fxguidetv #164: Revisiting The Avengers
Hot on the heels of the VFX Oscar bake-off, we talk to The Avengers ILM visual effects supervisor Jeff White and animation supervisor Marc Chu about the film, one of the 10 in consideration. And we also showcase the new January 2013 term of effects training courses at fxphd.
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the vfx show #160: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Mike Seymour, Mark Christiansen and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects in the epic Peter Jackson film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
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the rc #122: The Hobbit, HFR, new lenses & REDRAY
This week, Jason and Mike discuss stereo, high frame rates and RED cameras with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, new lenses and REDRAY.
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fxpodcast #238: Creature Animation: Gollum, Goblins & 48fps
In this podcast we talk to Weta Digital animation supervisor David Clayton about his work for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, covering Goblins, Gollum and working at 48fps.
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fxguidetv #163: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
fxguide is in New Zealand to sit down with Weta Digital’s senior VFX supervisor Joe Letteri to discuss The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – visiting Gollum and the world of Middle-earth, this time in stereo and at 48fps.
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the vfx show #159: Flight and Cast Away
This week we delve into two Robert Zemeckis live action films – Flight (2012) and Cast Away (2000) – both of which feature a dramatic plane crash and invisible/seamless visual effects.
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fxguidetv #162: SIGGRAPH Asia 2012
This week we report from SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 in Singapore. The guys see how EA Sports use Side Effects Houdini in their game creation, and go behind the scenes at the fun Emerging Tech exhibition.
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fxpodcast #237: Carl Rosendahl, from PDI to the future of VFX
Mike speaks to Carl Rosendahl, founder of PDI, venture capitalist & industry titan, about his history and a key VES speech he made mapping out the issues for our industry looking forward. It is a compelling & unapologieticly frank examination.
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fxguidetv #161: CBS Digital & Star Trek TNG
We visit CBS Digital in Los Angeles to check out their restoration work on the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” TV series, all completed on Flame, Flare, Smoke, Lustre, and Inferno.
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fxpodcast #236: Adam Howard VFX Supervisor
This week we speak to Adam Howard, vfx supervisor. We discuss his amazing career and touch on his latest film supervising on the last Twilight Film.
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fxpodcast #235: Skyfall vfx supe Steve Begg
This week we talk to Steve Begg, the overall visual effects supervisor for the latest James Bond film, Skyfall. Begg discusses working with miniatures, practical effects and CG work.
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the rc #121: First world problems
This week in our digital cinematography podcast, Jason and Mike discuss some 4K projectors – Red pricing, getting involved and some ‘first world problems’ …
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the vfx show #158: Skyfall
Mike Seymour, Matt D. Leonard and Ed Moore discuss the visual effects in the latest James Bond film, Skyfall.
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fxpodcast #234: Andy Beach on digital video
This week Jeff Heusser talks to Andy Beach, a specialist in digital video, streaming media and video compression who has worked at companies such as Microsoft, Apple and Adobe.
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fxguidetv #160: Flight
This week on fxguidetv we’re at Atomic Fiction to discuss Robert Zemeckis’ Flight with vfx sup. Kevin Baillie. The film’s dramatic crash sequence relied on live action backgrounds captured with a three-RED EPIC rig, multiple cockpit + fuselage gimbals and a CG airplane !
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