the vfx show #121: A. I. Artificial Intelligence
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Mat Graham go retro as they enter Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg’s world of Artificial Intelligence.
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fxpodcast: Digital Domain’s ice giants from Thor
We speak with Kelly Port, Digital Domain VFX Supervisor, about their work on the ice giants in Thor
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Kessler Motion control slider : the rc bonus extra
In this bonus RC video, we speak to Eric Kessler about the new Motion Control Slider – first shown at NAB 2011.
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Cooke Panchros: the rc bonus extra
We caught up with Les Zellan from Cooke Lens. Cooke recently we introduced the Panchros (or Mini-S4s as Les jokes). We talk to Les and test drove the lens.
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FMX 2011 – Day Four
The final day of FMX 2011 included a Harry Potter VFX tribute and presentations on animated films and games. We also talk to Proof’s Ron Frankel about the concept of stereo previs.
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FMX 2011 – Day Three
More impressive talks punctuated day three at FMX 2011. We take a look at some of the highlights and sit down with ILM’s Tim Alexander and Patrick Cohen to discuss Rango.
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FMX 2011 – Day Two
Day two at FMX 2011 brought a major announcement from Weta Digital and The Foundry, along with some great presentations on virtual characters. We also speak to Molinare’s Dayne Cowan about The King’s Speech.
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MPC on track with Fast Five
MPC visual effects supervisor Guillaume Rocheron breaks down the train heist sequence from Fast Five.
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yU+co captures crime for Call of Juarez: The Cartel
We cover yU+Co’s work on the ‘Call of Juarez: The Cartel’ trailer by animation director Richard Taylor and the facial capture tech from Depth Analysis, with an exclusive insider making of video.
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fxpodcast: Saving ‘Saving Private Ryan’
We talk to Lou Levinson from Laser Pacific about Saving Private Ryan being restored via Baselight.
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Outcasts: creating the darkside of space
We talk to Darkside Animation about their work for the BBC series Outcasts and present several break down clips from the show.
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the rc #88: SLog and the F3
We talk NAB, Deliveries, look at some key EPIC third party products and discuss S-Log on the F3 with Tyler Ginter and the team at Next Level Pictures.
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Glassworks manipulates metal and builds a baby
We take a look at two recent TVC’s featuring visual effects from Glassworks – ‘Baby’ and ‘Manipulation’ – completed by artists in London and Amsterdam.
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Engine Room makes a splash with Soul Surfer
We talk to Engine Room founder and VFX supervisor Dan Schmit about creating more than 750 shots for the inspiring true story of Soul Surfer.
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Congrats to our HP EliteBook Winner
We got some great entries for our HP EliteBook giveaway, but there can only be one winner. And that winner is Chris Hocking, whose “server room shower” took top place with an inventive install to get the job done in pinch. Click through for more images as well as some impressions of running The Foundry’s Mari on the EliteBook.
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the vfx show #120: Rango
Mike Seymour, Mark Christiansen and Jason Diamond expand fxguide’s examination of Rango by discussing the film’s story, unique approach to “emotion capture” and animated visual effects.
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Busted! How The Mill helped Mythbusters blow stuff up
We go behind the scenes with The Mill for a Discovery Channel Mythbusters promo using motion control, practical elements and CG.
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