Updating 'The Wicker Man' with Blazing CG
Ellen Wolff ventures out to speak with the trio of vfx houses that helped build The Wicker Man.
Category: Production
Hot Spots Showcase 4: The Best in Animated & VFX Commercials
This years "Hot Spots Showcase" curates the best in animated and vfx commercials, music videos and game cinematics from our readers as well as a special showcase of the best of the best from Stash DVD Magazine.
Creating a New Production Paradigm
Karen Raugust investigates how guilds get together to deal with the changing digital technologies affecting production design, cinematography and VFX.
'The Magic of Houdini': 3D Concepts Reviewed
In the latest excerpt from The Magic of Houdini, Will Cunningham discusses developing 3D concepts.
'Snakes on a Plane': Venomous VFX
Tara DiLullo books a flight with Snakes on a Plane to uncoil the vfx that have helped turned this phenomenon into a cult classic before it ever arrived in theaters.
'World Trade Center': Documenting with Invisible VFX
Alain Bielik talks with the visual effects artists assigned the sensitive and difficult duty of recreating 9/11 for Oliver Stones film, World Trade Center.
'Zoom': Superheroes + Feature Film = Big VFX
Alain Bielik enrolls in superhero academy of Zoom to discover first hand how the vfx wizards behind the scenes made it all a reality.
Udderly Ridiculous: The Making of 'Barnyard'
Bob Miller chats with the filmmakers of Barnyard to find out what animators do when theyre not being watched.
'Eureka': Finding New Possibilities for TV VFX
Tara DiLullo uncovers the secrets of the vfx wizards working on SCI FI Channel new original series, Eureka.
'The Host': Creepie Korean Creatures
Alain Bielik finds out the horrifying secrets behind the monsters in the new Korean film, The Host.
Massive Black: Artists First, Everything Else Second
Fred Galpern talks to Massive Black, the San Francisco-based indie team of concept artists, sculptors and animators. They are the go-to guys when the entertainment industry needs visual development and asset creation.
'The Ant Bully': Two Texans Take on the Studio Bullies
John Cawley talks with Texans John A. Davis and Keith Alcorn of DNA Prods. about collaborating like a colony with the studios on the big screen adaptation of The Ant Bully.
Concept Art and VFX: Managed Collaboration
J. Paul Peszko finds a collaborative relationship between conceptual artists and vfx teams on the biggest of visual effects blockbusters.
'Lady in the Water': Shyamalan’s Latest Creature Feature
Alain Bielik uncovers ILMs creature work in M. Night Shyamalans latest fable, Lady in the Water.
'Monster House': Capturing a Haunted Tale
How often does mainstream Hollywood scare up an animated horror film? Alain Bielik reports how Sony Pictures Imageworks combined performance capture and keyframe animation to create a unique hybrid style in Monster House.
Looting CG Treasure From 'Dead Man’s Chest' — Part 2
Bill Desowitz concludes our two-part coverage of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest with a report on ILMs innovative Imocap system.
Looting CG Treasure From 'Dead Man’s Chest' — Part 1
ILM raises the character animation bar with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest, and Bill Desowitz gets an overview from John Knoll and Hal Hickel.
'Superman Returns': The Passion of the VFX — Part 2
In the final part of our Superman Returns coverage, Bill Desowitz reports on the challenges and accomplishments met by several participating vfx studios.
'A Scanner Darkly': An Animated Illusion
Marisa Materna chats with director Richard Linklater on the production of A Scanner Darkly, which utilizes interpolated rotoscoping to bring live-action footage into an animated dream world.
'Superman Returns': The Passion of the VFX — Part 1
In the first part of our Superman Returns coverage, Bill Desowitz explores how Sony Pictures Imageworks advances its animation techniques to enable The Man of Steel to fly.
'Click' Diary: VFX in Freeze, Fast Forward & Rewind
Click visual effects supervisor Pete Travers discusses bringing the time shifting Adam Sandler comedy to life in this exclusive production diary.
The Digital Eye: Why Storyboards Still Work
In response to a previous Digital Eye column on why storyboards dont work, veteran previs artist Peter Rubin offers a counter argument about why they are not obsolete.
The Animated Scene: Industry & Education — Marriage Made in Heaven, or an Unholy Matrimony?
In this months Animated Scene, Joseph Gilland contemplates whether the animation industrys relationship with animation education facilities is a marriage made in heaven, or an unholy matrimony.
'The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift': Hemi-Power VFX
Alain Bielik rides along with the visual effects artists on The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift for a trip to a virtual Japan.
The Cat’s Meow: 'Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties'
Renee Dunlop describes the vfx tale that brought Garfield back to the big screen in Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.
