For Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Paul Lambert Lambert, of all the huge challenges presented by Ryan Gosling space epic “Project Hail Mary,” the most daunting was creating convincing zero gravity. “Zero-G was probably my personal biggest concern going into the movie,” he said at View Conference in…
The red-feathered hero of “The Angry Birds Movie 3” looks reassuringly familiar, but DNEG Animation had to rebuild much of him to bring the franchise back to theaters. And as the studio reconstructed Red’s fur, facial rig and expressions, it also developed a system that ultimately automated…
Industrial Light & Magic animation supervisor Hal Hickel approached Jon Favreau’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu” with a deceptively simple question: “What would Phil do?” The Phil in question was stop-motion pioneer Phil Tippett, whose work on the original “Star Wars” trilogy provided a template for…
After the first ‘Ramayana’ trailer drew heat for its visual effects, actor Yash, who plays Ravana in the mythological epic, has defended the visuals as the movie gears up for a November 5 release
Ramayana new trailer X review: Yash as Ravana impresses netizens, while Ranbir Kapoor's epic gets mixed reactions over VFX, visuals and the Ravana-Jatayu scene. The post Ramayana New Trailer X Review: Yash As Ravana Impresses, Ranbir Kapoor’s Film Gets Mixed Reactions Over VFX appeared first on The…
Marvel and Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” involved nearly 2,000 VFX shots and just 24 weeks of post-production, with 445 shots delivered in a single week, overall VFX supervisor Jerome Chen revealed at View Conference in Turin on Wednesday. “In one week, we did about 445 shots,” Chen said…
Laika’s “Wildwood” took more than five years of stage animation and visual-effects work, with 2,776 shots requiring a carefully orchestrated mix of handmade puppets, miniature sets and digital imagery. But for production VFX supervisor Steve Emerson, the defining challenge of Travis Knight’s…
Netflix-owned Eyeline Studios is using generative AI to replace locations, rebuild crowds and change lighting after filming, while developing tools that could even let directors reposition the camera once an actor’s performance has been captured. “We’re not prompting our way into shots and movies.…
