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How They Did It: District 9

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Vancouver's Image Engine completed 311 visual-effects shots for the film, with the responsibility of animating three main characters as well as the larger numbers of aliens populating the film. So how did a largely unheralded Vancouver VFX facility land the job of creating amazing CG aliens for one of the coolest movies of the summer?...

Keyframe Digital Fills a VFX Warehouse for Syfy

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Keyframe co-founders Clint Green and Darren Cranford lead the shop on a production task that can include upwards of 200 different effects per show....

ILM Builds the Bots for IMAX Shots in Transformers Sequel

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

With over 52,632 parts and nearly 12 million polygons, the robot is the biggest model Industrial Light & Magic has built in its 30 years of model making. And they built the bot for IMAX shots....

Pitch-Black VFX for Fast & Furious

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Fast & Furious had many artists at Double Negative working in the dark. Literally. Three sequences in the film have chases through mine shafts. Two of those tunnels were unlit except for car headlights and taillights, and one had only overhead tungsten lights with shades....

Spec Director Scores Super Bowl Slot With Red-lensed Doritos Ad

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 0:00:00 EST

Heimbold shot "Power of the Crunch" on a single day in downtown L.A. with a donated Red camera (from SIM video), a tiny lighting package, and a dedicated, fast-moving crew working free or for peanuts as a favor....