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Making of AT-AT day afternoon
Remember Patrick Boivin’s short film AT-AT day afternoon? Found through: My RSS Reader.
Christopher Nolan vs. M. Night Shyamalan
They were born within seven days of one another. Including their breakthrough films, they have directed six and seven movies, respectively, and each heavily contributed to the screenplays of their films. They both work on big budget studio pictures and yet are allowed unprecedented levels of creative control. FXRant compares and contrasts these two auteurs.
Music Video // Heart of Stone
The video, set in a fantastic illustrated world, portrays the epic journey of a heartbroken man rambling across a unique and beautifullly stylized landscape – a subtle blend of Pop Surrealism and Victorian/Steampunk aesthetic. Artist: Ravonettes Studio: Blind Director: Chris Do. Client: Vice Records/The Orchard. Weapons of choice: Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Maya, 3DS Max, [...]
HDRI applications – a comparison of acuisition techniques(pdf)
Found through: #VFX search on Twitter (via. @maximd2)
VES Announces 2010 Winners of the VES Awards
Los Angeles, February 28, 2010 – The Visual Effects Society announced the winners of the 8th Annual VES Awards tonight at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The annual event recognizes outstanding visual effects in more than twenty categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Found through: RSS
Behind the Wild Things
Director Spike Jonze reveals the secrets behind bringing his giant monsters to life. Found through: Alba’s Twitter Feed
In praise of the sci-fi corridor
Corridors make science-fiction believable, because they’re so utilitarian by nature – really they’re just a conduit to get from one (often overblown) set to another. So if any thought or love is put into one, if the production designer is smart enough to realise that corridors are the foundation on which larger sets are ‘sold’ [...]
Avatar Exclusive: Behind The Scenes (The Art of Performance Capture)
Go behind the scenes on the set of the new film Avatar and learn all about the art of performance capture. This revolutionary new technique is changing the way CGI characters are developed.
Weta behind-the-scenes Avatar
Found through: Alba’s Twitter feed
Whoosh!
Whoosh! – watch more funny videos A producer and her editor search for the perfect sound effect Found through: Alba’s Tumblr
