Goodbye Kansas Studios delivered 180 shots for the BBC series Vigil. Originally released in the UK in August 2021, episode one of Vigil attracted an audience of 10.2 million across its first seven days, making it the BBC’s most-watched new drama Read more
In 1999 Kim Libreri was the bullet time supervisor on the original 1999 Matrix film. Today he is the CTO of Epic Games, and he and the team have just returned to the Matrix. In a remarkable tie-in between the Read more
IBL Image-Based Lighting (IBL) is the CGI technique that involves capturing an omnidirectional representation of real-world lighting information as an image with a high dynamic range. This can then be used as a reference and starting point for recreating matching Read more
Eternals directed by Chloé Zhao is the story of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who live on Earth and have shaped its history and civilizations. Weta Digital was the lead visual effects house on the film, and rather than Read more
Foundation on Apple TV+ is a complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire. The show started with psycho-historian, Dr. Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) and his loyal followers who attempt Read more
Images courtesy of Doug Chiang. Doug Chiang, Vice President and Executive Creative Director, Star Wars, ILM A photo of Doug Chiang taken before his family moved from Taiwan to Michigan. The Chiang family in Michigan in 1968. From left: James, Read more
Venom: Let There Be Carnage sees the return of the Marvel Comic character Venom. It is the second film in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU) and the sequel to Venom (2018). The film is directed by Andy Serkis from a Kelly Marcel screenplay, Read more
Mank is nominated for 10 Academy awards in this year’s 93rd Oscars in categories such as Best Picture, Lead Actor, and Best Director. It is also nominated for the VES award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature. The Read more
Digital Titanic on a digital sea created by Digital Domain for the 1997 film. Legato earned an Academy Award for his work on Titanic. (Photo copyright © 1997 Twentieth Century Fox. All Rights Reserved) Rob Legato, ASC, didn’t set out Read more
Within four weeks of being released on Netflix, The Old Guard had been seen by 72 million households. The script for the action-fantasy was written by Greg Rucka, the creator of the graphic novel about a group of immortal mercenaries hunted by Read more
