Kim Masters on The Business
Kim Masters writes for industry standard The Hollywood Reporter and is also host of the highly respected podcast and radio show The Business on KCRW. We explore big budget effects films, trends at the Studios and what it takes to produce a top rated radio show on Business in Hollywood.
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Congratulations to Hugo, Rango & Morris Lessmore
In this special video we highlight the VFX and animation winners at the 84th Academy Awards.
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the rc #107: State of the nation in camera tech
This week the guys discuss the whole breadth of digital cinematography and talk Canon, Nikon, ARRI, RED and Sony, then RED’s Ted Schilowitz gives his thoughts on the latest in camera tech.
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fxpodcast: VFX Oscar supervisor special
Our VFX supervisor Oscar special talking to nominees from all five VFX-nominated films for this Sunday night’s Academy Awards – proudly sponsored by Side Effects Software.
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RSP’s trees, bees and birds in Mysterious Island
In this fxinsider interview, we chat to Rising Sun dfx supe Mark Wendell about the bird and bee chase in ‘Journey 2’.
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Journey 2: small is large & large is small
‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’ VFX supe Boyd Shermis and the major visual effects vendors discuss the film.
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Rhythm & Hues takes flight for Chronicle
We recently visited Rhythm & Hues in LA to talk to visual effects supervisor Raymond Chen about the flying scenes in Chronicle.
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the vfx show #142: Oscar Preview
Mike Seymour, Jeff Heusser and Todd Vaziri speak live from Los Angeles to preview the VFX Oscar nominated films of 2011.
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HIERO launch events in LA, Toronto & NYC
The Foundry is holding launch events for HIERO, their vfx shot management and conform tool, in LA (Feb 23rd), Toronto (Feb 28th), and NYC (Mar 1st). Click through for signup info and a link to our fxguidetv ep covering the software.
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Phantom camera, Sci-Tech winner
We talk to Vision Research’s Radu Corlan and Andy Jantzen about their Sci-Tech award for the Phantom camera.
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BAFTA Film Awards winners
The BAFTA Film Awards winners have been announced, with Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 winning Best Special Visual Effects.
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Stan Lee vs. fxguide
fxguide’s own Mike Seymour recently sat down at the VES Awards with Stan Lee of Marvel.
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Breaking down the Super Bowl spots – Part 2
Our Super Bowl XLVI coverage continues with a look at several more of the major VFX spots airing during the game.
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Visual Effects Society Winners of 10th Annual VES Awards
The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the winners of its 10th Annual VES Awards tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Complete list and photos follow.
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Red Tails: Pixomondo wrecks planes and trains
Pixomondo VFX supe Bjørn Mayer breaks down his studio’s key shots for Red Tails.
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Breaking down the Super Bowl spots – Part 1
Our Super Bowl XLVI coverage starts with a post-apocalyptic Chevy spot and CG cheetah work for Hyundai.
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Luma transforms Underworld: Awakening
How Luma Pictures used mo-cap, Light Stage and Arnold to bring the Underworld: Awakening Lycans to life.
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New source for 3D displacement textures
Surface Mimic makes 3D scanned depth maps for digital sculpting, allowing artists to brush high-res details onto models with industry software such as ZBrush, Mudbox, Mari and 3D-Coat. We speak to founder Paul Callender.
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