Framestore Suits up for ‘RoboCop’ Reboot
Framestore’s London and Montreal offices combine to deliver a full range of photo-real visual effects for Jose Padilha’s RoboCop reboot, encompassing more than 600 robot and bullet-filled shots.
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Method Helps Piece Together a Brand New ‘Robocop’
VFX supervisor Nordin Rahhali discusses the challenges of rebuilding the hero of José Padilha’s new film.
‘Gravity’ and ‘Frozen’ Dominate VES Awards
Teams behind Cuaron’s ‘Gravity’ and Disney’s ‘Frozen’ win big at the 12th Annual VES Awards.
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MPC Delivers Visual Effects for ‘The Lone Ranger’
MPC completes more than 550 shots for Disney’s The Lone Ranger, ranging from full CG canyons, caves and Comanche attacks to CG trains, horses, birds, arrows, fire and scorpions.
Alfonso Cuaron Talks Gravity
The director, who will be receiving the VES' 2014 Visionary Award, discusses the unique process of reverse-engineering his Oscar-contending blockbuster.
“Crushing” the User Interface Designs of ‘Oblivion’
Bradley Munkowitz and Navarro Parker talk Joseph Kosinski, After Effects and excellence in UI design.
Visual Effects Protest Planned for the Oscars
Visual effects workers plan a demonstration in Los Angeles next month tied to the Oscars to protest foreign tax subsidies.
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To Boldly Go Where No Titles Have Gone Before
VFX producer Andrew Kramer talks 'Star Trek Into Darkness' title sequences and how Adobe After Effects and Element 3D were central to their production.
VFX Oscar Bakeoff 2014: The Race for Five Nominees
10 contenders flaunt their “visual goods” at the annual Motion Picture Academy Oscar-nomination voting presentation.
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John Knoll Talks ILM, Disney, ‘Star Wars’ and Tough Times in the VFX Industry
Out from under George Lucas’ wings, ILM’s legendary visual effects guru takes the helm as Chief Creative Officer.
Gene Deitch Feels Left Out in the Cold by ‘Frozen’
The Oscar-winning animation director again questions the very definition of an “animated film.”
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Animation and VFX Winter Movie Preview 2014
Puppets, chiseled gladiators, smart aleck rodents and a canine genius are just some of the animated characters coming to theatres this Winter.
Cinesite Toots its Own Horn with their Animated Short ‘Beans’
New short combines high-end visual effects and creature animation with an astronaut’s inadvertent lapse in judgment to hilarious effect.
Weta Breathes Fire into the Menacing Dragon of 'The Hobbit'
Weta Digital's Joe Letteri discusses the new creature work in the second Hobbit movie, The Desolation of Smaug, highlighted by the eponymous dragon.
Book Review - 'The CG Story: Computer-Generated Animation and Special Effects'
Fred Patten likes what he sees in an impressive new book chronicling the history of CGI in film.
Catching a More Intense 'Hunger Games' in 'Catching Fire'
The sequel finds Katniss back in the hunt for survival with more grounded VFX.
Digital Domain Doubles Down on 'Ender's Game'
Digital Domain was a producing partner on the adaptation of Orson Scott Card's sci-fi classic, which provided more creative freedom.
VFX Producer Sophie Orde Joins Framestore for ‘Dracula Untold’
VFX Producer Sophie Orde joins Framestore’s film department, where she has been hired to run the production for Universal’s ‘Dracula Untold.’
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Reverse Engineering 'Gravity'
Framestore's Tim Webber explains the unique workflow in Alfonso Cuaron's space adventure about floating in zero gravity.
'Rush': Blurring the Line Between Production and Post
Double Negative's Jody Johnson describes the unique VFX collaboration in Ron Howard's racing biopic.
Speed Metal Meets Tesla Coils in 'Metallica: Through the Never'
Manitoba’s Opus VFX tackles 3-D electric bolts and Lady Liberty’s destruction in Metallica’s new music-driven feature film.
Summer 2013: Sizzling VFX Hot Spots
A collection of some of the very best animated and vfx-driven summer commercials.
Doing Jackals Doggy Style in ‘Riddick’
Mokko Studio brings vicious dog-like jackals to life, alongside some nasty looking mud demons, in David Twohy’s Riddick.
Animation and VFX Fall Movie Preview 2013
The next set of must / might see animated and visual effects-driven movies coming to theatres this fall.
Method Tackles the 'Riddick' Mud Demons
Nordin Rahhali discusses the challenge of animating creatures for the latest Pitch Black sequel directed by David Twohy and starring Vin Diesel.
