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Displaying all articles tagged:
Lights Camera Cgi
hardest things
Sept. 10, 2019
The Hardest Effect I Ever Pulled Off
42 filmmakers, cinematographers, and effects artists on making the impossible happen.
By
Abraham Riesman
anatomy of a scene
Dec. 16, 2018
How Ben Stiller Made
Escape at Dannemora
’s Heart-Pounding Prison Break
Yes, Paul Dano really did squeeze into that claustrophobia-inducing pipe.
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
backstories
Dec. 14, 2018
How Peter Jackson’s
The Frighteners
Brought the Personification of Death to Life
Back in 1996, nobody knew how to capture death visually onscreen.
By
Kalyn Corrigan
lights camera cgi
Dec. 14, 2018
Great Moments in Auto-Tune History
From the time that it was invented by some math guy to its liberal application by Kanye West, Auto-Tune has had a long and weird past.
By
Larry Fitzmaurice
cg-eyes
Dec. 14, 2018
Alita: Battle Angel
Designers Created Eyes More Vivid Than Gollum’s
How visual effects designers create eyes that avoid the uncanny valley.
By
Hunter Harris
the industry
Dec. 13, 2018
How TV Finally Got Its Own Blockbuster Special Effects
In recent years, groundbreaking VFX work has transformed the TV landscape. But it’s not easy making monsters and dragons like ones on the big screen.
By
Calum Marsh
lights camera cgi
Dec. 12, 2018
Digital Doubles Are Revolutionizing Hollywood. But Why Do Movie Stars Hate Them?
Scanning actors to manipulate their images in post is increasingly common. But will it become industry standard to bring actors back from the dead?
By
Chris Lee
Dec. 12, 2018
6 Movies With Hidden CGI
Special effects can be subtle, too!
By
Granger Willson
lights camera cgi
Dec. 11, 2018
How
Lord of the Rings
’ Gollum Changed the Course of SFX
One of the many hands who worked on Andy Serkis’s groundbreaking mo-cap performance looks back on the process of creating a new breed of CG character.
By
Caroline Conrad
oral history
Dec. 11, 2018
An Oral History of
The Dark Knight
’s Pencil Trick
No CGI, but a few bouts of unconsciousness.
By
Abraham Josephine Riesman
funny suits
Dec. 10, 2018
Andy Serkis on His Most Groundbreaking Motion-Capture Performances
The trailblazing performance-capture actor analyzes four key roles and catalogues the great leaps forward in mo-cap technology over the last 18 years.
By
Chris Lee
the industry
Dec. 10, 2018
Can Special Effects Be Special Again?
How the VFX industry plateaued — and where it might go from here.
By
Bilge Ebiri