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Fire, explosions, water and deer: the visual effects of season 3 of 'The Night Agent'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Chad Wanstreet about the visual effects of season 3 of 'The Night Agent'.
The visual effects of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' visual effects supervisor Jason Zimmerman about virtual production, digital characters, space scenes and motion graphics.
How to get the most out of the VES On-Set VFX Data Collection and Usage Guide
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Sheena Duggal, and VFX supervisor and virtual production supervisor Jim Geduldick, about the newly released VES On-Set VFX Data…
Behind the visual effects of 'Ted' season 2, including the bear, and the deepfake Bill Clinton
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Ted' s2 visual effects supervisors Hoyt Yeatman and Blair Clark about the creation of the main character, and the deepfake work that went into the…
How ILM invented ambient occlusion for 'Pearl Harbor'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to ILM's Ben Snow and Hayden Landis on the 25th anniversary of 'Pearl Harbor', looking back at key ILM innovations, including ambient occlusion, from the…
A mysterious creature in a mysterious retirement community: the VFX of 'The Boroughs'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Tara DeMarco about 'The Boroughs', and the creature, environment, TV distortion effects and other VFX in the Netflix show.
A deep dive into the visual effects of 'Murderbot'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Murderbot' production visual effects supervisor Sean Faden.
The old-school show-within-a-show in 'Wonder Man' used some old-school effects techniques
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to production visual effects supervisor John Haley about 'Wonder Man', including on the use of forced perspective miniatures.
The art of CG ping pong balls and crowds in 'Marty Supreme'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Marty Supreme' visual effects supervisor Eran Dinur about crafting the ping pong match VFX in the film.
How to make a photoreal CG octopus: the VFX of 'Remarkably Bright Creatures'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Remarkably Bright Creatures' visual effects supervisor Chris Ritvo about Untold Studios' delightful octopus in the film and how it was made.
In-depth on the all the key explosive visual effects in Netflix's 'Man on Fire'
Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to 'Man on Fire' visual effects supervisor Kevin Lingenfelser about the residential tower destruction, the lear jet sequence and that signature 'man on…
How the artistic innovations behind the 'Spider-Verse' films led to a Scientific and Technical Award
Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to the Sony Pictures Imageworks recipients about their Scientific and Technical Award stemming from stylized and artistic innovations on the 'Spider-Verse'…
ILM's Ben Morris reflects on 'The Last Jedi' and 'ABBA Voyage'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Ben Morris, creative director at ILM London. Here we jump into two of the large projects he helped oversee at ILM, which were Star Wars: The Last Jedi,…
ILM's Rachel Rose on the R&D side of visual effects
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Rachel Rose, Director of R&D at ILM, about the development of virtual production and real-time tools, like StageCraft, and her work on the tools…
ILM's Jeff White breaks down that incredible oner from 'The Avengers'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Jeff White, now creative director at ILM Vancouver, on his roles on the Transformers films, the development of BlockParty, that…
Rob Bredow shares 'Solo' stories, and how ILM inspired him before he was even at ILM
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Rob Bredow, Senior Vice President, Creative Innovation at Lucasfilm, about his time at ILM.
A deep dive into Wētā FX's visual effects for 'A Minecraft Movie'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Wētā FX visual effects supervisor Sheldon Stopsack and animation supervisor Kevin Estey about 'A Minecraft Movie', including the character Malgosha.
ILM's Janet Lewin reflects on more than three decades with the studio
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Janet Lewin, senior vice president, general manager and head of ILM, on her 30 year-plus history with the studio.
The creatures of 'Keeper'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Keeper' production visual effects supervisor Edward Douglas and to Jenn Taylor, Image Engine's visual effects supervisor on the film, about taking the…
Our new ILM podcast series starts with Dennis Muren!
Today at befores & afters, we're launching into a special 10 episode series with Industrial Light & Magic as part of the release of the new book. For the first episode, Ian Failes sits down…
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