The five nominees for the 2023 Oscar for achievement in visual effects didn’t just wait at their computers for the postproduction process to begin. Each was intimately involved before, during and ...
There was a lot of pressure on Marvel’s WandaVision when it premiered in January following a year without any movies or series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The show delivered on those high ...
It was a typical day on the set of Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” and a dead mime was screaming. The most unsettling problem? The actor‘s tongue still had a visible and decidedly not-ghostly ...
Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan is known for crafting compelling stories filled with stunning visual elements, and his latest movie, Tenet, is no exception. The story of a talented special ...
In the mid-1960s, special effects in films and TV were the domain of miniatures, matte paintings on glass and optical compositing – all on real film. The effects in Star Trek: The Original Series were ...
Though blockbusters are synonymous with computer imagery, dramas and art-house films rely extensively on tech magic, too. Don’t be fooled by the naturalism. By Calum Marsh A woman crosses a bustling ...
The honorary society issued a rare rebuke after The Hollywood Reporter highlighted the trend of VFX work going unrecognized during the marketing of major tentpoles. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor The ...
Gareth Edwards’ The Creator is a beautiful film that, filmed on a modest budget, costs around a third of what the typical effects-heavy film might cost these days. An original sci-fi film (rare enough ...
Eden Kutschker is an undergraduate Professional Writing and Editing student at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne. She is a huge fan of anything nerdy, from Star Wars to Harry Potter ...
'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' leads the animated feature race with six noms. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Gareth Edward’s futuristic sci-fi movieThe Creator, with visual effects work ...
When Mark Patch started as a visual effects coordinator on WandaVision, he saw it as a great opportunity. It was November 2020, and he’d been out of work for four months due to the pandemic. Working ...
Past research has suggested that people's cultural differences may result in differences in basic visual perception. New research found no evidence that these differences play a significant role in ...