the vfx show

7April2010

We’ve made the move to fxguide.com!

Posted by tscholton under: general.

For those of you who subscribe to us and comment on our shows using this website we have big news!

As of episode #98 of The VFX Show, which we released on 4/7/2010, we’ve moved over to the fxguide.com site. If you use iTunes to subscribe to our podcast feed you will continue to get our podcasts delivered automatically as before.

Please update your bookmarks to our new page at www.fxguide.com/vfxshow.  All of the content on this site is now available on the fxguide website.

We hope you’ll enjoy the new site and that you will join us for our upcoming 100th episode and all the episodes to follow.

Thanks for listening and we’ll look for you at fxguide!

22March2010

vfxs097: Alice in Wonderland

Posted by tscholton under: episodes.

Mike Seymour, John Flowers and Ian Failes discuss the visual effects of the 2010 feature film “Alice in Wonderland” and 3D extraction from 2D film.”

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vfxs097 Production Credits:
Producers: Todd Scholton and Mat Graham

Show Notes:

Alice in Wonderland
Director: Tim Burton

James Cameron Criticizes Tim Burton and 3D DVD Releases
Johnny Depp
Mia Wasikowska
How did the Red Queen’s character come to have such a large head?
Dalsa Origin Camera
Genesis Camera
Ken Ralston
EncodaCam
Bandersnatch

2March2010

vfxs096: Westworld

Posted by tscholton under: episodes.

Mike Seymour and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects of the 1973 feature film “Westworld.” A film from the dawn of the digital era.

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vfxs096 Production Credits:
Producers: Mat Graham and Todd Scholton

Show Notes:

Westworld
Director: Michael Crichton

Yul Brynner and here
James Brolin
Richard Benjamin
Amityville Horror
Jurassic Park
THX1138
First Contact
Tom Savini
ProLost – Memory Colors
Making of Westworld video
PDI
Looker
John Whitney Jr.
Predator
Digital image processing

15February2010

vfxs095: True Lies

Posted by tscholton under: episodes.

Mike Seymour, Jason Wingrove, and Ian Failes discuss the visual effects of the 1994 feature film “True Lies” and the advent of digital.

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vfxs095 Production Credits:
Producers: Todd Scholton and Mat Graham

Show Notes:

True Lies
Director: James Cameron

Digital Domain
Harrier Jump Jet Documentary from Discovery Channel’s “Movie Magic” show
Mark Noel
Last Action Hero
Seven Mile Bridge
Pacific Data Images
Terminator 2
The Abyss
A short behind the scenes video of Speed’s Bus jump
Just for fun…Mythbusters Bus Jump Episode Clips
Tom Arnold
Bill Paxton
Charlton Heston
John Bruno

Look for the vfx show hosts at NAB 2010

1February2010

vfxs094: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Posted by tscholton under: episodes.

Mike Seymour, Mark Christiansen, and Mat Graham discuss the visual effects of the 2001 feature film “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” and the birth of Massive Software and crowd simulation.

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vfxs094 Production Credits:
Producers: Mat Graham and Todd Scholton

Show Notes:

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Peter Jackson-

Massive Software
WETA
Heavenly Creatures
Meet the Feebles
Braindead
Andrew Lesnie
LOTR Forced Perspective Moving Camera
Scale Doubles
Scale Compositing
Motion Control Photography
Magic (Golden) Hour
Shooting Ratio
John Gilbert
Particle System

21January2010

vfxs093: Sherlock Holmes

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Mike Seymour, Jason Wingrove, and Jason Diamond discuss the feature film “Sherlock Holmes” and the nature of doing visual effects in period films.

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vfxs093 Production Credits:
Producers: Todd Scholton and Mat Graham

Show Notes:

Sherlock Holmes

London Today
Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Guy Ritchie’s Gamekeeper
The Mummy
Sherlock Holmes FAQ-Speaks to cocaine use
double negative
Framestore
Uncharted
1984
Chas Jarrett
David Vickery (DNeg)
Jonathan Fawkner (Framestore)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
End Titles by Prologue Films
Sean Daly-Illustrator mentioned by Jason Diamond

23December2009

vfxs092: Avatar

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Mike Seymour, David Stripinis, Mark Christiansen and Ian Failes discuss the visual effects in the feature film, “Avatar”.

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vfxs092 credits:
Producer: Mike Seymour
Review and Show Notes: Todd Scholton

Show Notes:

Avatar

Nolan Murtha
Richie Baneham
Brad Alexander
Thomas Bland
Giant Studios
MotionBuilder
weta DIGITAL
John Knoll
Framestore
Jonathan Rothbart
Dav Rauch
The Orphanage
Pixel Liberation Front
Hybride
Toe-in and Parallell Convergence
Interocular Distance
Fusion Camera-Sony F950 (Image)
Virtual Cinematography
Andrew L. Jones – Art DIrector
Andy Jones – weta DIGITAL
Dan Fowler
Casey Schatz
Glenn Derry
Stephen Rivkin
John Refoua
Robert Legato
Dan Neufeldt
Chuck Comisky
Lightstorm Entertainment
Subsurface Scattering
Fox’s ‘Wolverine’ leaks online

8December2009

vfxs091: 2012

Posted by tscholton under: episodes.

Mike Seymour and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects in the feature film, “2012″.

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vfxs091 credits:
Producer: Mike Seymour
Review and Show Notes: Todd Scholton

Show Notes:

2012

10,000 B.C.
Independance Day
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Digital Domain
Genesis Digital Camera System
Saving Private Ryan-Omaha Beach Landing in HD
SCANLINEvfx la
Houdini
The Bullet
Bernoulli’s principle
Knowing Plane Crash
double negative
The Towering Inferno
Sony Pictures Imageworks
2012 VFX: LA Earthquake Featurette
2012 VFX: Yellowstone Eruption Featurette
5/5/2000
Company Credits for 2012 (”Special Effects” houses are half-way down the page)

21October2009

vfxs090: Surrogates

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Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond and David Stripinis discuss the visual effects in the feature film “Surrogates”.

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vfxs090 credits:
Producer: Mike Seymour
Show Notes: Todd Scholton

Show Notes:

Surrogates

Kilgore Trout
Blade Runner
Gamer
I, Robot
Mark Stetson
Synthespian Studios
The Moving Pictures Company
Shake
Benjamin Button
Sandbox F/X
Brickyard VFX
White Chicks
James Cromwell
“24″
Kill Bill
Brandon Lee
Christian Bale
Looker
Heloise & The Savoir Faire

We are aware of a short audio problem at the end of the podcast. We will post a fixed version soon! In the interim enjoy the show.

3October2009

vfxs089: Brazil (1985)

Posted by kristinmartin under: episodes.

Mike Seymour, Mark Christiansen and Kristin Martin discuss visual effects in Terry Gilliam’s classic feature film, “Brazil” (1985).

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vfxs089 credits:
Producer: Mike Seymour
Research: Lori Apthorp
Audio Postproduction/Review/Show Notes: Kristin Martin

Show Notes:

fxphd
Terry Gilliam (Director)
Time Bandits
Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Robert DeNiro
Meet the Fockers
Bob Hoskins
Who Framed Roger Rabbit — also listen to episode vfxs063
Sidney Scheinberg
James Joyce’s “Ulysses”
The Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen”
Monty Python
LA Film Critics Association
1985 LAFCA Awards – Best Picture, Director, Screenplay
The Criterion Collection
Brazil (3 Disc Set)
In-camera Effects
Forced Perspective
Iron Man
Jonathan Pryce
Superman Returns
Brazil (wikipedia page)
Offal
Michael Palin
Kim Griest
Tom Stoppard
Shakespeare in Love
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Stanley Kubrick

Book:
The Battle of Brazil