LOG IN
RSS
FACEBOOK
TWITTER

Home
Loading
The Wire Video Subscribe

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 01/22/13 01:01:57 PM

Creating the Skies of 'Les Misérables'

Les Misérables' compositing supervisor Greg Spencer talks about the visual effects done for the movie, including realizing Tom Hooper's direction to make the skies into another character in the film. Says Spencer, "We needed to get a solid idea of what each sky looked like before we started. We knew there would be a lot of roto involved so while that was getting done, myself and the VFX Supervisor began taking single frames from what we considered 'hero' shots and began throwing as many skies into them as possible. That way we could see what did and didn't work. It was a quick way of getting a strong visual idea of how things would look. When we had narrowed it down to two or three skies, we chose a few key shots from each of the scenes and did rough versions to see if they would work on the move. We also did a couple of matte paintings of the city."

Full Story>>

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 01/11/13 05:01:13 PM

Behind-the-Scenes of 'The Avengers'' Visual Effects

ILM has released a behind-the-scenes featurette showing how the Oscar-nominated visual effects of The Avengers came together. They used ILM Zeno for modeling, Maya for animation and Pixar Renderman for rendering. Watch the process in action below.. (via The Verge)

Full Story>>

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 01/08/13 03:01:21 PM

Rhythm and Hues and the Art of CGI Animals

The British Film Institute profiles the unsung work of effects house Rhythm and Hues, responsible for creating many of Hollywood's CGI animals in films ranging from Babe to Yogi Bear to Life of Pi. They write, "In a way, Rhythm & Hues has taken its digital safari full circle. 17 years ago with Babe it transformed real live-action animals with discreet tweaks to their mouths and faces. They then sought to transform cartoon animals into full-bodied photorealistic forms. With Life of Pi, they’ve accomplished a work of near-total photorealism, where each painstaking detail intensifies a sense of heightened reality that is cinema, extending beyond the animal into a setting that itself is largely digital."

Full Story>>

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 01/07/13 04:01:11 PM

The Evolution of Visual Effects in Cinema

Don Levy talks about the evolution of visual effects within the history of cinema in this TED Talk from March 2012. See his montage taking us from George Mélies through Inception below.

Full Story>>

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 01/07/13 11:01:26 AM

Enjoy Three Minutes of Comic Surrealism with Michel Gondry's Short Film 'Haircut Mouse'

Michel Gondry's short animated film "Haircut Mouse" is about as surreal as you can expect from the French director responsible for helming Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Be Kind, Rewind. The tongue-in-cheek film tells the comically tragic story of a mouse who decides to be a hairdresser. Watch below.

Full Story>>

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 01/03/13 05:01:10 PM

Pixar Spoofs College Recruitment Ads for 'Monsters University'

Pixar's first ad for the upcoming Monsters University is an inspired bit of viral advertising, spoofing those cheesy college recruitment ads, complete with chipper student/monster testimonials and all. Fittingly, the ad ran during the Rose Bowl. The film is a prequel to the mega-hit Monsters, Inc. Watch below.

Full Story>>

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 12/31/12 11:12:39 AM

How ILM Created 'The Avengers'' Iconic Long Shot

Find out how ILM created the climactic shot of The Avengers, which shows the superheroes finally working together as a team in one long and detailed shot throughout New York City. Says visual effects supervisor Jason Smith,"Because the shot was so massive, we had to break it into sections so that we could give each section to separate groups of artists and work on them as though they were a single shot. And then we had a separate team whose job it was to pull all those sections back together and make a cohesive shot out of it." See the pre-viz, CGI, and greenscreen magic come together below.

Full Story>>

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 12/19/12 04:12:00 PM

Explore the Mix of 'The Hobbit''s Special Effects Techniques with Behind-the-Scenes Featurette

This behind-the-scenes featurette explores the mix of motion capture, CGI, miniature work and more that went into the special effects of The Hobbit. Says visual effects supervisor Joe Letteri, "Our goal has always really been to understand the science, the physics, the underpinning behind these techniques that we're creating so that as we advance them, they're based on principles that will actually live from one film to another and will stand the test of time." Watch below.

Full Story>>

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 12/19/12 01:12:08 PM

The Making of 'Rise of the Guardians'

The Hollywood Reporter tells the fascinating (and, at times, heart-wrenching) tale of how animated holiday movie Rise of the Guardians came to be, involving behind-the-scenes work from Guillermo Del Toro (producer), Roger Deakins (visual consultant), and storyboard artist-turned-first-time-director Peter Ramsey. Says Ramsey about how his storyboarding career came into play, "You start learning to tell stories economically with the camera, connecting ideas on screen with the camera, blocking things so that they are simple but still dynamic." Read the full piece here.

Full Story>>

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 12/18/12 03:12:32 PM

Watch the Expanded Teaser for 'Star Trek Into Darkness'

The expanded teaser for Star Trek Into Darkness has been released. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana are back but perhaps the most exciting addition to the cast is Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch, who obliges us with a deliciously villainous voiceover in the trailer. Says screenwriter Robert Orci, “[Cumberbatch's] voice is a special effect unto itself.” Watch it here on Wired.  

Full Story>>

Middle Ad

CPN Newsletter

FREE eNewsletter
Subscribe to our FREE eNewsletter

Middle1 Ad

print edition





View issue>>

Middle2 Ad Block