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Issue
#17
of
@beforesmag
in PRINT is here! Go on set with VFX supes, learn about LiDAR, camera arrays & virtual prodn. Find it here with 'The Creator' on the cover:
@ILMVFX
@andrewbroberts
@onsetvfx
@adriandewet
@pixomondo
@visualskies
#platepros
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Water! Facial animation! Real vs CG! Here's a THREAD 🧵 on
@WetaFXofficial
's incredible VFX for
@officialavatar
#thewayofwater
, based on the
@beforesmag
coverage. First...this insane shot featured in the trailers...VFX supe Eric Saindon confirmed how it was done...
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This 'Zone of Interest' VFX reel really is super-cool, in terms of showing camera gear/audio equipment paint-outs, which were so crucial to telling the story of the film
@oneofusvfx
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Sometimes it's amazing to see what goes into shooting a single scene from a movie.
'The French Dispatch' (Searchlight Pictures)
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‘I’m very passionate about cobblestones now’ --> Behind the massive environment & vehicle build & complex compositing work by
@FXRodeo
for the Arc de Triomphe roundabout scene in ‘John Wick 4’. Amazing breakdown pics and video included at
@beforesmag
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Here's the HUGE
@beforesmag
coverage of the new tools
@imageworksvfx
&
@SonyAnimation
built for
#AcrossTheSpiderVerse
--> brushstrokes, inklines, frame rate tools and more, plus case studies on Mumbattan and Vulture. Such a pleasure chatting to
@mlasker
.
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Academy posts VFX Bake-Off summary video showcasing 5 nominees, including 'Top Gun: Maverick'. Watch at
@beforesmag
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Wow,
@trixterfilm
has definitely got to work on some of the cutest animation in the MCU by far, right? (Don't fight me). Check out how they made Morris for
#shangchi
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Is this the single greatest thing on an official major VFX breakdown reel ever seen?
#godzillaminusone
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From live-action to final shots: a
@weta_digital
case study on
@wesball
's Maze Runner: The Death Cure, at
@vfxblog
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'Escape From New York' at 40: how those 'CG' glider graphics were actually achieved with physical models
#retrovfx
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WAIT.
Just heard Steven Spielberg talk about how George Lucas took on oversight of post production (sound mix & color grade) of Jurassic Park at Spielberg's request, when Spielberg moved onto Schindler's List. Obviously, ILM was also doing the VFX.
I'd never heard this before!
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A thread on the making of
@MitchellsMovie
. Director
@michaelrianda
told me: "I always looked at the art of books and would think, ‘Why didn't they make that movie look like this?’ So, we were trying to say, ‘Okay, what if it looked exactly like this?’
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The way
@imageworksvfx
handled the animation of these bots with 'unstable geometry' on
@MitchellsMovie
is insane --> you can find out how they did it in this interview with anim supe Alan Hawkins (I would love to know more about the rigs/Maya/Houdini work)
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It's not live-action and it's not motion capture, so what is it?Behind the visuals in Alberto Mielgo's The Witness, from
@netflix
's Love Death & Robots. An interview with the director.
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Happy 20th anniversary to
@DisneyAnimation
's 'Treasure Planet'. I always loved the CGI/hand-drawn anim test done by replacing Captain Hook's hand from 'Peter Pan' (from the archives) with a CG hook, to check if the combo of techniques would work. Really fun to watch.
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Can we have Edge of Tomorrow 2, pls?
Thank you.
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Happy 20th anniversary to
@RealGDT
's 'Hellboy' this week! I always loved the B.P.R.D. elevator miniature/model work, and the puppets that were part of that, crafted by Fantasy II Film Effects. Just so good!
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There was A LOT of debate about this shot. Amazing artistry.
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I added
@Framestore
's new
#loki
s2 breakdowns for timeslipping, spaghettification and time strands to the in-depth
@beforesmag
coverage with VFX supe Matthew Twyford
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The Texas Switch has to be the coolest filmmaking trick around, right? Here's where it was used in Aquaman, Cast Away and - YES - in Speed!
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That Academy video showcasing the 5 VFX Oscar nominees also includes a neat look at
@WetaFXofficial
's Avatar 2 facial animation work. Watch it all here at
@beforesmag
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Did you catch the start of the
@beforesmag
#AcrossTheSpiderVerse
coverage? Hear from
@imageworksvfx
anim supe Alan Hawkins on frame rates, new tools & more in this amazing film from
@philiplord
&
@chrizmillr
. VFX coverage with
@mlasker
coming soon!
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Did you watch 'The Mitchells vs. The Machines' over the weekend? To find out how it was made, there's 4 interviews with members of the creative team at befores & afters, like this piece with
@imageworksvfx
VFX supe
@mlasker
. Start here and read on!
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So excited to share this new VFX Futures podcast ep at
#beforesandafters
with
@Pixar
VFX supe Danielle Feinberg on new tech in
#TurningRed
. Really fun to hear about new profile movers rigging/anim approach that helped with the very expressive characters
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OMG, Part 2 of the
@RRRMovie
VFX Notes podcast is here! Watch
@HugoCGuerra
&
@beforesmag
break down the biggest scenes, from throwing of jaguars to punching tigers, prison breaks and that final amazing forest fight! Amazing work by
@srinivas_mohan
& team
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'RRR' is so good.
That's it. That's the tweet.
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I talked to
@halhickel
from
@ILMVFX
about
#TheMandalorian
's Dark Troopers. Here's how they were brought to life
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The best behind the scenes film still, ever.
Fight me.
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Watch the brand new VFX breakdown for 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' from
@imageworksvfx
, at
@beforesmag
. Narrated by VFX supe
@mlasker
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I need to start a collection of 'Actors holding chrome ball and Macbeth chart'
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I'm thrilled to launch my own VFX publication: befores & afters!
Head there right now for stories on
@ILMVFX
's Dennis Muren, an oral history of Guinness Surfer, diversity in VFX, &
#IntoTheSpiderVerse
Lots more to come - I'm just getting started!
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Probably one of my favourite behind the scenes images from Star Wars. Ever.
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
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OK peeps, this is a 6,000 word article at befores & afters that looks in-depth at the background to
@ILMVFX
's amazing miniatures made for The Mandalorian - both the Razor Crest and the Light Cruiser. Enjoy!
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Official behind the scenes for that incredible
@lovedeathrobots
short, ‘Jibaro’ from Alberto Mielgo
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There was a lot more to this than I at first realised!
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I like to think about the different plates, elements, CG take-overs, sims and comp work that go into a shot like this.
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How Davy Jones helped launch
@ILMVFX
's on-set performance capture system IMocap: here's my deep dive on the tech from Pirates 2 & 3, right up to today.
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This ‘Godzilla Minus One’ behind the scenes footage is a fun watch --> Check out greenscreen work, CG animation and even miniatures.
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The invisible effects of 'Shameless' --> This Ghost VFX breakdown reel showcases the power of on-set scanning, photogrammetry and Lidar
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With Terminator: Dark Fate just around the corner, I'm republishing my vfxblog oral history on the Tech of Terminator 2. Lots of
@ILMVFX
-ers weigh on everything from Everything from Make Sticky to Body Sock and painting a grid onto Robert Patrick
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There's more in the article at
@beforesmag
also about the actual on-set performance capture, about the eyeline system, and the real-time depth compositing. Check it all out here:
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John Knoll from
@ILMVFX
has very generously commented on the shownotes explaining his chrome/gray ball solution on 'First Contact', which continued on other ILM shows, incl the prequels. Read part of the comment here & entire amazing details in the notes:
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A THREAD on
@ILMVFX
's work for
#Andor
, based on the in-depth
@beforesmag
interview with ILM vfx supe Scott Pritchard.
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Do you like VFX breakdowns?
@FXRodeo
has released 3 (yes, 3!) for its work on Stranger Things 3
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How this runaway train film used LED walls for virtual backgrounds - see how the shot came together in this video
@UnrealEngine
@ncamTech
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In the story, Joe Letteri discusses water and the studio's use of Loki, their unified multiphysics simulation framework for production, to help here. The video here is from a SIGGRAPH paper.
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There's some fantastic behind the scenes artwork here at
#beforesandafters
' coverage of
@mexopolis
' 'Maya and the Three', which is now on Netflix and is so great!
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I love love love this piece of invisible effects for Terminator: Dark Fate by Wylie Co. (Maybe peeps in VFX are not surprised by the glasses work at all, but it's still so cool to see).
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Did you see 'Soul'? Now read about the tech behind it - a number of
@Pixar
tech papers have been published and are available online
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One of my favourite pieces to write this year: a look at
@LegacyEffects
and
@MR_X_INC
's practical and digital combined work for
@RealGDT
's The Shape of Water. Read it at
@VFXSociety
's VFX Voice
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I think I missed this a few weeks ago! Great for VFX artists...
A new "CGI Moon Kit" from
@NASAGoddard
gives you the chance to see our closest galactic neighbor like never before >>
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'Jar Jar changed movies' --> Actor and animator.
A special set of interviews at
@beforesmag
originally published in issue
#1
of the magazine. Featuring Ahmed Best and
@ILMVFX
's Rob Coleman (
@ArfKeldo
)
#starwars
#may4th
#ThePhantomMenace
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A look at 3 effects techniques used in
@RealGDT
's amazing The Shape of Water - practical creature suit work by
@LegacyEffects
, digital augmentation of the suit and creature CGI by
@MR_X_INC
, and dry for wet shooting. Check out my write-up at
@cartoonbrew
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You are going to flip when you see this
@ILMVFX
and
@UnrealEngine
video of how 'The Mandalorian' was made
#LEDwalls
#virtualproduction
#realtime
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I am obsessed with this b-roll for Terminator: Dark Fate.
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The reason del Toro didn't direct Pacific Rim 2 is...insane.
You'd probably think this was made up if you couldn't then actually watch video of him saying it.
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Totally loved the '1917' homage in 'Sex Education' (and yes I am totally not the first person to notice it)
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Go DEEP into
@WetaFXofficial
's VFX for
@JimCameron
's
#thewayofwater
with
@beforesmag
:
- Wētā's new Anatomically Plausible Facial System
- Loki solvers for water sims
- Real-time on-set depth compositing
- The big reveal on *THAT* scene: was it real or CG?
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Last week I asked about memorable in-cinema experiences. What about most memorable cinema TRAILER experiences? Mine has to be teaser for LOTR, a full year b4 the films! Can still hear Cate Blanchett: 'Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.' What's yours?
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Go behind the scenes of Gareth Edwards’ ‘Godzilla’ --> Warner Bros. has released this 20min featurette online.
@MPCVFX
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New Grease Pencil functionalities in
@Blender
- this is an excerpt of the longer video: I've always loved the 'magic' behind Grease Pencil stuff. Could watch stuff done with it for days.
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Check out all of
@beforesmag
's coverage of
@RealGDT
's Pinocchio so far...
Anim:
Cinematography:
Puppet builds:
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The water droplets on kids fighting on beach in
#TheWayofWater
took 8 days to simulate -> Covering the characters with photoreal drips via a thin film solver just one of the water sim challenges for
@WetaFXofficial
&
@weta_digital
. In-depth at
@beforesmag
:
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How
@ILMVFX
kept much of the Krayt dragon hidden in s2 of
#TheMandalorian
- plus, a special celebration of banthas, both practical and digital. I asked
@halhickel
and Jeff Capogreco about the work
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A visual breakdown of
@weta_digital
's killer shots from the final season of
#GameOfThrones
.
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"This new system uses muscle strains rather than just surface faces. We essentially measured the muscle strains from the actor’s face by reconstructing their faces, which could then be applied to the characters."
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Here's a fun
@beforesmag
THREAD 🧵 about the tests
@ILMVFX
did with its MORF tool to add motion blur to the
@PhilTippett
stop-mo dinosaurs for
#JurassicPark
--> of course, at one point Spielberg saw ILM's CG tests & full motion dinos became CG, but here's what nearly happened...
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I have always been OBSESSED (obsessed!) with the way this building 'breaks'. Happy 15th anniversary, War of the Worlds!
@ILMVFX
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Re-creating the hypersleep chamber, in miniature, from ‘Alien’ --> The
@NFTSFilmTV
's Model Making and VFX students combine to re-create this iconic movie scene. Explore the work with a ton of bts pictures and video at
@beforesmag
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Whoa,
@HybrideTechno
’s asset build for Ferrix in 'Andor' reached more than 30,000 items --> this new
@beforesmag
#vfxinsight
piece discusses their use of
@Isotropix
Clarisse for the build and more. Fun chat with env supe David Roberge
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At first I thought this was one of those fake 'thumbnail' images that tends to go on VFX breakdowns re-posted on YouTube.
It is not.
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Watch
@ILMVFX
's simulants and robots breakdown for 'The Creator' ---> The VFX studio showcases the meticulous tracking and CG and comp required.
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Gotta be the coolest thing I've seen all week.
These Nigerian teenagers are producing short sci-fi movies using a smart phone and other everyday items.
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Random from me: so, I have to say that
@ILMVFX
's work on Jurassic Park definitely SPARKED my interest in VFX in '93, but this particular piece of making-of Softimage footage from Dragonheart made me OBSESSED with VFX behind the scenes. I'm *still* obsessed with this footage.
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There's 2 scenes in Sausage Party where I pretty much lost it, & the rest was hilarious too. Go see this movie. Don't take your kids.
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'Stealth' has the most memorable movie missile launch shot. Ever.
Here's how
@DigitalDomainDD
made it, including its very last-minute changes.
#retrovfx
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A shout-out to the paint and roto teams on 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'
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There's always been something intoxicating about seeing
@ILMVFX
's Softimage wireframes over the years. Happy 25th anniversary, Dragonheart!
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Celebrate the release of the new 4K UHD ‘Dragonslayer’ SteelBook release with this
@PhilTippett
and
@ILMVFX
gallery, at
@beforesmag
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On the 35th anniversary of Back to the Future, I'm thinking about ILM's hand-animated lightning VFX.
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I've updated the Army of the Dead story with some great breakdowns showing the Tig Notaro replacements
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'The Matrix Reloaded' is 20. What it did for digital humans was HUGE, a celebration at
@beforesmag
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