FMX 2011 – Day Three

By Ian Failes | May 6, 2011 | 0 Comments

…and cloth and hair. The long schedule allowed us to stretch things out in a good way, in that we never worked a weekend in Singapore and we took the amount of work we were capable of. We worked on it for over a year… 2 Matches ( potter: 1 week: 1)

Ben Snow: the evolution of ILM’s lighting tools

By Mike Seymour | January 20, 2011 | 23 Comments

…scattering was Dobby in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). Snow would leave ILM on a sabbatical for a period and move to Weta to work on King Kong (2005), under his old friend Joe Letteri. Weta under Letteri on Lord of the… 2 Matches ( potter: 1 week: 1)

United 93

By Mike Seymour | May 19, 2006 | 0 Comments

…vision of the tragic events. Double Negative, (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Batman Begins, were in charge of 483 shots for the project and these were completed in just six weeks. Five other key effects companies also contributed to the project, including… 2 Matches ( potter: 1 week: 1)

Sonic’s very fast redesign

By Mike Seymour | February 24, 2020 | Comments Off on Sonic’s very fast redesign

…Fowler, James Marsden, and Tika Sumpter on set . Photo Credit: Doane Gregory. The visual effects supervisor was Oscar-nominated Ged Wright. He already has an impressive list of credits, including multiple Harry Potter films, Man of Steel (2013) and Iron Man 2 (2010) to name… 2 Matches ( potter: 1 week: 1)

Comic Horrors: Rocks, Statues and VanDyke

By | March 5, 2007 | 0 Comments

…and cutting-edge effects into modern adventure classics with the Harry Potter series of films, envisioned an expanded story for Night at the Museum. As they wrote, the core of the story became the character of the guard developed into an inveterate dreamer and schemer, unable… 4 Matches ( potter: 2 week: 2)

Framestore’s heavens and horcruxes

By Ian Failes | August 2, 2011 | 0 Comments

Part 3 of our Potter Week Series: Framestore artists discuss their water sims and heavenly VFX for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Includes a great behind the scenes clip…. 5 Matches ( potter: 4 week: 1)

Tippett’s treasure trove of effects

By Ian Failes | August 2, 2011 | 2 Comments

POTTER WEEK: Tippett Studio visual effects supervisor Matt Jacobs takes us through his studio’s work on the treasure vault sequence in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2…. 4 Matches ( potter: 3 week: 1)

Sohonet – Dedicated Connections For Post

By Mike Seymour | August 10, 2005 | 0 Comments

…tools and a network that can carry massive files, quickly and at very low cost. In this week’s fxpodcast, Mike Seymour gets the details from Dave Scammel, Managing Director for Sohonet. Sohonet was founded in 1995 by a group of London post houses, and has… 3 Matches ( week: 2 potter: 1)

77th Annual Academy Awards Nominees

By Jeff Heusser | January 25, 2005 | 0 Comments

Seven films went to the Bake-off last week. Today the three films nominated for the 2004 Visual Effects Oscar were announced… The films nominated for Visual Effects are: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George I,… 3 Matches ( week: 2 potter: 1)

CG Belgrade

By Mike Seymour | November 13, 2018 | Comments Off on CG Belgrade

fxguide is the exclusive media partner of CGA BELGRADE 2018 Fxguide’s Mike Seymour will be speaking this weekend at CG Belgrade. Also speaking is fxphd.com instructor Victor Perez, Epic’s Games Ben Lumsden and a host of great local and international speakers. Locally, Vladimir Mastilovic, CEO… 2 Matches ( potter: 1 week: 1)