Scott Farrar received his first Oscar nomination for best achievement in visual effects for Cocoon, and went on to win the Oscar in 1996 for his work on that film. At that time, he was a visual effects cameraman at Industrial Light & Magic. Since then, as a visual effects supervisor at ILM, he has stacked up five more Oscar nominations, the sixth for Transformers: Dark of the Moon, an award he shares with Scott Benza of ILM, Matthew E. Butler of Digital Domain, and special effects supervisor John Frazier.... »
Hollywood design agency The Ether created a new visual of the tower for Tower Heist's trailer, using 3D graphics and bold typography to emphasize the building's importance in the film.... »
The virtual environment had to be detailed in all the right places, so that it would stand up to camera scrutiny in shots where it took up the majority of the frame, simple enough on the whole to allow quick fixes during production, and massive enough to make sense as the camera pulls back to a literal god's-eye view of earthly affairs.... »
The new science-fiction film In Time, shot by cinematographer Roger Deakins for writer/director Andrew Niccol, represents the fifth time invisible VFX experts Luma Pictures worked with Deakins.... »
When executive producer Brannon Braga was hired for Fox’s new series Terra Nova, he was the second person brought onboard. The third, before any other writing or producing staff or cast, was visual-effects supervisor Kevin Blank. “That shows you how important we knew he would be to the success of this series,” says Braga. “Because if we couldn’t pull off this world, there would be no show.”... »
As Perry sings, "Baby you're a firework/show them what you're worth," pyrotechnics emerge, on cue, from Perry's body and those of the video's main characters. That's where Radium/Reel FX came in.... »
Sometimes it's the little things that sell a spot — like the quick composite that establishes the expansive fantasy setting for this spot. We checked in with lead VFX artist Chris Sonia to see what's new in the compositing suite.... »
All Sam Balcomb and Jeff Dodson of Rainfall Films knew was that they needed to create 25 VFX shots in which Los Angeles would crumble and burn as if it were the apocalypse. And they needed to do it in five days.... »
An enviable group of award-winning visual effects supervisors powered Super 8’s post-production. Film & Video talked with ILM's Kim Libreri about VFX production for what could be this summer’s favorite family film.... »
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group yesterday announced that Dan Glass was taking the reins as executive vice president in charge of the company's VFX operations, which are now united under the Method Studios banner. In a phone interview, F&V asked Glass about his new role, what clients can expect to see happen in the near future, and the mounting competitive pressures of a globalized VFX marketplace.... »
Creating a visual metaphor that tells a sweeping story while capturing the feel of a particularly tumultuous time in history in just minutes is no easy task. But Imaginary Forces bills itself as a creative agency that likes a good challenge.... »
At a press event in Montreal in February, Autodesk announced its suite of 2012 animation, modeling and finishing software packages, which are working better than ever together.... »
The visual effects Oscar nomination for Iron Man 2 is Ben Snow’s fourth. He previously received nominations for Iron Man, Star Wars Episode II – Attack of the Clones, and Pearl Harbor. A member of the Academy since 2007, Snow has worked as a visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic on seven feature films and in various roles on 17.... »
Historical recreations are expensive. That's why director Robert Child determined that he would shoot footage for The Wereth 11 one little piece at a time — he was getting elements in the can, not full scene tableaux. StudioDaily asked Frederic Lumiere of Lumiere Media to describe the challenge of editing a project that's made up of tiny bits and pieces, rather than coherent shots and scenes.... »
