VES Production Summit 2010
The Visual Effects Society held their second annual Production Summit this past Saturday in Marina Del Rey. This is a unique event designed to break out of the day to day routine and think about the future as well as hear from an amazing group of speakers and panelists.
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fxpodcast: Gareth Edwards & “Monsters”
Our latest fxpodcast episode is a discussion with filmmaker Gareth Edwards, director of the indie film Monsters, about the making of the movie. We last featured him several years ago in an article here at fxguide about his vfx work on the BBC’s Atilla the Hun. Like Atilla, Edwards did all of the vfx and […]
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The Making of ‘Monsters’
We chat with Gareth Edwards, director, DOP and sole vfx artist of the indie film “Monsters”.
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Method Studios delivers Halo Hope
For ‘Deliver Hope’, an epic Xbox Halo: Reach spot, Method Studios delivered visual effects for a major battle sequence involving the game’s newest characters. We talk to Method senior creative director and visual effects supervisor Dan Glass about the commercial.
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IBEW Local 40 Informational Meeting for Visual Effects Industry
This Saturday evening, October 16th, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 40 is holding an informational meeting pertaining to the visual effects industry. Everyone is invited. Details on location and contact info is after the jump.
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CVMP Early Discount ends October 17th
We’re in the last few days of an early-bird discount of £100 off the registration fee to this year’s Conference on Visual Media and Production. The event, taking place in London on November 17th and 18th, provides an outlet for production and post personnel to discuss the latest technology and research impacting the field. If […]
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Mini Milan
For ‘Flow’, a spot promoting the 2011 MINI Countryman, SWAY Studio created hundreds of vehicles magically splitting, reforming and driving with precision through the streets of Milan. We talk to visual effects supervisor Aaron Powell about the use of SWAY’s Drive-a-Tron driving simulation tool for the commercial.
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Drench Cubehead
Matthew Unwin joins us to talk about a spot for Drench, he was on set and did the flame work on the spot that features a Rubik’s Cube like treatment on a human head
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red centre #073
We talk to the guys who actually shot the RED Barn and Vegas HDRx shots, plus the Red Bull Stratos in the RedRoom, the Teradek Cube Ninja’s and much more
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VES: The 1099 Dilemma
The Visual Effects Society (VES) recently held an event in Los Angeles titled “The 1099 Dilemma” to examine labor issues facing companies and artists. Who decides if you are an Independent Contractor or an Employee? Can a proper Independent Contractor relationship be established? What are the Insurance issues? Is there such a thing as a “Day Rate”?
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MPC’s Head Turner : Drench
Ulf Johansson has directed Drench ‘Cubehead’ The spot features a puzzled man trying to solve his own Rubik’s style puzzle head. The commercial was produced by Kate Bailey at CHI&Partners and Philippa Smith at Smith & Jones. MPC created the puzzle head combining live action elements. In this week’s fxpodcast we speak to MPC vfx […]
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Hiring around the world
There has been a growth in vfx houses broadening to encompass new offices around the world. Rhythm & Hues, SPI, Digital Domain, have all expanded to having multiple offices around the world. Right now ILM is also expanding and staffing up its Singapore offices. The vfx workplace is now global. As part of our fxphd.com training we have been speaking to recruiters from around the world.
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Mopping up after the Apprentice
For The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,visual effects supervisor John Nelson oversaw more than 1200 shots featuring plasma ball fights, a Chinese dragon, car chases, magical creatures and the re-creation of the famous Disney Fantasia sequence. We take a look at some of the key work by the two lead facilities, Asylum and Double Negative. (Sorcerer’s Apprentice on DVD Nov 30th)
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Even more Predators…
For the 2010 film Predators, director Nimrod Antal and producer Robert Rodriguez set out to maintain the appeal of the 1987 original film by employing similar designs and relying on both practical and digital effects. We take a look at the visual effects work by Troublemaker Digital and Hybride.
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the vfx show #109: Apollo 13
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/The_VFX_Show_109-_Apollo_13.mp3 Play in new window Download Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Jason Wingrove discuss the visual effects of the 1995 feature film ‘Apollo 13’ and collaboration in film making. Download The VFX Show #109 here Get every vfx show episode automatically delivered! Free iTunes Store subscription Producers: Mat Graham and Todd Scholton Show Notes: Director: […]
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Not the Best Day: Server Problems at fxguide
Thanks for your patience for the last 29 hours…and thanks to those of you who let us know the site was down and you missed it. Jeff, Mike and I really appreciate it. Over the years, we’ve been fortunate at fxguide to avoid major server problems. In fact, until Wednesday, we didn’t have more than […]
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fxguidetv: Cinema 4D R12 and Nuke 6.2 Tech Preview
fxguidetv epsiode #93 is now available and contains a look at two software packages. At IBC we caught up with Jon Wadleton, Nuke Product Manager for The Foundry, who gave us an overview of what they have planned for Nuke version 6.2. This includes a new image modeler, projection solver, external 3D rendering, dope sheet, […]
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red centre #072
Loads of news this week – an Epic Red Centre. Acronyms by the truckload with RED SSD’s, HDRx & Alexa+ at IBC & DOP Time Palmer Shoots DSLR’s for the BBC.
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