From functional wingspans to alien throat anatomy, DNEG animation director Robyn Luckham discusses his work on Denis Villeneuve’s masterful epic adaptation of the Frank Herbert sci-fi classic.
Character designer Masayoshi Tanaka, animation director Atsushi Tamura, and art director Hiroshi Takiguchi returning for Shinkai’s latest anime feature.
Montréal local served as CG supervisor on films including BAFTA-nominated ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,’ Denis Villeneuve’s BAFTA-nominated ‘Arrival,’ Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien: Covenant’ and the upcoming ‘Geostorm.’
Expansion of the Virtual Reality Studio headed by global head of VR Amy Small marks the proliferation of creative tech exploration.
From fiery photorealistic oil rig disasters and fractal geometry-based inter-dimensional mind-bending psychic excursions, to a digitally recreated Carrie Fisher as young Princes Leia, this year’s crop of ten best visual effects productions presented at the Motion Picture Academy represent another reminder of the breadth, depth and range of creative artistry and talent within the industry.
Academy’s Visual Effects Branch to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the shortlisted films at the VFX Bake-Off held Saturday, January 7, 2017.
Walt Disney Animation Studios feature tops the North American box office with $18.8 million; Illumination Entertainment’s ‘Sing’ rolls out to international territories ahead of its domestic debut.
Makoto Shinkai’s anime feature debuts to $41 million in China, and passes Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ to become the second-largest-grossing Japanese film of all time; Disney’s CG-animated ‘Moana’ rules North American box office for second weekend in a row.
Quebec visual effects studio teams with VFX Supervisor Louis Morin to craft 245 shots for a total of 25 minutes of screen time, including all the alien shots seen in the movie.
Jury Prize is awarded to Israel’s ‘Ma’agalim’ by Uri Lotan & Yoav Shtibelman; Best Visualization awarded to the U.K.’s ‘A Guide To Happy’ from Panoply Creative.
Visual effects house Zoic Studios morphs a seemingly ordinary lunch date into an explosive entrance in the surprisingly full-throttle 30-second “Arrival” for Scion.
