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Student filmmakers of ArtFX School of Digital Arts talk about their VES Award winning short film…

Digital Domain Visualises a Choctaw Origin Story for Marvel’s New Series ‘Echo’

Digital Domain helped visualise the origin story of the Choctaw tribe as a dramatic introduction to…

BlueBolt Recreates Historic Battles in Toulon and Paris for ‘Napoleon’

BlueBolt VFX Supervisor Henry Badgett talks about his team’s environmental, crowd and FX work on…

Misko Iho Mixes Disney Characters with Live Action - All the Way to Toontown

Director and VFX artist from Finland Misko Iho talks about using his experience on the production…

DNEG Creates Supernatural Effects and Alligators for ‘Haunted Mansion’

VFX Supervisor Sebastian von Overheidt talks about designing and animating the wicked ghosts and…

FuseFX Moves Over to the Dark Side for ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’

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Digital Domain Flexes its New ML Cloth System for DC’s Blue Beetle

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DNEG Builds an Edgy Vision of Our Future for TV Series ‘Extrapolations’

DNEG’s Aymeric Perceval and Guy Hancock talk about building the CG environments, Earth’s last…

BlueBolt Raises Armies to Stage a Historic Battle for ‘Seven Kings Must Die’

VFX Supervisor Richard Frazer talks about creating Britain in the Dark Ages – building and…

Painting Practice Brings the Vision to Life for Filmmakers

Painting Practice combines Art Departments, production design and VFX to help filmmakers and TV…

Digital Domain Creates Faeries, Moonlight and a Monster for Carnival Row

VFX Supervisor Aladino Debert talks about creating an entirely digital train chase, faeries’ wings…

Union Casts a Spell of VFX Magic on Amazon’s ‘The Wheel of Time’

DFX Supervisor Dean Koonjul at Union VFX talks about building the mystical landscapes and…

NVIZ ARENA Delivers High-Wire, High-Performance Previs for ‘Matilda’

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MPC Creates VFX and Surreal Dreams for Alejandro Iñárritu’s ‘Bardo’

MPC’s VFX Supervisor Olaf Wendt talks about working with Iñárritu on the surreal and unexpectedly…

Axis Studios Creates Photoreal Environments and FX for ‘A Man Called Otto’

Nick Drew and Simon Carr from Axis Studios talk about creating invisible VFX for environments,…

BlueBolt Delivers Authentic VFX for Period Drama ‘My Policeman’

Working as sole vendor, BlueBolt delivered 152 invisible effects shots for this movie that needed…

ReDefine Builds Crowds with Heart for ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’

VFX Supervisor Andrew Simmonds talks about leading the team at ReDefine, using volumetrically…

DNEG Goes from Dreams to Nightmares for ‘Slumberland’

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FuseFX Extends a Stop-Motion Universe for ‘Wendell and Wild’

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MPC Takes to the Sky, Building Clouds and Transforming an Alien for ‘Nope’

MPC delivered 675 VFX shots for ‘Nope’, working with the filmmakers on alien creature design, art…

Preymaker Creates a Real-Time Animated Story without Boundaries

A global team built assets for a film produced in Unreal Engine entirely without compositing. Its…

DNEG Animation Animates Life and Love in NYC for 'Entergalactic'

DNEG Animation’s Archie Donato and Kapil Sharma talk about animating the visual spectacle of…

Wild Capture Brings the Human Touch to Virtual Worlds and the Metaverse

Will Driscoll talks about the volumetric video tools and services his company Wild Capture develop…

DNEG Takes ‘Bullet Train’ Through Immersive Environments to an Explosive End

DNEG’s Stephen James talks about building an immersive world for this virtual production of a…

FOLKS Blends Physics and Magic for ‘The Umbrella Academy’ VFX

VFX supervisor Laurent Spillemaecker of FOLKS talks about the team’s VFX for season 3 of The…

Pixomondo Explores the World of ‘Halo’ from Inside Out

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Digital Domain’s Masquerade Finds the Vampire Within for ‘Morbius’

The Digital Human Group at Digital Domain talks about using new developments in their Masquerade…

MPC Animates the New Sonic and Friends in 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2'

MPC’s VFX Supervisor Matt Jacobs and Animation Director Eric Guaglione talk about transforming…

NVIZ Delivers Previs, Techvis, Postvis for Marvel’s ‘Morbius’

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DNEG Speeds through Time and a Wormhole for 'The Adam Project'

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Pixomondo Opens a VFX Window on the World of ‘Goliath’ S4

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Digital Domain Brings the Villains Back for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

The team from Digital Domain talk about building and destroying a complete 2.5 square mile chunk of…

REALTIME Casts a New Spell on ‘A Discovery of Witches’ Season 3

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Twin Pines Stages a Naval Battle for Historic Series ‘La Fortuna’

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FuseFX Tames Smoke Simulations and Force Fields for ‘Raising Dion’

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Pixomondo Visualises Dramatic Environments for ‘See’ Season 2

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Freefolk Creates a Helpful CG Monkey for ebookers

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DNEG Animation Builds a Perfect Pipeline for ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’

VFX supervisor Philippe Denis talks about DNEG Animation’s first feature film, following four years…

DNEG Gives the 007 Series an Explosive Finale in ‘No Time to Die’

DNEG’s VFX Supervisor Joel Green talks about the team’s work on ‘No Time to Die’, stretching from…

Luma Pictures Takes ‘Shang-Chi’ on a Wild Ride

Luma’s VFX Supervisor Andrew Zink talks about working on Marvel’s latest film, building a 360…

Digital Domain Builds a Fortress for a Villain’s Heart in ‘Shang-Chi’

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Cantina Creative Keeps ‘Loki’ on the Timeline for Marvel

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Cinesite Brings Down-to-Earth Realism to ‘Black Widow’

Cinesite completed a neat line-up of VFX shots that add realism to brutal prison sequences and…

RSP and DNEG Build an Amazon Adventure for ‘Jungle Cruise’

Two of the looks that define the adventure story in the new Disney film ‘Jungle Cruise’ are the…

Digital Domain Brings Down the Red Room for ‘Black Widow’

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FuseFX Traverses Time, Space and Particles for Marvel’s ‘Loki’

FuseFX worked on over 200 shots for Marvel’s TV series ‘Loki’ across multiple episodes and creative…

NVIZ and Ncam Create Supernatural Previs for ‘The Irregulars'

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Freefolk Welcomes Robots to the Family For New ŠKODA Campaign

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Stephen Anderson on Creating Animation, Emotions and Monsters

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MPC’s VFX Team Gets First In, Best Dressed for Disney’s Cruella

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FuseFX Freezes Up the Harsh World of ‘Snowpiercer’

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Vine FX Shifts Time and Place with Authentic VFX for ‘The Serpent’

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DP Mark Toia Takes Filmmaking to the Edge for ‘Monsters of Man’

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One of Us and Framestore Create Interplanetary VFX for The Midnight Sky

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Ambience Entertainment Plays for Real on ‘The Gamers 2037’

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IMG VFX Weaves a Tale of Mystery and Danger for The Third Day

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MPC and DICK’S Sporting Goods Get Animated for Christmas

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Johnny Derango Faces the Cold with ARRI LF and DNA Primes

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Union VFX Launches the Sea Dragon ‘For All Mankind’

Union VFX were approached to create the season finale for the Apple TV+ dystopian drama ‘For All…

Mavericks VFX Tells ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ with Fire and Destruction

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DNEG Builds Robots, Vehicles, Explosions in the World of Westworld 3

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BLOCK & TACKLE Pulls Fans and Classic Comics into SYFY WIRE Rebrand

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DNEG Creates a Dog’s Life for ‘Togo’

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Method Studios Takes to the Sky for ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’

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Union VFX Fills St Peter’s and Paints The Sistine Chapel in ‘The Two Popes’

In 2012 Cardinal Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, grew disillusioned with the Catholic Church…

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MPC Casts a New Spell on ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’

MPC designed and created all of the effects for ‘Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil’, continuing the…

Cinesite Vancouver Animates a New World For ‘The Addams Family’

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Union VFX Rolls Back the Years for ‘Stan & Ollie’

In this shot, Union VFX needed to change the lighting, sky, signage and many period details. Laurel…

DNEG Builds a Better Alien for ‘Men in Black: International’

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Sydney Opera House Blooms with Animation at VIVID Sydney

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DNEG Flies the Final Mission for ‘Catch 22’

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3D Studio Coffee & TV Gives Jack’s Beanstalk a New Twist

Visual content studio Coffee & TV worked with agency McCann Velocity to produce a 3D animated short…

DNEG Builds a Better Cyborg for ‘Alita’

Factory Gang DNEG created over 250 VFX shots in eight sequences for ‘Alita: Battle Angel’,…

Nordin Rahhali and Method Studios Tame the Fantastic Beasts

VFX Supervisor Nordin Rahhali shared notes with Digital Media World about designing, building and…

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Sings, Dances and Swims with VFX Magic

Production VFX Supervisor Matt Johnson spent almost two years working on ‘Mary Poppins Returns’.…

Atomic Fiction Takes a Trip to Marwen

Kevin Baillie, production VFX Supervisor, talks here about the effects and animation created for…

Marcus Taormina Opens Up on Visual Effects in ‘Bird Box’

‘Bird Box’ is a science fiction drama about an invasion of creatures that begin to destroy humanity…

Grumpy Sailor and Panasonic Stage a Mad Hatter's Tea Party at ACMI

Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne turned Lewis Carroll’s book 'Alice in…

Axis Studios Traverse the VR Universe to Create 'The bOnd'

Axis Studios designed and built their first venture into virtual reality, titled 'The bOnd', as a…

Method Studios Stages an Uprising for 'Outlaw King'

Dramatic film 'Outlaw King' is the story of 14th century Scottish king, warrior and hero Robert the…

Ncam's On-set Pre-vis Cracks into 'The Nutcracker and the Four Realms'

In 'The Nutcracker and the Four Realms', young Clara discovers an unexpected world of heroic mice,…

DNEG Makes a Bigger Splash for 'The Meg'

One of the biggest monster movie splashes in cinemas this year was 'The Meg', a blend of sci-fi,…

BangBang and RSP Bring VFX Magic to Chinese Adventure 'Animal World'

'Animal World' is a Chinese blockbuster movie that features roughly 1,000 complex VFX shots,…

Framestore and Method Go to the Dark Side - and Back - for 'Deadpool 2'

When Marvel's mercenary superhero Deadpool must protect a young boy with supernatural powers from…

MPC LA Captures a World in a Raindrop for FIJI Water

To launch the new FIJI Water Sports Cap bottle, the Wonderful Agency developed the creative concept…

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Jessie Kim and Tim Lambert are co-founders of the virtual reality production company Prosper XR,…

MPC LA Turns Palms Casino from Dust into Gold

Palms Casino in Las Vegas has been undergoing a major renovation and upgrade. To share the news…

Twin Pines Returns to 16th Century Seville for ‘The Plague’

Twin Pines VFX studio in Madrid created the visual effects for the historical drama series 'La…

Phosphene Traces History for 'The Looming Tower'

'The Looming Tower' is a dramatic miniseries made for web television based on the book of the same…

Iloura Illuminates a Dark Urban Fantasy for Netflix’s 'Bright'

In the Netflix film 'Bright', directed by David Ayer, human beings live and work side-by-side with…

axisVFX Delivers Animation and Compositing for SyFy's Series 'Happy!'

axisVFX, the visual effects branch of Axis Studios in the UK, has been working on 'Happy!', a…

Nik Hill Paints and Animates 'Pictures in my Head'

Director and motion designer Nik Hill visualised and created a 3D animated music video for the most…

Cinesite Rides a Mystery Train for 'The Commuter'

Cinesite was lead vendor and worked on over 800 shots for the recent high-action thriller 'The…

Mr X Sets Love in Motion for 'The Shape of Water'

Anyone watching 'The Shape of Water' knows that somehow, it feels like a romantic musical, even…

MPC's Little Hero is Born Confident for Volkswagen

Volkswagen’s ‘Born Confident’ campaign, a 60-second spot directed by Nick Gordon at Somesuch, with…

Territory Studio Creates at the Crossroads – Story and Design in Motion

Screen graphics for 'Blade Runner 2049' trailer Territory Studio creates motion design, visual…

Union Brings Drama and Intrigue to ‘My Cousin Rachel’

Director Roger Michell has directed the first adaptation of the famous novel ‘My Cousin Rachel’ by…

VFX Artists Touch Heaven and Earth for 'Thor: Ragnarok'

Teams at Rising Sun Pictures and Fin Design + Effects created exciting sequences, VFX and animation…

Hangman's James Tonkin Captures Robbie Williams' Tour with URSA Mini Pro

James Tonkin at Hangman in London captured and edited the backstage footage and live performance…

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'Blade Runner 2049' continues the story of the original 'Blade Runner' film from 1982. As it…

Double Negative Puts Pedal to the Metal for 'Baby Driver'

'Baby Driver' is the story of a talented young getaway driver with an unusual hearing impairment.…

Cinesite Touches Heaven and Earth for 'American Gods'

Cinesite Montreal received an Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Special Visual Effects…

Colourist Olivier Fontenay Tames Colour and Looks for ‘Lion’

DI Colourist Olivier Fontenay’s most recent feature film project is ‘Lion’, a romance in which the…

Josh Van Zuylen Masters a Cyberpunk Universe from the Inside Out

Josh Van Zuylen is a digital artist and designer specializing in environmental work. He currently…

Axis and Jumbla Drive Motion Design for Forza Motorsport

Axis Animation in Scotland, known for their striking and original work for video games, feature…

Gentleman Scholar Animates Canada’s Cheese with Creative Soul

Production company Gentleman Scholar produced a 3.5-minute animated short film on which DDB Canada…

Luma Pictures Sets the Pace on Final Fantasy XV Cinematic

Luma Pictures is an Academy Award-nominated creative studio run by a group of artists with wide…

MPC Looks Inside the ‘Ghost in the Shell’

VFX supervisors Arundi Asregadoo and Axel Bonami at MPC talk about new FX their global team…

Union VFX Catches the Last Train for ‘T2 Trainspotting’

For ‘T2 Trainspotting’, based on Irvine Welsh’s novels ‘Porno’ and ‘Trainspotting’, Union VFX in…

Deluxe Toronto Takes on 4K Post for Resident Evil’s Last Stand

Deluxe Toronto took on most of the post-production services for the sixth and last movie in the…

Mettle Takes 360/VR from Experiential to Cinematic

Chris Bobotis from Mettle talks about helping to shape and advance the 360/VR medium by developing…

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Adobe Creative Cloud was launched in China for the first time in late 2016. Motion artists at two…

Glassworks Tells the Monster’s Tales in ‘A Monster Calls’

Glassworks in Barcelona created two beautiful animations telling powerful stories-inside-a-story to…

Syndrome Studio’s Motion Graphics Go Live at the People’s Choice Awards

Syndrome Studio, specializing in design and animation for major entertainment, advertising and…

SPOV Looks Inside ‘Doctor Strange’

Among the many arresting looks on show in Marvel’s most recent film ‘Doctor Strange’ was some that…

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The team at Hybride in Québec created 245 visual effects shots for science fiction film ‘Arrival’…

MPC Searches for Starlight in ‘Passengers’

The recent deep space film ‘Passengers’ contains roughly 1,400 visual effects shots that aim to…

Rodeo FX Uncovers ‘Fantastic Beasts’ and How to Build Them

Rodeo FX worked on 126 visual effects shots for ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’. The work…

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The story of the most recent version of ‘The Magnificent Seven’, directed by Antoine Fuqua, unfolds…

One of Us Creates a Crowning Glory for ‘The Crown’

‘The Crown’ is a Netflix original series giving audiences a view of the life and world of Queen…

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Director Ang Lee employed extreme cinematic techniques to tell the story of a soldier who returns…

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Mocap Innovation Captures the Spirit of Ariel in ‘The Tempest’ The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)…

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Iloura Fights Fire with Fire on 'Deepwater Horizon' In 2010, one of the world’s largest man-made…

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Gramercy Park Creates a Smashing Campaign for Big Brother’s Return Channel 5 has partnered with…

Outpost VFX Reveals the Beauty within the Brain

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RSP Turns Up the Speed for ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’

RSP’s VFX supervisors Tim Crosbie and Dennis Jones talk about their return to hyperspeed with…

MPC Transforms Butterflies and Dalmations for Sky Arts

MPC and Sky worked together on a series of new idents for the Sky Arts channel’s rebrand that…

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FuseFX VFX supervisor Jon Massey talks about the realistic and historically accurate visual effects…

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For Channel 4’s new Formula 1 deal, the Design Studio at Framestore left traditional ideas about…

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MPC’s VFX supervisor Seth Maury and the team at MPC Vancouver created the massive seas and storm…

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Eden FX created original digital sequences and animations for films displayed at the new Space…

Placebo Live at RAK Studios

James Tonkin from Hangman Studios and director Charlie Target Adams shot and produced a live studio…

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Nvizible VFX and Molinare post joined forces to give ‘Kick-Ass 2’ an exciting cinematic look and…

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‘Metallica: Through the Never’ in 3D combines fantasy with a full Metallica concert. Opus VFX…

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Athena Studios led a detailed digital restoration of ‘Black Angel’, a long lost short film made by…

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RSP’s all-CG shots for ‘Gravity’ bring astronaut Ryan Stone tumbling back down to earth in a…

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS – A Pirate’s Life

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Documentary feature on civil rights activist Joachim Prinz required comprehensive handling in post…

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Director Yanni Kronenberg and digital production company Holler created a TV and online digital…

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Fuel VFX & Method Studios contribute to ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’, producing key FX from…

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Adam Haywood of Final Focus employs the Blackmagic Cinema Camera & DaVinci Resolve to bring 1950s…

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Cutting Edge’s TVC for the Sony A7 camera takes four cosmonauts high into the stratosphere to watch…

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Nicolas Aithadi tells how the team at MPC created environments, a fiery ambush, digital assets and…

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Director Anatoly Ivanov explored the world of a well-known Russian Techno DJ for his first…

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DDP Studios handled on-set data and dailies management, colour, post andmastering for ‘The Railway…

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Proof visualisation studio carried out previs and postvis services for MarvelEntertainment’s…

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LOOK produced environments, miniature integration, matte paintings,particle FX, stop-motion…

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Due to tight, creative collaboration with Bandito Brothers’ editorial team,Cantina Creative was…

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VFX artists at Gramercy Park Studios give racing a new twist forBetfair by putting race horses…

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John Seale ASC ACS and his intrepid crew followed Furiosa’s War Rigacross the Namibian desert to…

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Steve Lumley, Art Director on ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’, talks about his work with the team at Sony…

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Framestore’s VFX team ventures into space with new techniques for lighting, virtual cinema and…

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VFX supervisor Kelly Port and digital FX supervisor Darren Hendlershare details of animating…

MPC Makes Worlds Collide for ‘Maleficent’

VFX supervisor Seth Maury at MPC Vancouver reveals the inner magic thatmakes the two worlds of…

Double Negative Builds Legendary Creatures for ‘Hercules’

Ryan Cook and Julian Foddy from Double Negative’s VFX team talk aboutwrangling the heroic beasts of…

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Richard Anderson’s experience as a concept artist spans games, featurefilm pre-production and…

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VFX supervisor Matt Kasmir of Nvizible shares the challenges of creatingand animating the legs of…

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Method Studios’ Simon Carr and VFX team tell about building vast newworlds, robotic characters and…

Framestore Brings Light, Life & Motion to 'Jupiter Ascending'

Framestore’s motion capture and light played fascinating roles in theproduction and post of the…

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For ‘The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water’, animators and VFXartists at Iloura re-created and…

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Fixafilm post in Warsaw has re-constructed and digitally restored AndrzejWajda’s classic film ‘The…

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Rendering high resolution content for the Academy of Sciences Planetarium’sall-digital dome…

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Motion capture companies Animatrik Film Design and DimensionalImaging talk about working together…

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One of Us completed two sequences at the summit of ‘Everest’, extendinga huge 360° green screen…

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Cinesite built robotic aliens and a training range where the hero of ‘Edgeof Tomorrow’ hones his…

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Proof visualisation house created previs and postvis services for someof the most complex and…

Rodeo FX Takes Lucy on a Collision Course

Rodeo FX staged a harrowing car chase through Paris with director LucBesson’sfearless heroine…

Concept Artist Richard Anderson Brings Studios’ Visions to the Screen

Richard Anderson’s experience as a concept artist spans games, featurefilm pre-production and…

Double Negative Builds Legendary Creatures for ‘Hercules’

Ryan Cook and Julian Foddy from Double Negative’s VFX team talk aboutwrangling the heroic beasts of…

Method Unravels the Maze with a New Creature Pipeline

VFX supervisor Sue Rowe and animation director Erik de Boer atMethod Studios take on environments,…

Spin VFX Makes a Splash with Water, Light & Creature FX for ‘Dolphin Tale 2’

VFX supervisor Colin Davies from Spin VFX talks about building andanimating photoreal 3D dolphins…

Réka Bucsi Animates Oscar-shortlisted Film ‘Symphony no. 42’

Réka Bucsi is the creator and director of ‘Symphony no. 42’, one of10 animated short films…

Framestore Finds the Creature within for ‘Dracula Untold’

Framestore’s Glen Pratt in London and JP Li in Montreal talk about buildingTransylvania, flying…

BlueBolt Plays ‘The Imitation Game’

BlueBolt worked as the sole visual effects vendor on ‘The Imitation Game’,creating realistic,…

Proof’s Previs Artists Spend a Night at the Museum

Proof Inc created previs and postvis services for ‘Night at the Museum:Secret of the Tomb’,…

Athena Studios Animates Stop-Motion Adventure, ‘Auntie Claus’

Jon Peters of Athena Studios tells about their upcoming project, a 90-minute,stop-motion feature…

3D character Artist Piotr Rusnarczyk in Poland talks about freelancin

MPC takes viewers on a fast paced, first-person POV ride with anambitious Virgin Atlantic customer,…

3D Character Artist Changes the Game with Light & Inspiration

3D character Artist Piotr Rusnarczyk in Poland talks about freelancingfor games studios, managing…

The Great Gatsby – Dream Team 1

The Bazmark internal VFX team describe techniques and processes that brought the world of ‘The…

The Great Gatsby – Deconstructing New York 1

Animal Logic brought The Great Gatsby’s New York City to life, from Times Square to lavish parties…

WORLD WAR Z - Crowd Source

VFX supervisor Jessica Norman describes how MPC’s team created and animated vicious crowds of…

THE GREAT GATSBY in Living Colour

Cutting Edge carried out the DI colour grade and traditional film-style opticals for ‘The Great…

SPARTACUS

Cause+FX handled compositing and shot finalling on ‘Spartacus’, working with all vendors to create…

OBLIVION: MOTION GRAPHICS

A team of motion graphics artists created the expressive, intuitive HUDs and Light Table animations…

IRON MAN 3: Brave New World

Cinesite, Method LA and Cantina Creative populated Iron Man Tony Stark’s new world with photoreal…

IRON MAN 3: MAN MACHINE

Framestore and Trixter talk about work on ‘Iron Man 3’, perfecting the new Mark 42 suit and getting…

AEON – A Life in a Day

The DMCI’s AEON follows a lifetime of seasons using 3D animation and light at TEDxSydney. AEON – A…

MPC – Still Life Animation

MPC animated a decomposing classical still life painting in real-time, recreating a Dutch painter’s…

Psyop Battles Toxic Trash

Psyop applied their 3D animation skill to a PSA raising awareness and encouraging the public to…

STARFLIGHT: Phasers On Stun

Daniel James Cox talks about directing, art directing and designing VFX for Starflight’s music…

WARM BODIES – Good to the Bone

200Look-Effects-warm-bodies1 LOOK Effects created frightening animation for the Boneys in ‘Warm…

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES

Method Studios' effects for ‘Beautiful Creatures’, from magical to photoreal, include a mile-wide…

THE IMPOSTER – Colour of Deception

Colourist Rob Pizzey of Company 3 talks about grading ‘The Imposter’ to combine elements of truth…

Alternate Universe

MPC integrated hybrid and full-CG characters into live action footage to bring a graphic novelist’s…

Les Misérables – REBEL SONGS

VFX teams at The Mill and Double Negative created environments and enhanced camera work to support…

STEALING SECRETS

Framestore visualised the dramatic internet activity behind WikiLeaks, creating rendered effects…

High Frame Rates

David Stump ASC talks about high frame rate shooting for movies, and Qube Cinema’s CTO Rajesh…

EYE OF THE STORM

‘Life of Pi’ was a chance for MPC in Vancouver to design two massive storms from the inside out.…

THE GUARDIAN EFFECT

‘Rise of the Guardians’ gave DreamWorks’ FX team a fantastic chance to help character performances…

SKYFALL STATION

NEW IMAGESCinesite’s VFX team takes 007 on a chase through the London Underground and brings him…

Convenient Education – SBS Interactive

Convention Education is an interactive, online documentary on Australia’s international education…

SKYFALL RENDEZVOUS

MPC took over 007’s fiery showdown at Skyfall, with a helicopter crashlanding, night chase over the…

The Wolverine Lives Forever

Three Australian studios – Rising Sun Pictures, Method Studios and Iloura - put an array of VFX…

Prime Focus Handles Stereo Conversion for Edge of Tomorrow

Senior stereo supervisor Richard Baker Talks about the challenges thePrime Focus World team…

TOTAL RECALL - Tomorrow’s Memories

The Senate VFX and LipSync Post talk about their creative designs and FX behind the exciting 3D…

KON-TIKI – Crossing the Pacific

Fido visual effects studio in Stockholm has brought realism and natural wonder to ‘Kon-Tiki’, a new…

Betting On McLean’s Money

Cinematographer Ben Allan ACS shows how a well-designed workflow and his own post-production skills…

Ted – The Bear Essentials

Teams from Tippett Studio and Iloura skilfully coordinated efforts to create and animate Ted, the…

The Borgias – Tale of Treachery

SPIN VFX in Toronto is contributing major 2D and 3D environmental work to all three series of ‘The…

Prometheus - Highway to the Stars

Fuel VFX put their expert design skills to work on the Orrery, the star spangled 3D hologram the…

THE GATE – A RISKY BUSINESS

AEAF WINNER - SHORT FILMDirector, writer and digital artist Matt Westrup talks about making his…

PROMETHEUS – ENGINEER’S PLANET

AEAF WINNER - FEATURE FILM VFXMPC’s VFX supervisors Charley Henley and Richard Stammers describe…

Snow White - Mirror Man

The Mill developed an elegant simulation, precise witness camera system and subtle animation to…

Men in Black 3 – The Sky’s the Limit

Digital effects supervisor Ken Hahn tells how SPI’s digital teams sent Agents J and K back through…

Titanic Rules the Waves

‘Titanic’, a four part TV series, was created to mark the 100th anniversary of the world’s most…

Killer Elite - Classic Thrills

With a shoot spanning three continents, ‘Killer Elite’ was an 18-month production and…

Hunger Games - Playing To Win

Rising Sun Pictures took on major action sequences and environments in ‘The Hunger Games’, creating…

WRATH OF THE TITANS

Visual effects supervisor Olivier Dumont coordinated the work of Method in London and LA on ‘Wrath…

John Carter and the Creatures of Mars

‘John Carter of Mars’ is the largest creature project Double Negative has ever undertaken,…

JOURNEY 2 – ISLAND OF DREAMS

'Journey 2' takes a trip through a hurricane to an island no one has ever seen but surely wantsto…

HUGO’S MIGHTY MINIATURES

VFX supervisor Matthew Gratzner at New Deal Studios in Los Angeles led his practical effectscrew in…

SUPER BOWL 2012 - SUPER TVCs PLAY TO WIN

The Super Bowl’s 2012 broadcast featured fantastic TVCs that competed with gridiron action…

CHICO & RITA INTEGRATES SEVEN STUDIOS

‘Chico & Rita’, 2012 Academy Award Best Animated Feature Nominee, was completed at sevenstudios…

UNDERWORLD AWAKENS

‘Underworld: Awakening’, the fourth film from the dark and dangerous realm of ‘Underworld’,…

WAR HORSE -FRAMESTORE GOES TO BATTLE

VFX supervisor Ben Morris leads the Framestore team to create invisible effects, 3D CG andanimation…

BARTON DAMER – PERPETUAL MOTION

Barton Damer, motion designer, digital artist and first-prize winner of Veer’s Creative…

Yanyuwa Countrylines Online

A venture between Monash University’s Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Information Technology…

LEADER OF THE PACK

Tippett studio’s shots in ‘Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1’ were at the heart of two of major…

PUSS TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT

Head of Lighting for ‘Puss in Boots’, Mark Fattibene describes his team’s work on the movie, and…

The Cup - AGAINST THE ODDS

In 2002, Damien Oliver lost his brother in a tragic racing accident. Only one week later he…

ANONYMOUS

Director Roland Emmerich’s decision to accurately reveal London as it was at Shakespeare’s time in…

MONSTER OF NIX - BRAVE NEW WORLD

The people and creatures of ‘The Monster of Nix’ inhabit a world governed by its own laws of…

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Mr X met a formidable visual FX challenge in ‘The Three Musketeers’, building assets with millions…

DIGITAL AND FILM CINEMATOGRAPHY

An important part of cinematography is choosing media for projects. The advent of digital formats…

UNDERBELLY - COLOUR OF CRIME

VFX Supervisor Soren Jensen and Colourist Dwaine Hyde from Digital Pictures joined forces with DP…

THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE - REAL MAGIC

The sorcerers have descended on New York, and suddenly no one knows what will happen next. VFX…

CAPTAIN AMERICA JOINS UP

Thirteen visual effects teams and VFX Supervisor Chris Townsend were recruited for ‘Captain…

THE BIRTHDAY GIFT

Director and producer Di He at AIVFX in Canada explains the value of computer science and…

SALT - SALT OF THE EARTH

‘Salt’ made an exciting debut into feature films for Framestore’s New York facility. Evelyn Salt is…

TREE OF LIFE

Director Terrence Malick uses the visual effects in ‘Tree of Life’ to express his ideas about the…

HANNA - YOUNG & DEADLY

Mr X provided invisible effects for the exotic sci-fi thriller ‘Hanna’, giving the young lead…

HARRY POTTER AND THE Deathly Hallows Part 2

Through to this final film, the world of Harry Potter has been a magic place for VFX artists to…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows THE TALE OF THE THREE BROTHERS

Interview with FRAMESTORE’S DALE NEWTON. The full feature article is in the latest isue of Digital…

INCEPTION - Architecture of Dreams

Double Negative created all of the visual effects for ‘Inception’, roughly 500 shots in the final…

Cinesite’s Antony Hunt Looks Back at Harry Potter – and Beyond1

Cinesite’s Managing Director Antony Hunt has served as Executive Producer on all eight HarryPotter…

I.E. Effects Gets Immersed in the World of Harry Potter

‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ is the only film in the Potter franchise to be…

Cinesite’s Antony Hunt Looks Back at Harry Potter – and Beyond

Cinesite’s Managing Director Antony Hunt has served as Executive Producer on all eight HarryPotter…

SOUTH SOLITARY - SOUTHERLY BUSTER

The post production team on ‘South Solitary’ faced technical challenges when the weather at the…

Griff The Invisible - INVINCIBLY INVISIBLE

Before ‘Griff The Invisible’, FSM’s effects work on feature films has been the seamless,…

KUNG FU PANDA’S WORLD

Head of lighting and digital effects supervisor at DreamWorks, Dave Walvoord came to ‘Kung Fu Panda…

TOY STORY 3 - TOYS ON THE LOOSE

The third film in the Toy Story series may be the last, but it bursts with new characters,…

Framestore Prepares for the New Harry Potter Generation

As the Harry Potter series comes to an end, Framestore’s team takes a magical splash into…

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

The team at Cinesite opens ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ with a thrilling chase…

Baseblack Brings Ghostly Magic to Harry Potter

Baseblack produced intriguing and beautiful effects in ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 2’…

PAUL - THE ALIEN WITHIN

For such a small, affable personality, Paul was a surprisingly challenging characterfor the team at…

SPARTACUS - GODS OF THE ARENA

VFX Art Director Daniel James Cox talks about the look development process behind cinema quality…

PRINCE OF PERSIA

Jumping from Ubisoft’s video game, the characters and creatures in 'Prince of Persia' inhabit a…

Nightmare on Elm Street - Only a Dream

Freddy Krueger’s infamous face has now become even spookier 16 years after the original ‘Nightmare…

THOR - WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

When Thor is banished from heaven, he leaves behind a world of monsters, magic and powerful gods.…

ROBIN HOOD - REBEL WARRIORS

Ridley Scott’s ‘Robin Hood’ brings the legendary hero with his band of rebels homefrom battling the…

SUCKER PUNCH - TOMORROW’S GIRLS

Baby Doll built her imaginary worlds from nightmares, memories and fantasies. It took four VFX…

CLASH OF THE TITANS - CREATURE CLASH

‘Clash of the Titans’ tells a tale based on classical Greek mythology. Artists from Cinesite and…

KICK ASS - ALIVE AND KICKING

Although ‘Kick-Ass’ is fast-paced and stylish, its visual effects rely mainly on 2D techniques -…

IRON MAN - HEAVY METAL

The visual effects team at Double Negative completed a complex sequence set in Monaco on the racing…

EXIT - NO WAY OUT

‘EXIT’ is the first feature film by director Marek Polgar. The film has been shot over three years…

NANNY MCPHEE IF PIGS COULD SWIM

The CG animals that VFX Supervisor Christian Manz and his team at Framestore created for ‘Nanny…

OSCAR WINNING SHORTS

Short filmmakers have only a limited time to tell their story and make an impact. All means of…

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

Simon Otto, Animator Simon Otto worked for three and a half years on ‘How to Train Your Dragon’,…

RANGO GOES WEST

From ILM Singapore, Creature Simulation Supervisor Eric Wong and Compositing Supervisor Mark…

BATTLE LOS ANGELES - city under seige

VFX Supervisor Ben Shepherd led his team at Cinesite into ‘Battle Los Angeles’ to create one of the…

GRADING - THE COLOUR CHALLENGE

New developments in DI and colour grading have been emerging at two Australian facilities recently,…

SANCTUM - GOING UNDERGROUND

The effects team at Iloura built a cavernous underground world for 'Sanctum', Producer Andrew…

RED HILL - FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

Director Patrick Hughes started production on ‘Red Hill’ with no distributor, a small budget and…

BACK TO NARNIA

Narnia is a place where stars fall to earth to share their magic, mice are fencing champions and…

SCOTT PILGRIM - IF LOOKS COULD KILL

Bringing Scott Pilgrim’s story from comic book to screen demanded effects from complex blue screen…

GREEN LANTERN - HEROES UNDER THE SKIN

Several characters in ‘Green Lantern’ have been created from mixture of CG and live action…

SAVING ENYO’S PLANET

‘Legend of Enyo’ is an animated television adventure series for children aged 8 to 12, centred on a…

TRON - 21ST CENTURY TRON

Pulling together the many layers of assets, lights, explosions and visual effects that make the…

POST PRODUCTION SPECIAL

Post production facilities across Australia have had an active year, taking on challenging work…

DAWN TREADER INSIDE OUT

Art Director Jacinta Leong’s renders, drawings and animations communicate set designs from the…

HARRY POTTER - A MAGICAL ENDING

For the effects teams involved with the Harry Potter films, each new film has to shine a little…

DIRTGIRL’S WORLD

Dirtgirlworld, a TV series for children, combines live-action and animation to create characters.…

WHITE TIGER LEGEND

Visual effects artist Kory Juul is directing, producing and performing in his animated martial arts…

LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA'HOOLE’

Animal Logic flew into new territory for this project, thierfirst animated feature.Lensing Director…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows THE TALE OF THE THREE BROTHERS

Interview with FRAMESTORE’S DALE NEWTON. The full feature article is in the latest isue of Digital…

THE LOST THING - LOST AND FOUND

A small, dedicated team headed by Lead 2D/CG Artist & CG Supervisor Tom Bryant and Animator Leo…

LET ME IN

‘Let Me In’ shows the power of visual effects over an audience’s response to characters. The…

BENEATH HILL 60 - GOING UNDERGROUND

'Beneath Hill 60’ is the exciting story behind the Battle of Messines Ridge in 1916 during World…

THE PRICE OF HAPPINESS $9.99

When Director Tatia Rosenthal captured a story with her special stop motion technique,the frames…

DORIAN GRAY - MORAL DECAY

MPC provided essential post-production work and visual effects for the film ‘Dorian Gray’,a recent…

MPC: FROM BABIES TO BOOT CAMP

The Moving Picture Company post production studio in London has recentlycreated some astonishing…

MPC: FROM BABIES TO BOOT CAMP

The Moving Picture Company post production studio in London has recentlycreated some astonishing…

MOON

Usually, ‘seamless’ describes effects that are invisible to viewers and result insequences showing…

MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS

While covering the Iraq War, reporter Bob Wilton meets Special Forces officer Lyn Cassady who tells…

DEAD BORING - Drama in Stereo 3D

Director Dave Edwards with DP Rob Morton have produced a live action dramatic short film in 3D…

THE WOLFMAN - Company of Wolves

‘The Wolfman’, a remake of the 1941 horror film, brings a classic character back to screens and to…

SHUTTER ISLAND - ISLAND MAGIC

New Deal created over 120 shots featuring miniatures, additional photography and digital effects…

Alice in Wonderland - Alice's Animals

Some of the most memorable characters in Tim Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ are theanimatedCG…

LAW ABIDING CITIZEN - CRIMES OF PASSION

The detailed, gruesomely realistic VFX required for ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ weredivided between a…

The Road - End of the Road

The director of ‘The Road’, John Hillcock, originally expected Dive Visualwould have to work on…

3d Cane Toads:The Conquest

Filmmaker and director Mark Lewis of Radio Pictures in Mullumbimby NSWhas produced one of…

OUT OF THE BOX

Although ‘The Box’ presents viewers with a tough moral question, their biggest challengemay be…

STAR TREK RISES AGAIN

Matte painter Max Gabl worked with CBS Digital over nearly two years to restoreand update visual…

2012 - CHOREOGRAPHY OF CHAOS

VFXSupervisors Marc Weigert and Volker Engel orchestrated their effects in‘2012’ with eyes wide…

9 - BUILDING THE WORLD OF 9

After four years spent developing concept, designing and animating his short film, ‘9’ trulybelongs…

SHERLOCK HOLMES EXPLODES

The number of effects shots in ‘Sherlock Holmes’ is surprising for a movie that isn’tstrictly ‘FX…

The Hurt Locker - Digital War Zone

The Hurt Locker from Director Kathryn Bigelow portrays the tense reality of life for soldiers in…

AVATAR - Pandora’s Tool Box

James Cameron’s Avatar has sparked new ways of thinking about software, hardwareand workflowfor…

Phill Tippett Talks CG Wolves

Phil Tippett and Susan MacLeod reveal how ‘New Moon’ delivers its mix of romanceand…

ZEKE’S PAD’ DRAWS AFI NOMINATION

Avrill Stark Entertainment was recently nominated for an AFI Award for the 3Danimated TV…

AWAKEN - WAKE UP CALL

‘Awaken’, an animated short, was filmmaker David Gould’s first screenplay and is nowcomplete.He…

Sweeney Todd - VFX Team Adds Fire

As sole VFX vendor, London’s Moving Picture Company made award-winning use of their skills and…

Storyboard Part 1 Director’s Roadmap

What is the biggest star of any production? According to storyboard artistDavid Russell, it isn’t…

INSEPARABLE COIL Part 2

Apart from writing and directing, David was art director, script supervisor and set designer for…

Gallipoli 1916 - The ANZACS First Day

In November last year, faced with a deadline of April 2009, Creative Directorand Producer Sam Doust…

Kids Stuff

Whether or not you are a Muppets fan, the most recent addition to their ranks, Sid the Science Kid,…

UP UP and AWAY

Scott Clark at Pixar headed the character animators working on the forms andfaces for Pete Docter’s…

COLOUR AND LIGHT FOR ‘BEAUTIFUL KATE’

One of Australia’s most successful films this year, ‘Beautiful Kate’ was shot onFujifilm stock and…

DISTRICT 9 - WALKING WITH ALIENS

Trent Opaloch’s first feature as DOP sent him to South Africa with nine RED ONE cameras and anarmy…

Sixty40 -Battlestar Pioneers Low-Fi 3D

Sixty40 Production Studio has produced a music video for recording artist Harmonic 313 and his…

Drag Me to Hell - To Hell and Back

Australians are preparing to be horrified in July when Sam Raimi’s latest movie ‘Drag Me To Hell’…

Primevil - Magical Menagerie

‘Primeval’, ITV's hit adventure series, returned to UK audiences at the end of March. The sci-fi…

Aliens Mix it with HP’s Monsters

As ‘Monsters vs Aliens’ opens at cinemas worldwide, HP technology and DreamWorks’ creativity join…

COLOUR AND LIGHT FOR ‘BEAUTIFUL KATE’

One of Australia’s most successful films this year, ‘Beautiful Kate’ was shot onFujifilm stock and…

A Hero’s Post

Nvizible VFX and Molinare post joined forces to give ‘Kick-Ass 2’ an exciting cinematic look and…

Placebo Live at RAK Studios

James Tonkin from Hangman Studios and director Charlie Target Adams shot and produced a live studio…

Dvein - The Vein 'Magma'

'Magma' is Dvein studio's very first music video, made for The Vein's new single. It also won the…

The Wolverine Lives Forever

Three Australian studios – Rising Sun Pictures, Method Studios and Iloura - put an array of VFX…

Reach for the Stars

Eden FX created original digital sequences and animations for films displayed at the new Space…

The Great Gatsby – Deconstructing New York

Animal Logic brought The Great Gatsby’s New York City to life, from Times Square to lavish parties…

The Great Gatsby – Dream Team

The Bazmark internal VFX team describe techniques and processes that brought the world of ‘The…

A Massive Team

a52 created VFX for a dramatic, slow-motion spot for FOX Sports 1, capturing the competitive spirit…

MAN OF STEEL: Heart of Steel

MPC’s VFX team come eye to eye with Superman in ‘Man of Steel’, taking flight with the classic…

Art Director Steve Lumley Takes 'Hotel Transylvania 2' to the Suburbs

Steve Lumley, Art Director on ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’, talks about his work with the team at Sony…

WORLD WAR Z: Between Two Worlds

Cinesite sets loose a swarm of animated CG zombies into a photoreal Philadelphia cityscape in…

Gramercy Park Studios Takes Flight through the Louvre Museum

Gramercy Park Studios worked with film and installation artist Mark Lewis to deliver VFX and…

IO Entertainment’s Previs Goes Undercover for ‘Spectre’

IO Entertainment worked with director Sam Mendes, DP Hoyte van Hoytema and crews working on VFX,…

MPC LA Seizes Glory for ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 3’ Trailer

Paul O’Shea at MPC LA describes working inside the world of Black Ops for the game’s new trailer,…

Sarofsky Scales up the Marvel Universe for ‘Ant-Man’ Titles

Sarofsky created and delivered the main titles sequence for ‘Ant-Man’ Sarofsky -Ant-Man6at 4K…

From ‘Goosebumps’ to Dream Cars, MPC Creative Makes It Virtually Real

MPC Creative’s Mike Wigart and Dan Marsh tell what creating imagery for VR viewing means for…

Cinesite Puts Up a Fight for ‘The Revenant’

Cinesite VFX studio contributed to major sequences in ‘The Revenant’, helping the director build up…

Rushes’ Screen Graphics Monitor the World of SPECTRE

From pre-production to post, Rushes created motion graphics for more than 300 screens on set,…

Rodeo FX Sets Sail ‘In the Heart of the Sea’

Francois Dumoulin talks about recreating 19th-century Nantucket for ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ with…