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Tag Archives: Visual Effects
‘Star Wars’ Visual Effects
I find this shit fascinating. Also, I really think the “old school” method looks better than a lot of the the CG being done these days. Models look more 3D because they are 3D in real space, not created in … Continue reading
Posted in Star Wars, vfx, Video
Tagged Empire Strikes Back, Movies, Phil Tippet, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars, Video, Visual Effects
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‘Great Gatsby’ VFX Before and After
Helping to continue our irregular series of visual effects articles is this new video from visual effects supervisor Chris Godfrey. According to Godfrey, he’s been allowed by director Baz Luhrmann to show this video highglighting the before and after visual … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, vfx
Tagged Baz Luhrmann, Carey Mulligan, CGI, Chris Godfrey, F. Scott. Fitzgerald, Leonardo DiCaprio, Movies, The Great Gatsby, Tobey Maguire, VFX, Visual Effects
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Every Ray Harryhausen Creature Creation In One Awesome Video
I am a huge fan of visual effects master Ray Harryhausen, who passed away recently at the age of 92. During his lifetime he brought us all manner of creatures and pioneered the use of stop motion effects in movies … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Personal, Video
Tagged Clash of the Titans, Creatures, Jason and the Argonauts, Movies, Ray Harryhausen, Special Effects, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Visual Effects
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‘Walking Dead’ Season 3 Visual Effects
Continuing our trend of highlighting visual effects work, here’s a reel from Stargate Studios showcasing their work on The Walking Dead season 3. In addition to all the great zombie kills, pay particular attention to what they did with the … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Geek, Tech, TV
Tagged Adobe After Effects, After Effects, CGI, Robert Kirkman, Stargate Studios, Tech, The Walking Dead, TV, Visual Effects, Zombies
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Building a T-Rex
I had the privilege of knowing effects guru Stan Winston a little, having met him originally though a mutual friend. In fact, I visited his studio during the time he was working on the first Jurassic Park movie. I was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Movies
Tagged Effects, Jurassic Park, Movies, Stan Winston, Stan Winston School, Video, Visual Effects
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‘Before VFX’ Is Fascinating
A couple days ago I posted a video showing some before and after visual effects shots from various TV shows and movies. Many people were surprised at the number of effects being used and also that, in many cases, effects … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Showbiz, Tech
Tagged Before VFX, Captain America, CG, CGI, Ghost Rider, Kick-Ass, Movies, Special Effects, the dark knight, VFX, Visual Effects
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The Green Screen Is Your Friend
If you watch a lot of movies and TV as I do (and occasionally even make them), you’ve probably sometimes wondered “How did they do that”? Well, as you’ll see from this video, they “did that” with a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Tech
Tagged CGI, Green Screen, Hollywood, Movies, Technology, TV, Visual Effects
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Some ‘Avengers’ Behind the Scenes Fun
As always, when I see something cool I bring it to you. This time it’s a very interesting video showing how (and why) a particular shot was accomplished for The Avengers. Cool stuff indeed.
Posted in Movies, Personal
Tagged Behind the Scenes, Comics, ILM, Industrial Light and Magic, Joss Whedon, Marvel, Movies, the avengers, Visual Effects
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