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Big Screen Effects: Behind the Scenes: VFX in The Nun and Conjuring Series
Yesterday we posted an article about how to make some of the effects in The Nun and Conjuring series from Film Riot, as well as Ghostbusters, and horror film effects in general. Today, go behind the scenes to see how they were done in production and post-production.
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Midweek Motivations: OPPO F7, Cinema 4D and Redshift
Panoply created this dark, cinematic ad for the OPPO F7 in which they took tonality and style references from the likes of some the best known sci-fi films of the few decades: Blade Runner, Elysium and District 9.
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Midweek Motivations: CONSTRUCT by Kevin Margo with Making Of Video & Interview
CONSTRUCT is a 12-minute film, from Kevin Margo and a 75 person crew of his talented friends, many from BLUR. It’s about a family man droid and some mafia-type droids who are involved in several fight sequences. I’ll leave it at that as to not spoil the plot. There is a lot of action! It’s photorealistic and used lots of motion capture, totaling 210 all-CG shots. Impressive work! This film is a couple of years old but it’s SO good!
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C4D/Redshift/ZBrush: Interview: Creating the Memorable ‘Humankind’ Titles for TEDxSydney
Go behind the scenes of TEDxSydney 2018 and see how the Australia-based studio, Substance, created the title sequence, ‘Humankind’, using Cinema 4D, Redshift, Houdini and ZBrush.
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Inspiration/Event: HalfRez 7 Ident Video & Photo Gallery
HalfRez7 took place last Wednesday at the Chop Shop in Chicago. It was a fun event with lots of inspiring speakers and an interview with Andrew Kramer of Video Copilot, Cube Races, lots of prizes and schwag, and of course, loads of interesting people. First, an amazing video from Brody Davis, then a photo gallery.
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Midweek Motivations: Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters – VFX reel by HiFi 3D
Check out some strange and gory effects from HiFi 3D used in Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters.
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Midweek Motivation: Houdini/C4D/Redshift – Jeep Driving Through Mud
Freelance Houdini FX artist Tim van Helsdingen likes to create stuff in 3D that looks as if it was shot in real life, and would have taken a lot less time too. Here’s he shows off a Jeep driving through a muddy forest road, made with Houdini, Redshift and Cinema 4D.
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Midweek Motivations: BALLiSTIC, with Lots of Behind the Scenes
Writer/director Ryan Connolly released a film this summer with VFX Supervisor Andrew Kramer on his team. He not only created a great little film, but there are lots of behind the scenes videos at Film Riot. Watch and learn.
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Midweek Motivations: One Small Step by TAIKO Studios with Some Behind the Scenes
Directed by Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas, One Small Step is the story of a Chinese-American girl called Luna who wants to be an astronaut. It’s adorable but such a beautiful story animated in a 2D style but created with 3D software from TAIKO Studios, an award-winning studio, formed by CEO Shaofu Zhang, a former Disney, and Imageworks animator.
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Contest: Hum3D Car Render Challenge for 3D Artists
The fifth annual Hum3D competition for the best Car render has started. Enter for your chance to win tons of 3D software from Autodesk, Chaos Group, Corona, Next Limit SiNi, Video Copilot and many more.
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Midweek Motivations: “Imagine” easyJet Ad by MPC with VFX Breakdown
This is beautiful commercial was created by MPC advertising. It really makes me want to get on a plane! Really beautiful work!
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Midweek Motivations: Allegorithmic Substance VFX Showreel 2018
Watch some terrific commercial and film work from Substance Painter and Substance Designer artists and users. This was originally shown at FMX 2018. Really amazing work.
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Midweek Motivation: Greyscalegorilla 5-Second Project “Treasure” Winners
5-second projects are a Greyscalegorilla community driven animation competition. Here are the winners of the latest theme, Treasure. The entries are clever, detailed, and overall, rather amazing.
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Midweek Motivations: A Very Strange Ad for Little Baby’s Ice Cream with Behind the Scenes
These are seriously the oddest commercials I’ve ever seen. I’ll give them huge points for originality! There’s a great behind the scenes video with director/editor Doug Garth Wiliams, explaining how it was done too. (Hint: it’s marshmallow fluff, green screen, and After Effects).
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Big Screen Effects: The Meg
We saw The Meg over the weekend and it was an action-filled, fun, prehistoric monster movie. While the giant shark was impressive, the underwater shots of the lab were really impressive. Learn about some of the effects behind the film.