An audience unfamiliar with the Dune universe might say, “Dune totally ripped off their sandworm idea from Tremors.” But Frank Herbert wrote the original Dune in 1965, so maybe Tremors is the real ripper-offer here. Let’s compare them.
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Revenge-hungry dogs, 11-foot bears, and head-chomped octopi: the diverse approaches to special effects that make the wild look real in 2023
From recent releases to upcoming movies of 2023, here are current projects that melded a variety of VFX and CG approaches to give audiences the realest, coolest on-screen animals.
What’s your blood type? A lesson in the stylistic spectrum of movie gore
So many gory movies have iconic blood and every movie has its own style and grace, so today we pay homage to the ancestral bloodlines of…well, blood. Let’s get bloody.
The Last of Us VFX: Midseason observations on enhancing chaos, apocalyptic shrubbery, and 88-pound bodysuits
Creators Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin – and Weta, ILM, Crafty Apes, and the other dozen or so VFX studios that contributed – what they emulated from video game into live-action was a world so striking, that we needed to make midseason obvervations on The Last Of Us VFX and practical effects.
Helping Ben Affleck Get Away With Murder: Deep Water BTS Special FX Breakdown
Zack Kutcher of SpectrumFX, Special Effects Coordinator of Deep Water (starring Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck), talks about all the practical special effects for this Hulu Original Film.