VES Career Fair & Workshops
On June 25th, the Visual Effects Society is holding a Career Fair with representatives from many visual effects companies who are looking to meet new talent. Companies hosting booths include Walt Disney Animation Studios, MPC, Sony Imageworks, Digital Domain, Deluxe, Technicolor and many more.
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the vfx show #124: X-Men First Class
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Mat Graham take an in-depth look at the visual effects of the new X-Men film, X-Men First Class.
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Academy invites 178 to Membership
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the list of people invited to join as Academy Members for 2011. The list includes thirteen animators, two art directors, nine cinematographers, nine editors and twelve people in the visual effects category.
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the rc #91: Cinegear 2011
The focus is on the recent Cinegear event in LA which Mike attended. Jason is back from stage 3 of his global mega shoot and we talk about our approaches to PL mount lenses.
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Retro spotlight: A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Tony Hudson, who worked at ILM as the CG Model and Creature Supervisor on A.I. Artificial Intelligence, outlines some of his favorite memories from the experience.
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X-Men: First Class – Q&A with John Dykstra
Visual effects designer John Dysktra oversaw 1100 shots for X-Men: First Class. We ask his thoughts on designing effects for the film and how he approached grounding those in a mutant reality.
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Making mutants for X-Men: First Class
In this in-depth article, we take a look at effects for the major characters in X-Men: First Class and the film’s final showdown.
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MPC’s pirates & their ships sail on Stranger Tides
We talk to MPC’s visual effects supervisor Gary Brozenich about some of his studio’s shots for On Stranger Tides, and working for the first time in native stereo.
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fxpodcast: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
We go in depth on the mermaid sequence in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with Ben Snow from ILM.
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Paws, claws and jaws in Attack the Block
We take a look at Fido’s CG fur, paws, claws and jaws for the film Attack the Block, with before and after pics, concept art and screenshots. Warning: spoilers.
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the rc #90: Lens choice – the rc ten questions
This week, in response to listener questions, the focus is on lenses. We also talk to Motion Theory about their Fiat spot to reintroduce the brand to the USA
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London calling for Pirates 4 at Cinesite
We talk to Cinesite about their visual effects contribution to Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, with the work spanning a carriage chase sequence through London, CG toads and the creation of Barbossa’s peg leg.
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the vfx show #123: Thor
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond and Matt Wallin drop the hammer on Thor and they breakdown the VFX and story of the film.
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Priest: not your average vampire movie
We take a look at just some of the 750 effects shots in Priest by Tippett Studio, Spin VFX, Svengali FX, Spy Post and The Senate.
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Psyop tested to perfection
For ‘Tested To Perfection’, a Castrol TVC for the company’s newly reformulated EDGE motor oil, Psyop was called upon to help create an elaborate test track complete with giant engine parts and a hero made of oil going through its paces. We talk to Jamie Scott (2D lead and co-vfx supervisor) and Tony Barberi (technical […]
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Elastic opens Game of Thrones
We speak to Creative Director Angus Wall from Elastic about designing and executing the two and half minute opening titles for Game of Thrones.
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fxpodcast: Conversation with eyeon’s Steve Roberts
We catch up with Steve Roberts, CEO of eyeon, for a state of the union update on their flagship Fusion compositor, as well as discuss image tech issues facing the industry.
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VES 2.0 is here and ready to lead
The Visual Effects Society (VES) today released an open letter to “VFX Artists And The Entertainment Industry At Large” announcing VES 2.0, we talk with Jeffrey A. Okun, Chair of VES.
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