Peter Wolf – leading the way for deaf filmmakers
Mike meets deaf filmmaker Peter Wolf at the Cine Gear Expo in LA.
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VFX supe Dan Glass on The Tree of Life
We catch up with Tree of Life visual effects supervisor Dan Glass to dissect the different realms of the film’s ‘history of the universe’ montage piece.
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63rd Primetime Emmy Award Nominees
Nominations were announced this morning for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Digital Domain shapes Dark of the Moon
We talk to Digital Domain visual effects supervisor Matthew Butler about his team’s 350 shots for Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
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Cars 2 animation progression
Disney/Pixar have released a neat breakdown of the opening drilling platform chase sequence from Cars 2.
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The sound fx of Cars 2
Here’s a video we worked on with The Daily on the sound design and effects by Skywalker Sound for Pixar/Disney’s Cars 2.
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the vfx show #126: Super 8
Mike Seymour, Jason Wingrove and Matt Wallin explore the VFX work done for J. J. Abrams’ latest film, Super 8.
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Free Scratch + RED Webinar July 14th
fxguide’s own Mike Seymour will be leading a webinar on July 14th covering SCRATCH and RED workflow. If you own a RED camera — or if you don’t own one and need to manage productions and post that are using RED, this short webinar will be useful for you. Register here or click through for more details.
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Some recent TVC highlights
Here’s just five TVCs from the last few months that have caught our eye for their inventive use of visual effects.
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Green Lantern: Sony suits up
We talk to several members of the Sony Pictures Imageworks team responsible for bringing many of Green Lantern’s visual effects to the screen.
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The Foundry releases NUKE/MARI workflow
The Foundry have announced a new set of tools which makes getting data back and forth between MARI and NUKE much simpler. It’s exactly the type of workflow that compositors using camera projections to do set extensions and fixes will surely find incredibly useful as the lines further blur between comp and CG. Click through for the full press release from The Foundry.
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the rc#92: Funeral for a Friend
The usual news, gear & ratholes, FCP’s obituary plus Jason Diamond talks Epic.
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Fringe takes an animated trip
VFX supe Jay Worth and Zoic Studios creative director Andrew Orloff explain the mind-bending animation techniques required for a recent episode of Fringe.
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the vfx show #125: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Mike Seymour, Mark Christiansen and Jason Diamond dive into the visual effects of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film.
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Populating Mr. Popper’s Penguins
We talk to visual effects supervisor Richard Hollander about Rhythm & Hues’ CG creations for Mr Popper’s Penguins.
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How previs shaped X-Men: First Class
We recently partnered with The Daily to produce a story on The Third Floor’s previs work for X-Men: First Class.
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Cannes Film Craft Lions
The shortlist for the 2011 Film Craft Cannes Lions has been released, with the winners to be announced on 25 June. We’ve covered a number of these projects at fxguide. UPDATED to include the winners.
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Super 8: ILM’s production value on screen
We talk to senior ILM visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren and animation supervisor Paul Kavanagh about realizing the visual effects in J.J. Abrams’ Super 8.
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