Harry Potter: The Magic of Double Negative
Harry Potter is one of the great publishing stories of our time and the Warner Brothers films have consistently produced Muggles gold. We provide our own Patronus to explain the true wizards behind Privet Lane, giants, and charms, as well as go inside the Ministry this week in our fxpodcast with Double Negative’s Paul Franklin. We also have notes from some other vfx shops involved in the movie.
fxguidetv #004
Interview with Activision’s Steve Pearce and Phillippo Costanzo about 3D in the gaming industry. Photoshop matting techniques is the tip of the week.
the vfx show #22: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Alex Lindsay and Mike Seymour discuss the visual effects in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.
the vfx show #21: Spiderman 3
Mike Seymour and Kenji Kato discuss the visual effects in Spiderman 3.
Siggraph 2007
Get the inside scoop from Conference Chair Joe Marks on how to get the most out of the Siggraph 2007 conference in San Diego.
fxguidetv #003
A conversation with Ken Ralston and Dennis Muren from the recent VES Festival of Effects. Also, a look at greenscreen footage shot with the new Sony F23 Cine-Alta camera.
FF2 – Part 2 of our story on Fantastic Four
Mike Seymour interviews Jake Morrison, Visual Effects Supervisor for Hydraulx about Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
fxguidetv #002
A follow up on the fxguide story about the shrinking deadlines in post and how it impacts vfx artists and houses. The fxphd tip of the week takes a look at vanishing point and 3D integration in Photoshop and After Effects CS3
Killer Schedules: Behind that Variety Story
“Blockbusters Take Toll on f/x Shops” was the headline of a Variety article that has stirred much conversation in the visual effects world. In this week’s fxpodcast we talk to the author of that article, David Cohen from Variety, about the role of vfx and death of post schedules.
Weta Surfers
With Silver Surfer, Weta continues its amazing run of effects projects. The company consistently delivers year in and year out. While they were sharing the work load on Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, as is the pattern these days, their current slate of production is nothing short of jaw dropping.
fxguidetv #001: Spider-Man 3
The premiere episode of fxguidetv. Mike Seymour interviews Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Chuck McIlvain about Spider-Man 3 and John Montgomery takes a look at shape layers in After Effects CS3.
A Look at Design with Picture Mill founder William Lebeda
Mike sits down for an indepth discussion on design issues, the role of titles and the nature of film trailer design with Picture Mill founder William Lebeda.
Heroic Vfx : Stargate Digital and NBC’s Heroes
With over 1000 effects in the first season, Stargate Digital has just finished the first season of the NBC smash hit Heroes. We look behind the heroes to their visual effects artists and discover how the shows characters fly, regenerate, stop time and more.
Shrek the Third: Ogreachievers
With a weekend opening of over $120US million, Shrek the Third continues the box office success of the franchise. In this fxpodcast, we speak with Larry Cutler and Matt Baer from PDI/Dreamworks including their insights into how working on a series of films changes the workflow. Our online story also contains a large gallery of images.
Stu Maschwitz: DV Rebel with a Cause
This week, we speak with Stu Maschwitz, author of “The DV Rebel’s Guide” and one of the co-founders of The Orphanage.