Midweek Motivations: Lost in Space
Several VFX companies are working on the rebooted Lost in Space series on Netflix. Here are some VFX breakdowns to give you a taste of their work!
Midweek Motivation: Co-nundrum Title Sequence
Designer and art director Tiber Ergür created the Co-nundrum title sequence as a self-practice project. The stunning visuals in this piece, along with the beautiful music, made me think it was for a real film. Too bad it isn’t, because this is amazing work. Software used: Cinema 4D, Octane Render, X-particles, and After Effects.
Big Screen Effects: The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water is my personal pick for Best Picture for the Academy Awards, and I’ve seen all of the nominated films. It’s so beautifully shot and the story is compelling. Without giving away any spoilers, The Shape of Water is the story of a mute woman who works in custodial services at a lab in 1962’s Baltimore during the Cold War. Scientists bring in an amphibious creature and love happens. Of course, the evil lab manager has other ideas. This is a roundup of the visual effects in the film, created by Mr. X and others.
Big Screen Effects: The Magic Behind Coco
Coco was possibly my favorite film of 2017, and that is saying a lot because I saw a lot of movies! It’s visually stunning and gorgeously animated and tells a compelling story of a boy named Miguel who visits the world of the dead. Coco won Best Edited Animated at the American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Awards, and won Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature. Coco; Hèctor the VES Awards.
Coco has been nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song by the 2018 Academy Awards.
Midweek Motivations: Sam Khorshid Interview, Mojin: The Lost Legend Trailer + VFX Breakdown
We’re packing a lot into this post. First, Edwin Braun of Cebas interviews VFX artist Sam Khorshid about his career, from Hollywood LA to Beijing, China, and from stereoscopic to procedural. He worked as VFX Supervisor on Mojin: The Lost Legend, a Chinese action film that looks awesome. We’re sharing the trailer for the film and VFX breakdowns too.
Podcast: Digital Production Buzz 2018 Industry Trends with Michele from Toolfarm
Each year, Larry Jordan does a show in early January to forecast trends in the industry over the next 12 months. This past week Larry talked with Ned Soltz, Randi Altman, Jonathan Handel, Michele Yamazaki, Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes, and James DeRuvo.
Big Screen Effects: Loving Vincent with Making Of + Behind the Scenes
Loving Vincent, written and directed by filmmakers by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, is the world’s first fully painted feature film. I saw it over the weekend and it is a gorgeous film which takes place the year after Vincent Van Gogh died and explores what happened to him in his last days. Loving Vincent is up for Best Motion Picture – Animated and also a likely contender for an Oscar nomination, announced later this month.
Big Screen Effects: Super Hero Edition with Thor: Ragnarok and Logan
There were several super hero films that came out in 2017 but Logan and Thor: Ragnarok were two of the best. We have some curated content about the making of these visual effects. While I’ll be the first to admit that I rarely see super hero films because I don’t care for them, the visual effects breakdowns and behind the scenes interviews are fascinating.
Midweek Motivation: Game of Thrones – In Depth
Lots of Game of Thrones season 7 goodies here. There’s an interview with GOT previs supervisor Michelle Blok; iZotope talked about audio challenges with GOT audio engineers; there’s a plethora of VFX breakdowns; and even a podcast of the VFXShow discussing the series and finale.
Midweek Motivations: The Art of Directing & VFX: Jean-Marie Marbach
Jean-Marie Marbach, a French Director and VFX Supervisor talks about MODULAR’s “Fiebre en la Disco”, using Trapcode MIR in the project.
Thought Fed: Exclusive Interview with Brian Knapp
Meet Brian Knapp, a visionary 3D artist and native of Grand Rapids, MI. Brian’s YouTube channel, Thought Fed, features 3D animated videos speculating about the future of science and technology….
Inspirations: ‘Generation to Generation’ for Honda by XYZ Studios/ Eran Hilleli
Directed by Eran Hilleli. Gorgeous stylized 3D animation for Honda.
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