Interview With Oscar-Shortlist VFX Team For 'Alita: Battle Angel'

This is the last feature film I worked on with Framestore. We had a blast working on the Motorball sequence of the film. 


The Oscar-Shortlist VFX team for Alita: Battle Angel talk about their work on the film.

 Richard Baneham - Visual Effects Supervisor for Lightstorm Entertainment Mike Cozens – Animation Supervisor Richard Hollander - VFX Supervisor Eric Saindon – Visual Effects Supervisor

Weta Animators Discuss Demo Reels and the VFX Industry

James Bennett
Simeon Duncombe
Todd Labonte
Eric Reynolds

Mad Max: Fury On Four Wheels

Back in 2011 when I was working on Happy Feet 2 at Dr.D Studios in Sydney I got a chance to see George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road pre-production presentation for Warner Bros. It was set up in a large room in a corner of the studio for a few weeks. On display were some of the concept vehicle models (including the large War Rig model that's in the vid), character model sheets from Weta Workshop and various props. They also had 17mins of test footage on loop showing some of the dramatic stunts and choreography for one of the chase sequences. It was an amazing presentation and quite a juxtaposition with dancing penguins we were currently animating!









Check out concept artist Christian Pearce's Deadly Sleds


// Deadly Sleds

VFX of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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// Peter Jackson Interview - The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

Peter Jackson Interview - The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

Andy Serkis Talks Acting And Performance Capture

More interviews with Andy Serkis

Behind the Scenes of 'Tintin'

Here's some detailed footage of the mocap shoot from Tintin.

Bootleg 'King Kong 360' ride at Unversial

This looks amazing! Can't wait to experience it!

'King Kong 360' ride at Unversial

Secrets of District 9: Grungy Alien Realism

I saw District 9 a couple of weeks ago and was blown away by the gritty realism of the environments and the aliens. The story was decent but could have used some more work. I do hope there's a sequel though and from what I hear it might be in the works!! Enjoy this featurette I found over on WIRED:

Special Effects Add to Realism in 'District 9'