War of the Worlds | Retro Articles
Review: In DP 05 : 2005, ILM chased special effects through a brand new pipeline for Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds film. A test run with time pressure - in the middle of a big-budget production.
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MPC releases its latest showreel!
Dragons, flying saucers, Elvis hip-swinging - and other things that whirl through the air. The VFX service provider's latest showreel features Monster Hunter, Jordan Peele horror, the King of Rock 'n' Roll - and more.
Bigger & Better
Review: In DP 04 : 2009, effects company ILM realised gigantic robots for Michael Bay's second part of the tin-and-bending brothers from Transformers. "Mindbending" or "sand in the gears"?
Thousands of parts
Looking back: In DP 05 : 2007, the ILM team was looking for new ways to bring the Transformers to the big screen - and came up with a solution that had a decisive impact on the industry.
The Crystal Ship: Breaking Bad Concept Art
Bondok Max explains modelling, texturing, composition, Redshift rendering and lighting for a Breaking Bad-inspired vehicle scene.
Head-Mounted Capture at the 2021 Sci-Tech Oscars
An fxguide feature examined the 2021 Scientific and Technical Awards and the development of head-mounted facial capture by Technoprops, Standard Deviation and Weta Digital.
The BFG | VFX-Breakdown
Visual effects with giant growth: Weta Digital lets Sophie and the giant off the leash!
Time for Oscar
It's that time again: the film titles for the Oscar shortlist in the "Best Animated Feature" category have been published. 18 films made the preselection.
Transformers – Revenge of the Fallen
The year's biggest action blockbuster from Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg is coming to DVD and Blu-ray and includes exciting making-of features.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen—An Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Look in the Current DP
A dream comes true: ILM designs the cover image for DIGITAL PRODUCTION.
Spielberg Begins 3D Motion-Capture Tintin Production
Steven Spielberg begins The Adventures of Tintin with Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig, using Weta Digital performance capture.
A New Stereo 3D Blockbuster
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Paramount Pictures have announced that production has begun in Los Angeles on the 3D motion-capture film The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn.
Indy Makes an Impressive Return
More than 1.07 million cinema admissions over the weekend and two Bogeys for Universal Pictures International Germany
Framepool Works for Spielberg
For three new Hollywood productions, Framepool licensed various landscape and aerial shots as well as documentary footage: director Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” “The Pink Panther 2,” and “Anaconda 3” with David Hasselhoff.
INDIANA JONES 4 – Filming completed
The last clapperboard fell a few days ago. At www.indianajones.com there is an exclusive video about the end of filming.