Indiana Jones and the Destroyed Miniatures
Kerner Optical was once again called upon to contribute a stunning array of miniature models to destroy for the fourth installment of the epic film series. We spoke to Brian Gernand, model/miniature supervisor for Kerner Optical about the film. Kerner is the former ILM model shop, directly responsible for so many of the stunning visuals that made the first three Indiana films one of the most loved film franchises in history.
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Prince Caspian: Pre & Post-viz on the Third Floor
Third Floor started as the third floor pre-viz department at Skywalker ranch. Now a separate company, Third Floor is a pre-viz and post-viz specialist. In this week’s fxpodcast we talk to CEO Chris Edwards about their recent work on Narnia, and explore their filmic approaches to previz. We also present Edward’s play book for successful pre-viz along with some client survival tricks.
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Chris Edwards on Pre-viz and the Third Floor
We speak with Chris Edwards, CEO of Los Angeles-based Third Floor, about the pre-visualization work they do for films, commercials, and games.
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the vfx show #43: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Mike Seymour and David Stripinis discuss the visual effects in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
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red centre #008
The guys finally discuss build 16, explaining not only the immediate benefit of the new version but also the theory behind the improvements. Plus News, Reviews and another victim in ‘The Red Room’
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Build 16 for RED released: Red Centre #8
In this week’s Red Centre the guys finally talk about build 16 and explain both the immediate benefit of the new version and also explain some of the the theory behind the improvements. Plus News, Reviews and the Red Room.
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Stan – We Miss You
Stan Winston, one of the great names in special effects, has died at age 62.
The Oscar-winning visual effects artist died at his home Sunday evening surrounded by family after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma, according to a representative from Stan Winston Studio, reports David Cohen from Variety.
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fxpodcast: Luma Pictures profile
In this fxpodcast we talk with Chris Sage, VP of operations at Luma Pictures, an artist driven facility in Venice California that does high end visual effects. From time to time we like to do facility profiles rather than stories about specific films or techniques. Luma Pictures initially caught our attention because they promoted themselves […]
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Luma Pictures
We speak with Chris Sage of Luma Pictures about their work, their facility pipeline, and their tools.
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Red centre #7 Geoff Boyle, Kino 525, Red Room and more
This episode the guys chat with Cinematographer Geoff Boyle, founder of the Cinematography Mailing List, about his recent stereo 3D RED feature film. They also chat about lighting and introduce their first guest into… The RED Room. All this and the winner of last week’s quiz in the “Pimp My RED” competition. If you haven’t […]
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red centre #007
The guys chat with cinematographer Geoff Boyle (founder of the Cinematography Mailing List), talk lighting, and introduce their first guest to…The RED Room.
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the vfx show #42: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Mike Seymour and David Stripinis discuss the visual effects in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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Interview with Autodesk’s Marc Petit About REALVIZ Acquisition
REALVIZ was a unique company, one of the first to solve and commercialize a range of outstanding visual effects tools ranging from panoramic Stitching to 3D Tracking. The fxguide founders actually visited REALVIZ about 2 years ago in its location just outside of Cannes, France. This visit cemented our opinion about the quality of the […]
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DroidMAKER fxpodcast
This week we talk to Michael Rubin about his book DroidMAKER: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution. While the book is very much the history of Lucasfilm, it doubles as a history of the computer graphics industry. From ILM to Pixar, Alvy Ray Smith to Brad Bird, and from Francis Ford Coppola to Steve Jobs, […]
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Meet the Author of Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution
We talk to Michael Rubin about his book: DroidMAKER: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution.
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Visual Effects Society Publishes Industry Credit Guidelines
The Visual Effects Society (VES) has published the first ever set of VES guidelines for titles in the visual effects industry. The list has been vetted by VES members and ratified by the VES Board of Directors. Major studios have reviewed the list as well and are encouraged to utilize it. “Through these collective efforts, […]
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Flame 2009 Benchmarks on the new HP xw8600 System
We’ve got one of the new Autodesk HP xw8600 systems fired up at the fxphd loft in Chicago. The new systems started shipping last month and we got it quickly up and running and paying the bills. But before we shut down our old IBM6217 system, we took the time to run our fxguide suite […]
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the vfx show #41: Speed Racer
Mike Seymour and Mark Christiansen discuss the visual effects in Speed Racer.
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