the vfx show #144: John Carter
Mike Seymour, Jeff Heusser and Matt Wallin travel to Mars to review Andrew Stanton’s John Carter.
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the rc #108: 5D MkIII, D16 and more
This week the guys discuss the new 5D MkIII and the Kickstarter Digital Bolex. Plus we have two interviews this week: Ed Moore and then Matthew Allard.
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fxguidetv #139: COPA’s Turn Me On music vid
We talk to COPA co-founder and VFX supervisor Alex Frisch about ‘Turn Me On,’ a music video for David Guetta and Nicki Minaj, and about how the new virtual studio used collaboration tools to complete the work across the globe.
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fxguidetv #138: CVMP Conference
Coverage from CVMP, a conference that brings together image science researchers and creatives in production and post. Excerpts from papers on Automatic Object Segmentation from Calibrated Images and HD Stereoscopic Free Viewpoint Video.
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fxpodcast: Dashing’s Hyundai spots
This week we speak to Dashing Founder and Creative Director Robert Moggach about the effects and CG environments created for a group of Hyundai spots.
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the vfx show #143: Men in Black 1 & 2
Mike Seymour, Matt Leonard and Jason Diamond go back in time and do a retro review of the visual effects in Men in Black 1 & 2.
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fxguidetv #137: This Means War
This week we’re at Method Studios in LA talking to VFX supe Mitchell Drain and Flame artist Ian Holland about their work for This Means War. Some of the 400 shots included full 3D rendering of effects objects and props – and a car – in Flame.
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the rc #107: State of the nation in camera tech
This week the guys discuss the whole breadth of digital cinematography and talk Canon, Nikon, ARRI, RED and Sony, then RED’s Ted Schilowitz gives his thoughts on the latest in camera tech.
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fxpodcast: VFX Oscar supervisor special
Our VFX supervisor Oscar special talking to nominees from all five VFX-nominated films for this Sunday night’s Academy Awards – proudly sponsored by Side Effects Software.
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fxguidetv #136: John Knoll on Stereo
In this week’s episode we are at ILM talking to John Knoll about stereo. John supervised the conversion of Star Wars – Episode One: The Phantom Menace, and Mike sits down with him to discuss this and stereo 3D in general.
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fxguidetv #135: Sci-Tech Oscars 2012
In this week’s episode we are at the 2012 Scientific and Technical Oscars in Hollywood. We have an in-depth discussion with industry veteran Douglas Trumbull about the technical possibilities of future cinema, and catch up with ARRI to talk Master Primes and the new Alexa Studio and Alexa M cameras.
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the vfx show #142: Oscar Preview
Mike Seymour, Jeff Heusser and Todd Vaziri speak live from Los Angeles to preview the VFX Oscar nominated films of 2011.
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fxguidetv #134: 10th Annual VES Awards
We report from the 10th Annual VES Awards hosted by Patton Oswalt this week in Los Angeles and speak to many of the award winners, plus Rob Legato, Stan Lee and Douglas Trumbull.
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fxguidetv #133: Pixar’s La Luna
We talk to Pixar director Enrico Casarosa and producer Kevin Reher about their Oscar-nominated animated short La Luna.
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the vfx show #141: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Mike Seymour, Ian Failes and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects of the feature film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
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