ILM at the Oscars

Rounding out our series we look at the two Sci-Tech Oscars awarded to ILM and their technical partners, and go backstage at the Sci-Tech Awards in LA.

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Lucas Martell’s The Taking Tree

Watch the final version of director, Lucas Martell’s (Pigeon Impossible) new short film – from his fxphd courses.

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Breaking down Agent Carter’s VFX

Watch VFX breakdowns from Marvel’s Agent Carter in this WIRED making-of video.

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Kingsman: not so secret effects

Exploding heads, prosthetic legs, a lengthy brawl & skydiving – four VFX scenes from Matthew Vaughn’s rather smart Kingsman.

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Weather wild things

See how MPC crafted a host of wondrous weird & wicked weather creatures in a spot for Nissan CUV.

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Science! Interstellar filmmakers publish paper on black holes

A new paper from the VFX team behind Interstellar sheds light on gravitational lensing and rendering of the film’s black hole.

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VFX in TVCs: Jaw-dropping (and truck-dropping) effects

See VFX breakdowns from Framestore, Method Studios, MPC and Alt.vfx in recent TVCs.

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Mikros and Matthijs are back…with unicorns

The team behind Canal+ spots The Bear and The Closet are back with a tale about the sad fate of the unicorn.

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Shoot and stitch: making Jupiter Ascending’s Chicago chase

How the Wachowskis employed a helicopter-mounted six RED EPIC camera array to shoot Jupiter Ascending’s dramatic Chicago chase scene.

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Sci-Tech winners: UCAP & MOVA

Continuing our series we look at Universal Capture and MOVA face capture which both been award prestigious Sci-Tech awards at this years Oscars. (We also comment on the latest controversy).

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Autodesk going subscription-only. Here’s how they can help the industry

We delve into Autodesk’s recent licensing announcement.

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fxpodcast #289: SciTechs – finite element, DMM & Kali

We talk to the three recipients of a SciTech award for finite element analysis, DMM and Kali innovations in computer graphics and visual effects.

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All the VES Award winners – right here

The full list of winners from the 13th annual VES Awards.

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the rc #147: Wired (and unwired!) for sound

All the latest gear and releases, plus interviews with RØDE, and on pitching and treatments for commercials.

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Facing Second Son

Nominated for a VES award mainly for its amazing particle animations, we look at the brilliant face work and animation in the blockbuster PS4 gaming hit: inFAMOUS: Second Son

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How they did it: behind two of the biggest Super Bowl spots

Catch the Snickers Brady Bunch spot in the Super Bowl? Or the tortoise and hare race for Mercedes? Here’s how they were made.

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Barbershop at Weta: Sci-tech winner explained

Creating a desired hairstyle can often be a long, tedious, and non-intuitive process – not with Weta’s Barbershop (Sci-Tech Award winner). We explain just how clever and yet simple Barbershop is.

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Altering time with Project Almanac

Method Studios breaks down its time altering visual effects for the found-footage film, Project Almanac.

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