Last year when VFXWORLD met David Schaub, the animation supervisor on THE POLAR EXPRESS, we couldnt resist offering him the chance to write an exclusive production diary on the making of Robert Zemeckis experimental film. Now you can read Schaubs first of three installments, Testing and Prepping, which should lend some context to this fascinating -- and controversial hybrid.
Its not often that we get to juxtapose parallel vfx experiences, but with the opening of Oliver Stones ALEXANDER and the airing of Discovery Channels new BATTLEGROUND: THE ART OF WAR series, we have two vastly different challenges and approaches to the landmark battle at Gaugamela, as reported by Alain Bielik and Christopher Harz.
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Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
