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fxpodcast: Harry Potter 7 Part 2 – Killing ‘He who shall not be named’
To kick off Potter Week at fxguide, Mike Seymour has an in-depth discussion with Greg Butler, visual effects supervisor at MPC London, about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
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fxpodcast: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
We go in depth on the mermaid sequence in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with Ben Snow from ILM.
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fxpodcast: Conversation with eyeon’s Steve Roberts
We catch up with Steve Roberts, CEO of eyeon, for a state of the union update on their flagship Fusion compositor, as well as discuss image tech issues facing the industry.
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fxpodcast: Digital Domain’s ice giants from Thor
We speak with Kelly Port, Digital Domain VFX Supervisor, about their work on the ice giants in Thor
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fxpodcast: Saving ‘Saving Private Ryan’
We talk to Lou Levinson from Laser Pacific about Saving Private Ryan being restored via Baselight.
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fxpodast: NAB 2011 Wrap Up
A mobile version of our annual NAB podcast as Mike Seymour, Jeff Heusser and Jason Wingrove invite you into their post NAB chat.
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fxpodcast: Sucker Punch
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility. Each of these ‘retreats’ was pretty much handled by a different effects house. We speak to Animal Logic about their role.
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fxpodcast: ILM’s Hal Hickel on Rango
With the release of Rango, Industrial Light & Magic embarks on its first full-length animated feature. We talk to animation director Hal Hickel about bringing the film to life.
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fxpodcast: Shaun Tan’s Oscar nomination for The Lost Thing
This week in the lead up to the Oscar Weekend, we speak with Shaun Tan, co-director of The Lost Thing which has been nominated for Best Short Animated Film. This film is an act of love, taking a small team 9 years to complete.
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fxpodcast: Dr. Mark Sagar
In the last of our series on the tech behind the major studios, we switch gear to facial animation and Dr. Mark Sagar of Weta Digital. Mark is a back to back 2010 and 2011 winner of the Sci-Tech Award (Scientific and Engineering Award) from the Academy. At Weta Digital he has directed the development of the performance driven facial animation system for Avatar and King Kong.
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fxpodcast: Ken Ralston
We speak with Ken Ralston, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor of the Oscar-nominated Alice in Wonderland, about the movie, Sony Pictures Imageworks’ tech and creative resources, and his career in general.
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fxpodcast: History of Animation Unions
We talk with Tom Sito about the history of animation unions and how that history applies to efforts to organize Visual Effects artists. Sito is an animator and the author of DRAWING THE LINE: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson.
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fxpodcast: Disney Stereo Tools
We talk with Robert Neuman, Stereo Supervisor from Disney, about the in house tools they use to achieve their award winning Stereo Feature films. Part of our fxpodcast “Tech behind the films” series.
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fxpodcast: ILM Lighting Tools
Continuing the technical tools behind the big companies series that we started last week, 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.
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fxpodcast : DNEG Tools
We talk with Paul Franklin, vfx supervisor from Double Negative, about the in house tools they use to enhance their pipeline.
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fxpodcast: Steven Poster ASC
We talk with Steven Poster, National President of the International Cinematographers Guild, about the cinematographers relationship with visual effects, color correction, digital cinema, unions and more.
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Toy Story 3
Brian Green, Character Supervisor from Pixar, joins Mike Seymour at Siggraph Asia to talk about Toy Story 3
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Narnia : Dawn Treader VFX Sup.Angus-Bickerton
We speak to VFX Sup Angus Bickerton about the visual effects in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
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Harry Potter 7 : Double Negative
We speak with Visual Effects Supervisor David Vickery about Double Negative’s role in making the actual magic in HP7 and sims in general.
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Harry Potter 7 : Framestore
We speak to Framestores’s Christian Manz about the amazing character animation of Dobby and Kreacher.
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