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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
fxpodcast : DNEG Tools
We talk with Paul Franklin, vfx supervisor from Double Negative, about the in house tools they use to enhance their pipeline.
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.
Toy Story 3
Brian Green, Character Supervisor from Pixar, joins Mike Seymour at Siggraph Asia to talk about Toy Story 3
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.
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.
Harry Potter 7 : Framestore
We speak to Framestores’s Christian Manz about the amazing character animation of Dobby and Kreacher.
Krakatoa and Deadline
Chris Bond of Thinkbox Software gets us up to date on their Krakatoa and Deadline products, and discusses some of the underlying tech.
Skyline
Many have talked about visual effects companies creating content, Greg and Colin Strause have done it with their film Skyline. We talk with them about the challenges and the technology that enabled them to do this.
An Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Primer
We speak with Geoff Mark, former Special Visual Effects Governor for the Academy, about the organization and its reach.
The Making of ‘Monsters’
We chat with Gareth Edwards, director, DOP and sole vfx artist of the indie film “Monsters”.
Drench Cubehead
Matthew Unwin joins us to talk about a spot for Drench, he was on set and did the flame work on the spot that features a Rubik’s Cube like treatment on a human head
IBC2010
The crew is together in Amsterdam for IBC and go over stuff they saw at the show. Also simulcast as the fxphdod podcast.
Kong 360 3D: The Ride
We speak with Matt Aitken, Visual Effects Supervisor Weta Digital, about the Universal Studios Hollywood 3D attraction.
Inception
Our Inception coverage is in two parts. Click through for a detailed discussion with the team at New Deal Studios by Ian Failes. And also to access our in depth podcast with Visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin of Double Negative in London. We have delayed publishing both as they contain heavy spoilers on what must be one of the year’s best films.
Checking in with Scott Ross
We revisit Scott Ross and put him in charge of the global Visual Effects Industry, at least for the duration of the podcast.
Pixar Moving Pictures Group – Michael Johnson
A technical chat about Pixar film production along with some history dating back to the MIT Media Lab and Thinking Machines.
Sex and the City2
We speak to one of the most successful female vfx supervisors, Sheena Duggal, about the Sex and the City 2
Dashing Creative
Jeff and Mike talk about commercial post with Rob Moggach, creative director at Dashing Creative Collective.
Scientific Storytelling by Steffen Vfx
Casey Steffen, founder of Steffen Vfx, talks about his company’s work on scientific graphics for the medical, health, and entertainment industries.
Iron Man 2 and ILM
VFX Supervisor Ben Snow details some of the work ILM did for Iron Man 2, including some hardcore cgi lighting techniques.
Scoundrel fx on Pacific
We talk to the team at Scoundrel FX about their effects work on the mini series The Pacific. Scoundrel did over 600 shots and helped bring to life one of the most hard fought battles and periods of the Second World War.
NAB 2010 Roundtable
Our annual lively discussion of what grabbed our attention at NAB. Mike, John and Jeff are joined by Jason Wingrove, Dave Edgar and Mat Graham. Also, interviews with Red Giant and Assimilate.
Tom Walsh, President of the Art Directors Guild
We continue our labor series talking with Tom Walsh, president of the Art Directors Guild.