the vfx show #52: Fight Club
Mike Seymour, Mark Christiansen and John Flowers discuss the visual effects in Fight Club.
Listenfxguidetv #034
Ian Hunter and Matthew Gratzner of New Deal Studios discuss their work on The Dark Knight. Also the scoop on PFTrack 5.0 from Siggraph.
Listenred centre #014
Happy birthday RED One as it’s one year since the first cams rolled out the door. We discuss RED’s DSLR killer, talk Infrared sensors and Assimilate’s Scratch
Listenthe vfx show #51: Tropic Thunder
Mike Seymour, David Stripinis and John Flowers discuss the visual effects in the film Tropic Thunder.
ListenTropic Thunder
In this week’s fxpodcast, Mark Breakspear of CIS (formerly Rainmaker) discusses how Blades of Glory showed his company how fundamentally different the pipeline needs to be for visual effects in comedies. We follow up with more details and background in our online story.
Listenfxguidetv #033
A look at Pixar’s Renderman as it turns 20, interview with Gamma and Density’s Bob Currier, and the Australian premiere of WALL-E.
ListenLabor Series Part Two: The Animation Guild
In this fxpodcast we speak with Steve Hulett, Business Representative for the The Animation Guild Local 839 IATSE. This is part of an ongoing series discussing the issues involved in labor laws, treatment of workers and general respect for visual effects in the industry.
Listenred centre #013
Tonnes of RED News, from iPhone apps to iPins. Shooting documentaries around the world with our Canadian REDroom victim.
Listenthe vfx show #50: Wall-E
Mike Seymour and Matt Graham discuss the animated feature Wall-E.
Listenfxguidetv #032
SIGGRAPH coverage continues with a focus on motion capture. We visit House of Moves in Los Angeles and the Organic Motion booth on the show floor.
Listenfxguidetv #031
Coverage from SIGGRAPH 2008 continues with a look at announcements from Autodesk and eyeon, as well as having fun killing time in the new technologies exhibit.
Listenfxguidetv #030
From Siggraph 2008, a look at some cool facial scanning and reconstruction from Image Metrics.
ListenSiggraph 2008 Barcamp
Recorded on a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles at our traditional tradeshow Barcamp. We are joined by fxphd members to discuss what they have seen so far at Siggraph.
Listenred centre #012
We talk to filmmaker Michael Scott and cover the latest news in the RED world.
Listenthe vfx show #49: Hellboy II and Hancock
Mark Christiansen and John Flowers discuss the visual effects in Hellboy II and Hancock.
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