fxguidetv #169: Upside Down
This week on fxguidetv we talk to Upside Down assistant director and 2nd unit director Mario Janelle about his work on the film.
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the rc #127: NAB preview
This week Mike and Jason preview the NAB 2013 conference taking place in Las Vegas, where on Tuesday 9th April fxguide will be broadcasting LIVE from the conference floor.
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the vfx show #165: Oz the Great and Powerful
Mike Seymour, Matt Leonard and Zap Andersson discuss the visual effects of the new Sam Raimi prequel, Oz the Great and Powerful.
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the rc #126: NAB, new tech & Oscar winning short Curfew
This week Mike and Jason discuss NAB, new tech and gear and sites to look out for. Plus they talk to the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning short film Curfew about cinematography and color grading.
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fxpodcast #246: Oz – bringing China Girl to life: onset & animated
Mike Seymour speaks to VFX supe Scott Stokdyk, digital effects supe Francisco DeJesus and puppeteer Phillip Huber, the team behind China Girl from Sam Raimi’s Oz: The Great and Powerful.
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the vfx show #164: Game of Thrones
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects created for the second season of the HBO series, Game of Thrones.
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fxguidetv #168: CVMP – Revealing the invisible
In this insightful CVMP presentation, Fredo Durand from MIT reveals visual content that is invisible to the naked eye, looking at, for example, recent computational techniques that can extract faint visual information from digital sensors, analyze it, amplify it and visualize it.
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fxpodcast #245: VFX roundtable – Scott Squires, Scott Ross, David Rand
Jeff Heusser talks to three visual effects industry veterans – Scott Squires, Scott Ross and David Rand – about the recent developments in VFX, from globalization to unionization to subsidies to working conditions to recognition and other on-going issues.
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fxpodcast #244: Film and game convergence
This week we speak to Hybride Technologies President Pierre Raymond about the convergence of films and games. Hybride is now a division of the game giant Ubisoft.
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the rc #125: New ARRI cams, Codex recording and more
This week, Jason and Mike discuss the new ARRI cameras and XR Module upgrade option with Codex. Plus they talk the Red suit against Sony, camera rigging, the KineRAW and the PS4. In the Red Room Mike chats to Codex’s Sarah Priestnall.
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the vfx show #163: Doctor Who
Mike Seymour, Zap Andersson and Ed Moore discuss the visual effects of BBC’s episodic television classic, Doctor Who.
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fxguidetv #167: CVMP – Hi-vision at the Olympics
This week we feature a presentation made at CVMP in London by John Zubrzycki from BBC R&D on the use of ultra high definition cameras at the London Olympics.
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fxpodcast #243: Life of Pi VFX supe Bill Westenhofer
This week we talk to Rhythm & Hues visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer. Bill was the overall VFX supe on Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, one of the nominees for the Best Visual Effects Oscar this year and a recent BAFTA and VES winner.
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the rc #124: New gear and Lincoln DOP Janusz Kaminski
This week, Jason and Mike discuss sliders, mics, cameras, and other new gear. In the Red Room, Mike chats with Oscar-nominated Lincoln DOP Janusz Kaminski, and also DOP and fxphd prof Ben Allan about the resurgence of light meters.
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fxpodcast #242: VFX legend Bill Taylor
This week, we talk to visual effects supervisor, director of photography and Illusion Arts founder Bill Taylor, who has been voted the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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