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- VIEWING TOLKIEN THROUGH ANIME FOR THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM January 14, 2025By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Many attempts were made to bring The Lord of the Rings to the big screen with the most famous being John Boorman co-writing a script in 1970 that laid the foundation for his Arthurian classic Excalibur. Escape from development hell finally happened in 1978 when Ralph […]
- NEW TECHNOLOGIES MAKING THEIR MARK ON VFX AND ANIMATION January 9, 2025By OLIVER WEBB There have been leaps in technological growth over the last few years in the VFX and animation industries. With new developments across the board in virtual production, real-time technologies and LED volumes, 2025 is looking bright, though the industry is still recovering from the effects of COVID-19 as well as the strikes. […]
- VISUAL EFFECTS AND ANIMATION BRING HISTORICAL EVENTS TO LIFE FOR DOCUMENTARIES January 7, 2025By TREVOR HOGG When it comes to covering historical events, documentarians go on a journey to find and acquire rights to archive footage and photographs or fill in the visual gaps with talking heads or reenactments. In some cases, the reenactments are more about being authentic to the emotion of a moment than to the […]
- CONTEXTUALIZING VIRTUAL PRODUCTION DESIGN January 7, 2025By TREVOR HOGG As technology advances, there are ramifications that create new skill sets and cause traditional approaches to be reassessed. This includes the role of the production designer in virtual production, where physical set builds and digital backgrounds are combined to create an in-camera shot that at one time could have only been completed […]
- OSCAR PREVIEW: NEXT-LEVEL VFX ELEVATES STORYTELLING TO NEW HEIGHTS January 7, 2025By OLIVER WEBB Dune: Part Two has significantly more action and effects than Dune: Part One, totaling 2,147 VFX shots. (Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures) Godzilla Minus One made history at last year’s 96th Academy Awards when it became the first Japanese film to be nominated and win an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, and […]