Reach for the Stars

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

A Hero’s Post

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

METALLICA - Heavier Metal

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

BLACK ANGEL

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

GRAVITY - Down to Earth

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

LAND OF QUATTRO

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

Racer’s Dream

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To promote the super fast Maclaren P1 road-car, 76ltd's Dan Gifford directed a complex shoot and…

PLAYING WITH FIRE

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

PENNY – Turn Back Time

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

Sky Divers

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

Japanese Western

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

Brunelleschi’s Dome

Fernando G Baptista describes the research & techniques behind his beautiful graphics for National…

The DJ’s Journey

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

Cops and Robots

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Framestore and Method Studios talk about disassembling & assembling RoboCop, exploring the future…

Dvein - The Vein 'Magma'

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

SPARTACUS

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

OBLIVION: MOTION GRAPHICS

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

IRON MAN 3: MAN MACHINE

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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…

Psyop Battles Toxic Trash

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

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES

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

Alternate Universe

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

STEALING SECRETS

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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

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

SKYFALL STATION

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

SKYFALL RENDEZVOUS

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

Snow White - Mirror Man

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

Titanic Rules the Waves

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

WRATH OF THE TITANS

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

HUGO’S MIGHTY MINIATURES

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

UNDERWORLD AWAKENS

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

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

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

ANONYMOUS

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

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

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

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…

KUNG FU PANDA’S WORLD

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

PAUL - THE ALIEN WITHIN

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

PRINCE OF PERSIA

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

ROBIN HOOD - REBEL WARRIORS

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

IRON MAN - HEAVY METAL

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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…

OSCAR WINNING SHORTS

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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…

BACK TO NARNIA

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

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…

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…

LET ME IN

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

DORIAN GRAY - MORAL DECAY

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

MOON

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

MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS

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

The Road - End of the Road

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

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…

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…

AWAKEN - WAKE UP CALL

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

INSEPARABLE COIL Part 2

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

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…

A Hero’s Post

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

Dvein - The Vein 'Magma'

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

Reach for the Stars

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

A Massive Team

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