fxpodcast: Shaun Tan’s Oscar nomination for The Lost Thing
This week in the lead up to the Oscar Weekend, we speak with Shaun Tan, co-director of The Lost Thing which has been nominated for Best Short Animated Film. This film is an act of love, taking a small team 9 years to complete.
fxpodcast: Dr. Mark Sagar
In the last of our series on the tech behind the major studios, we switch gear to facial animation and Dr. Mark Sagar of Weta Digital. Mark is a back to back 2010 and 2011 winner of the Sci-Tech Award (Scientific and Engineering Award) from the Academy. At Weta Digital he has directed the development of the performance driven facial animation system for Avatar and King Kong.
fxpodcast: Ken Ralston
We speak with Ken Ralston, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor of the Oscar-nominated Alice in Wonderland, about the movie, Sony Pictures Imageworks’ tech and creative resources, and his career in general.
the vfx show #117: Black Swan
Mike Seymour, TyRuben Ellingson and Matt Wallin discuss the visual effects in the Darren Aronofsky film, Black Swan.
fxpodcast: History of Animation Unions
We talk with Tom Sito about the history of animation unions and how that history applies to efforts to organize Visual Effects artists. Sito is an animator and the author of DRAWING THE LINE: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson.
the rc #82: You can’t change film on the moon
Jason and Mike discuss the week’s news and are joined by Lee Peterson in the Red Room to discuss digital camera sensor calibration and the cameras of the Apollo Moon Landing.
fxguidetv #101: Epic Super Bowl Action
This week we look at the amazing Kia Super Bowl spot from Animal Logic for David&Goliath.
fxpodcast: Disney Stereo Tools
We talk with Robert Neuman, Stereo Supervisor from Disney, about the in house tools they use to achieve their award winning Stereo Feature films. Part of our fxpodcast “Tech behind the films” series.
the vfx show #116: Green Hornet
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond and Jason Wingrove discuss the visual effects of the new feature film The Green Hornet.
the rc #81
Jason and Mike discuss stereo floating windows, the new Phantom camera and are joined by James Neihouse in the Red Room to discuss stereo NASA IMAX projects.
fxguidetv en español #009
Entrevistamos a uno de los artistas de modelado de la pelicula “Gahool, la leyenda de los guardianes”.
fxguidetv #100: Codex/Arri Workflow
Our 100th episode covers Codex/Arri workflow with Marc Dando as well as a look at the new term at fxphd.
fxpodcast: ILM Lighting Tools
Continuing the technical tools behind the big companies series that we started last week, we talk to Ben Snow of ILM about his career and the development of the energy conservation lighting model – as most recently used on Iron Man 2.
the rc #80
It’s Jason’s birthday and we talk to Chad Andrews about the Stereo RED MX workflow of sixteen19, and Fritz Gabriel Bauer AAC introduces the Moviecam EasyFocus. Plus, news on stolen cameras, tigers, Sony NEX-E mounts and more.
the vfx show #115: Gulliver’s Travels
Mike Seymour, Ian Failes and Mat Graham find out what the big deal is with Gulliver’s Travels.