Showing posts with label VFX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VFX. Show all posts

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Never-Before-Seen Color Production Slides from Star Wars (Lucasfilm / ILM)


These ILM slides are great and the images are huge! Wish we could get all 550 slides scanned ha ha

Heritage Auctions
A Large Collection of Never-Before-Seen Color Production Slides from "Star Wars" and "The Empire Strikes Back." 20th Century Fox, 1977, 1980. Approximately 550, all housed in a black binder, all with various stamps and dates and photo credits such as "Photo By: / Joe Viskocil" on the cardboard frames, depicting dozens of great behind-the-scenes shots of the two now classic films being made, emphasis is on both the outdoor and indoor sets as well as on the various spaceships, a few of the characters (like "R2D2"), and the production crew -- really compelling and detailed images that must be seen in person to appreciate the scope!
Each Slide: 1" x 1 1/2"; In Cardboard Frame: 2" x 2" Estimate: $1,800 - up.
Internet Bidding Ends:     Apr 18, 2015 at 10:00 PM CT














Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Method Studios: VFX 101 - What are visual effects?

'What are visual effects? We attempt to explain what we do for a living, with the help of a whiteboard and a marker pen'



Thursday, February 27, 2014

Interview with Gravity FX Supervisor Neil Corbould



INFO: ADAPT Oscar March in March Rally








// OSCAR MARCH IN MARCH RALLY

Sunday, March 2, 2014

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. PST

Hollywood Blvd. & Vine

We are holding a rally to support legal action to help end the current subsidy race that is damaging the Visual Effects and Film industries. These subsidies are a form of corporate welfare used by Hollywood producers to game various governments against each other. These actions have led to a bidding war between governments that maximizes the amount of free taxpayer money for Hollywood productions that end up making billions of dollars. At the same time, this has unknowingly cost taxpayers billions... more on ADAPT website


// Oscars 2014: Why Are Special Effects Wizards Planning to Protest at the Ceremony?

// The State Of The VFX Industry

// VFX Soldier










Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Documentary ‘Life After Pi’ Chronicles Collapse of Rhythm & Hues

LIFE AFTER PI is a short documentary about Rhythm & Hues Studios, the L.A. based Visual Effects company that won an Academy Award for its groundbreaking work on "Life of Pi" -- just two weeks after declaring bankruptcy. The film explores rapidly changing forces impacting the global VFX community and the Film Industry as a whole.


Thursday, December 12, 2013

The State of Practical Special Effects in Filmmaking

TESTED sits down with Fon Davis to discuss the state of visual effects in film, the resurgence of interest in practical effects. Fon is a visual effects veteran who has worked on films like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, Galaxy Quest, Star Wars, Mission: Impossible III, among many others.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

'Gravity' Comic Con and TIFF

Proud to have worked on this project. And for the record there's no motion capture in the film. The production didn't use the 'Vomit Comet' and it's completely animated except for the facial performances. It's the most complex film I've worked on to date.



















Framestore VFX crew for GRAVITY