fxpodcast: Steven Poster ASC
We talk with Steven Poster, National President of the International Cinematographers Guild, about the cinematographers relationship with visual effects, color correction, digital cinema, unions and more.
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The VFX Tourist
Visual effects supervisor Ted Rae oversaw nearly 400 shots for The Tourist, a romantic Venetian comedy thriller starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. We take a look at how Rae simulated a critical train journey and re-arranged the rooftops of Venice for the film.
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Enter the Void made by fx
Director Gaspar Noé’s Enter the Void follows drug dealing teen Oscar who, after being killed in Tokyo, watches over his sister from the otherworld. Images of Oscar’s subjective POV, many based on hallucinations and near death experiences, were created and augmented by Paris studio BUF. Vfx sup. Geoffrey Niquet talks to us about the unique nature of the film.
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the vfx show #114: Tron: Legacy
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/The_VFX_Show_114-_Tron_Legacy.mp3 Play in new window DownloadMike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Ian Failes discuss head replacements and light cycles in Tron: Legacy. Download The VFX Show #114 here Get every vfx show episode automatically delivered! Free iTunes Store subscription Producers: Mat Graham and Todd Scholton fxguide.com story related to ‘Tron: Legacy’ Legacy, Face off Show Notes: […]
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Yet Another Facility Closes: CafeFX
We received an email today from Jeff Barnes and David Ebner, announcing that CafeFX/ComputerCafe have decided to shut down. This comes after a downsizing earlier this year. It saddens us here at fxguide to hear the news of their closing and wish everyone the best. The outstanding company has worked on a number of visual […]
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red centre #079
Mark L Pederson in the Red Room from Off Hollywood discussing Storm and the delivery of the first Epic – serial number 00006. We also test the Nikon D7000 in Germany.
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Toy Story 3 technical podcast : Siggraph Asia
fxguide attended Siggraph Asia and caught up with Brian Green of Pixar (California). Brian has the unique distinction of being the character supervisor of the “most successful animated movie of all time” twice. The Academy Award-winning feature “Finding Nemo” broke all box office records in 2003, and “Toy Story 3” broke box office records in […]
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3D or real: Above Everything Else
When we first saw Alex Roman’s work in ‘Above Everything Else’, a 60″ spot for Silestone kitchen worktops, we were blown away by the 3D realism. So we got in contact with Alex to talk about what was real, what was CG and how the spot was achieved. Beside we figured 1.2 Million views on Vimeo cant be wrong.
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Toy Story 3
Brian Green, Character Supervisor from Pixar, joins Mike Seymour at Siggraph Asia to talk about Toy Story 3
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TRON: Legacy, Face off
TRON: Legacy expands on Digital Domain’s already incredibly impressive face replacement work in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. We speak in depth to 4 members of the Digital Domain team and plot the exact steps required to pull off the 165 Clu character shots in TRON: Legacy.
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Nuke 6.2 Ships
The Foundry has just a new major release of its powerful compositing applications NUKE and NUKEX 6.2. Now shipping, this release encompasses artist feedback to deliver continued refinements to core operations whilst also incorporating the new technology. Most significantly the new image-based modeling and projection tools will advance artists’ ability to create and use scene […]
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the vfx show #113: Monsters
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/The_VFX_Show_113-_Monsters.mp3 Play in new window Download Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Mat Graham probe the indy feature Monsters. Download The VFX Show #113 here Get every vfx show episode automatically delivered! Free iTunes Store subscription Producers: Mat Graham and Todd Scholton Stories on fxguide.com related to ‘Monsters’ One Man Against the Hun – fxguide article […]
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Dawn Treader Podcasts
We have two new podcasts, The Red Centre podcast focused on digital cinematography and a new fxpodcast – both covering different aspects of the new film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. We speak in a frank and in-depth interview with Angus Bickerton, the VFX supervisor for the film. Part 1 […]
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Narnia: The Dawn Treader’s VFX Crew
For The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, visual effects supervisor Angus Bickerton led the creation of some 1400 shots in the third film adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ fantasy series. We highlight a number of the key effects by Framestore, MPC, Cinesite, The Senate and The Mill.
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Narnia : Dawn Treader VFX Sup.Angus-Bickerton
We speak to VFX Sup Angus Bickerton about the visual effects in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
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red centre #078
Digital Cinematography with VFX sup: Angus Bickerton in the Red Room – Plus NASA Camera love
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Imagineer Shipping mocha pro, Improved mocha AE
We’ve been fans of Imagineer’s mocha, mokey, and monet products and the planar tracking technology that forms the foundation of the offerings. But in the past we’ve also honestly been a bit confused with the lineup and what product did what. So at IBC when we learned that they were simplifying their lineup into three […]
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Click3X Lego Fun
Stop-motion photography and visual effects by Click 3X helped bring together Build Together, a :30 spot promoting the joys of LEGO construction. We take a look at how the commercial was created. Click here for the Quicktime The brief for Build Together centred around LEGO’s new online experience to share the building experience at home. […]
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