FUGU & TAKO: A vfx director’s short film
Robot vfx has just made a funny short film, FUGU & TAKO, that follows the story of two Japanese salary men whose lives radically change when one of them eats a puffer fish in a sushi bar. The film was written and directed by Ben West who we caught up with to discuss the work.
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fxpodcast: Visual Effects Guild – the IATSE interview
Interview with Peter Marley, International Representative for IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees). The IA represents most of the below the line crew on a film, in this exclusive interview he makes the case for a Visual Effects Guild.
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FMX 2012 – day three
Day three at FMX saw a huge turnout for the ILM and Weta Digital Avengers presentation, plus more great virtual production talks.
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Cinesite announces sale to UK private investment firm Endless LLP
Endless LLP has acquired Cinesite from Kodak for an undisclosed amount. The deal involves Cinesite’s existing management team, supported by its new investment backer.
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FMX 2012 – day two
Day two of FMX 2012 in Stuttgart brought a number of exclusive first-looks at movies such as Men In Black 3 and Total Recall, breakdowns of the VFX for Game of Thrones, plus some incredible virtual production sessions.
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Art of Stereo Conversion: 2D to 3D – 2012
An in-depth look at the art of stereo conversion, including The Avengers, John Carter, Titanic and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
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FMX 2012 – day one
fxguide is in Stuttgart, Germany for FMX 2012, our second year at the festival. It looks to be an incredible week of visual effects, animation, virtual production and filmmaking presentations. Here’s our rundown of day one.
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VFX roll call for The Avengers (updated)
Surely one of two or three films that will define the term ‘summer blockbuster’. The Avengers brought together not only some great Marvel characters but also an impressive roll call of visual effects houses: ILM, Weta and several others.
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fxpodcast: The Avengers
We talk with Jeff White from ILM about Hulk, digital New York and more in the mega blockbuster hit The Avengers.
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the vfx show #146: Alien and Aliens
In the lead up to the new Ridley Scott Prometheus … Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and TyRuben Ellingson review the vfx in film Alien (and Aliens), in this another of our retro shows.
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fxguidetv live @NAB2012 BTS video
As a thanks to our readers who supported our fx2012 drive, we have the promised behind-the-scenes (BTS) video. Geek out a bit with the tech behind our fxguidtv live netcast from Las Vegas.
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Total Recall: the version you never got to see
A new models and miniature doco, Sense of Scale, is screening this weekend in London. We have a deleted scene about the models for the never-made 1987 version of Total Recall.
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RED: Mike and Ted sit down at NAB
Here is a chat between Ted Schilowitz, Leader of the Rebellion at RED Digital Cinema (and employee number 1) and our own Mike Seymour. Note this was recorded by RED on EPICs at RED’s own NAB booth.
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fxpodcast: Marc Petit from Autodesk
A conversation with Marc Petit, Senior Vice President of Autodesk. We talk about NAB 2012 announcements and the wide range of Autodesk products.
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Wrath of the creatures
We delve into the VFX behind the creatures of Wrath of the Titans with MPC, Method, Framestore and Nvizage.
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Inside two key Titans scenes
Behind the scenes with Framestore on their Labyrinth VFX and Nvizible on the armillary sphere for Wrath of the Titans.
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Work hard, play…
We like to think we work fairly hard at fxguide, certainly at NAB we were surviving on not much sleep – but we also really enjoy each other’s company, and the company of the great people we get to work with. Here is our unofficial goof reel video from NAB 2012.
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the rc #111: 12K – in transit !
Live from nowhere – this special Q&A RC was recorded during a 9 hour delay coming from Vegas. The final trip took 41 hours door to door, but this podcast is the best hour of that journey.
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