Alain Bielik's Recent Posts
'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.
'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 Omen' Returns: Heed the Devilish VFX
Alain Bielik recounts how Cinesite (Europe) recreated the legendary death scenes in the remake of The Omen using state-of-the-art digital technology.
'Boom Boom Sabotage': Extreme CG Skateboarding
Philippe Moins turns the pages on Astix film production history to offer perspective for the latest animated feature, Astix et les Vikings, moving across European theaters.
'Poseidon': Making a Big CG Splash
Alain Bielik dives into latest state-of-the-art fluid simulation advances and other CG modeling breakthroughs for Poseidon.
'Silent Hill': Nothing Quiet About These Horrifying VFX
Alain Bielik chats with the chief vfx supervisors on videogame-turned-feature film Silent Hill about tackling a job that started with three vfx houses and grew to nine.
'The Sentinel': VFX Provide White House Pass
Alain Bielik talks with visual effects supervisor Raymond Gieringer on how vfx were needed to keep political thriller The Sentinel in its White House setting. Featuring QuickTime vfx progression clips.
'V for Vendetta' and VFX
Alain Bielik unmasks the 3D tricks for blowing up London and other terrorist activity in the explosive political thriller, V For Vendetta.
'Ultraviolet': Hollywood Goes to Hong Kong for VFX
Alain Bielik uncovers how Menfond Electronic Art & Computer Design handled its first major American studio feature, Ultraviolet.
'Night Watch': Cold Hard VFX from Russia
Alain Bielik uncovers the secrets of the Forces of Light and Dark that dwell in the hyper-cool Russian horror/sci-fi sensation, Night Watch.
'Final Destination 3': Going the Distance with VFX
Alain Bielik rides the roller coaster of deadly effects in Final Destination 3 with the visual effects wizards and lives to explain how they were done.
'Nanny McPhee': A Spoonful of VFX Magic
Alain Bielik meets the vfx wizards behind the new fantasy family film, Nanny McPhee, to try and uncover their magical secrets.
The Evolving VFX of 'Underworld'
Alain Bielik reports on the more ambitious vfx utilized in Underworld: Evolution, resulting in a pipeline shift by Luma Pictures and further reliance on ZBrush.
'Casanova': Digitally Bringing 18th Century Venice to Life
Alain Bielik chats with Bill Taylor and Syd Dutton of Illusion Arts about the invisible VFX for Casanova.
'Aeon Flux': Live Action in an Animated World
Alain Bielik talks with the visual effects artists behind Aeon Flux to find out how they handled turning the superhuman animated adventures of the title character into a live-action feature.
'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire': Part 2 — Wizard Competitions, Deatheaters and Voldemort
In the final part of his in-depth report on the fourth Harry Potter blockbuster, Alain Bielik discusses several of the eye-opening vfx performed by various companies.
'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire': Part 1 — Hogwarts, Magic Spells and Miscellaneous Wizardry
In the first part of his in-depth report on the fourth Harry Potter blockbuster, Alain Bielik discusses several of the eye-opening vfx performed by various companies.