fxpodcast #260: Mark Spatny on TV VFX
Stargate Studios visual effects supervisor Mark Spatny on television VFX awards, the industry, artistic excellence and how effects is covered in the mainstream press.
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the vfx show #172: Elysium
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Ian Failes discuss the have, and have-nots of the visual effects in the new Neill Blomkamp film Elysium.
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the rc #134: John Seale on Fury Road; the future of DSLRs
Mad Max: Fury Road DOP John Seale, the future of DLSRs, what’s happening at RED and more – this week on the rc podcast.
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fxguidetv #177: DreamWorks Animation goes Turbo
fxguide visits DreamWorks Animation to see how their latest animated feature, Turbo, was made, including how the studio leveraged Side Effects Software’s Houdini and the OpenVDB library.
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fxpodcast #259: Elysium – Weta Workshop
We visit Weta Workshop to discuss practical props of Elysium with Rob Gillies, Workshop Sup. & Richard Taylor – co-director of Weta Workshop. We talk about the practical HULC suits and ultra cool weapons.
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fxguidetv #176: Animation from SIGGRAPH 2013
From SIGGRAPH 2013, we look at the computer animation festival Best in Show winner ‘a la Francaise’ and talk to Academy Award winner Chris Landreth about his new short ‘Subconscious Password’.
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the vfx show #171: Pacific Rim
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond and Matt Wallin discuss the visual effects in Guillermo del Toro’s film, Pacific Rim.
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the rc #133: RED DRAGON in the field
The guys ask Red’s Ted Schilowitz the tough questions and we also speak to director Mark Toia who is one of the first shooting with the 6K DRAGONs out in the field right now.
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fxpodcast #258: SIGGRAPH 2013 – final report UPDATED
Mike gives a final rundown from SIGGRAPH 2013 and talks to The Foundry’s Katana product manager Andy Lomas about an NVIDIA OptiX / Katana lighting preview demo presented by Pixar.
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fxpodcast #257: Pixar’s Ed Catmull
As a SIGGRAPH special: an interview with Ed Catmull. Pixar’s RenderMan is this year celebrating its 25th anniversary (see Main story) and Catmull helped develop and protect the renderer that has had such a key impact on the vfx and animation.
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fxpodcast #256: SIGGRAPH 2013 – Tuesday Report
Mike and Jeff report from the SIGGRAPH 2013 show floor on Tuesday.
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fxpodcast #255: SIGGRAPH 2013 – Monday Report
A special fxpodcast from SIGGRAPH 2013, Mike Seymour and Jeff Heusser report from conference sessions and an exclusive announcement from Pixar and The Foundry about Katana and RenderMan.
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fxguidetv #175: Pacific Rim Pipeline Special
We visit ILM to discuss the Pacific Rim production pipeline with John Knoll, Eddie Pasquarello, Lindy De Quattro and Hal Hickel. The pipeline uses NUKE, Houdini, KATANA, Modo, Alembic, Arnold/RenderMan and ILM’s 3D and fluid destruction and muscle sim tools.
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fxpodcast #254: Fabric Engine’s Creation Platform
EXCLUSIVE: From SIGGRAPH 2013, we talk to Fabric Engine CEO Paul Doyle and investor Marc Petit about Creation Platform, an application framework for building 2D & 3D apps suitable for VFX.
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fxpodcast #253: Feasibility Study on Subsidies
David Yocis, an attorney who worked on the “Feasibility Study on Subsidies to Film Production and Visual Effects” commissioned by anonymous blogger VFX Soldier is our guest. We discuss what the study revealed as a plan of action for addressing subsidies.
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