Jason Momoa’s Slumberland was released in select theaters and became available Friday the 18th for streaming on Netflix, but despite Jason Momoa riding the giant goose with the help of CGI, the film didn’t get the audience appreciation.
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Rise of the studio of the apes: Crafty Apes expands to appoint first-time CEO and new Technology officer
Crafty Apes, the full-service visual effects studio has been rapidly expanding since post-Covid productions picked back up, especially the Baton Rouge office, which serves as a primary stop for post-production magic in Louisiana and is well-known for its talented pool of VFX artists and supervisors.
The wonderfully developed blend of digital and prosthetic creatures defining the decadent terror of ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities aired on Netflix as a four-night Halloween event and has gotten a lot of deserved hype, combining art in motion and digital VFX technology.
A virtual production blockbuster: Sony Pictures Entertainment buys out 100% of Pixomondo
Sony Pictures acquired Pixomondo from Mayfair Equity Partners. Pixomondo is an elite titan of virtual production and their talent will give Sony Pictures an even more formidable presence in the XR arena.
From ‘Sinbad’ to ‘House of the Dragon’: Marking VFX eras by the aesthetic evolution of the CGI dragon
For all the gloss of big-budget spectacles, the CGI roots of cinematic dragons have an old-world creative genealogy – every increasingly lifelike dragon that climbs onscreen was built on the influences of a previous imagination.
If Comic-Con and SIGGRAPH had a baby: What to expect at Epic’s Unreal Fest 2022
Epic Games is bringing their annual Unreal Fest back to a live audience this year. The festival will make camp in New Orleans from October 17th to the 20th for three full days of speakers, presentations, and industry innovations in XR and virtual production.
An intro to visual effects: ‘The Rough Cut’ post-production podcast hosts Crafty Apes to discuss “The art and business of VFX”
Kolby Kember and Sarah McCulley teamed up to represent the Crafty Apes Baton Rouge visual effects team this week for an episode of The Rough Cut podcast with Matt Feury.
The Unreal Engine vs. Unity PR prize fight: Who won the summer for news that matters to VFX artists
Here’s the timeline for some of the most notable happenings this summer by two of the biggest platforms empowering VFX creators, Unreal Engine and Unity.
“F*** yeah, let’s do it.” The creators of ‘Shapes’ banter about creative chemistry, good horror, and crafting brain gore from a grape
John Kellar, Noel Savoy, and Kevin Conlon sat down (or laid in bed) to reflect on ‘Shapes’, a short horror film about a shapeshifting entity that has a habit of preying on the flesh of its roommates.
Nuke Codex: Nodes Within Nodes – The Book on Nuke Compositing
Nuke Codex: Nodes within Nodes is a dynamic book by Daniel Smith (Compositing Supervisor at FuseFX) that will help you learn Nuke quickly and get you up and running using this powerful tool in a few days.
The marsh atmosphere in ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ and the editing and VFX relationship that helped shape it
When you cut through the external buzz of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’, what you have is an adventure mystery built on the foundation of an atmosphere. The marsh – the buzz of cicadas and the sun that drips down through the cypress trees – it’s a living piece of this story. The effects and the composition are paramount.
We talked to editor Alan E. Bell and VFX Supervisor Kolby Kember of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ about how they helped build the atmosphere of Crawdads with their editing and visual effects expertise.
‘Slicing Adam Savage’s Nose’ explores the millenia-old question: Are digital or practical effects better?
Niko, Wren, and the Corridor Crew visit Adam Savage’s Cave in San Francisco to recreate the practical effect of “slicing” Jack Nicholson’s nose in the 1974 noir classic “Chinatown” with CGI.
‘Light & Magic’ docuseries about industry pioneers at ILM to premiere on Disney+ July 27th
James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and more offer their insights on the growth of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). “Light & Magic” is a six-part docuseries that premieres for streaming on July 27th on Disney+.
Wild Capture is bringing humans to life with innovations in volumetric video
We talked to Louis Normandin, the Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer for Wild Capture, who provided us with a deeper understanding of innovations in volumetric video, and how translating captured human performances into pristine data sets evokes an experience that is both surreal and vividly alive.
John Bashyam of Warm & Fuzzy discusses projection mapping and VFX wizardry behind the latest ZipRecruiter video
ZipRecruiter’s latest commercial achieved its visually flowing workplace scenes with 3D projection mapping and frame blending skills of the team at Warm & Fuzzy, the digital animation and design studio co-founded by John Bashyam.
While We Render: A VFX Podcast hosted by David Hirsh
“While We Render” is a VFX podcast hosted by David Hirsh, 3D production manager at Crafty Apes VFX. On “While We Render”, David speaks to industry professionals who bring Hollywood magic to life.
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Love, Death + Robots Visual & Audio Effects [BTS]
Two ‘Love, Death + Robots’ BTS videos allow us to peek inside the animation of Jibaro and Bad Travelling, two stories featured in Love, Death + Robots Vol. 3.
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Where The Crawdads Sing: The Book Brought to Life [Trailer]
Where The Crawdads Sing trailer is released! This mystery thriller based on the global best-selling novel was entirely shot in Louisiana, with Crafty Apes providing the VFX.