Jeremy Renner’s arms are CGI’d in the movie Tag (because he broke them)
Listen, we here at Flixist understand that moviemaking is a difficult business. Expect the unexpected, because shit happens, and you have to salvage ...
Tag: Visual Effects
Behind-the-scenes Warcraft footage shows ILM making lifelike orcs
Here at Flixist, we’ve been both cautiously optimistic and also somewhat skeptical about the Warcraft movie. We like director Duncan Jones a whole ...
After the Credits: The Academy Award Gravity didn’t deserve to win
I have nothing but respect for Emmanuel Lubezki. He’s an excellent cinematographer who has composed some spectacular shots in his time. But I ...
Features
Before VFX: An apology to the Visual Effects community
If you spend any significant amount of time on film- or tech-oriented websites, you’ve probably seen some coverage of the controversy surrounding the ...
Prometheus visual effects breakdowns show practical roots
So, first off, this first video has some mild spoilers for the opening scene of Prometheus. I’m cool showing this since, again, it’s literally talking ...
Oscar list of Top 10 VFX films proves it was a bad year
I am not a fan of CGI, but, for whatever reason, 2011 had a number of truly terrible examples of VFX. If you couldn’t ...
Check out this neat FX test for Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man
I love the first two Spider-Man movies from Sam Raimi, so much so that I remain hesitant about the new remake-prequel’s ability to tell ...
Flixclusive Interview: Max Ivins, LOOK Effects [Part 1]
There are two types of interviewees: ones that need to be poked and prodded in order to say anything meaningful, and ones who ...
Flixclusive Interview: Max Ivins, LOOK Effects [Part 2]
Since posting part one of my interview with LOOK Effects Supervisor Max Ivins, I was able to see his handiwork in the The ...
The Muppets masterminds wanted to keep things “tangible”
I think I’ve made it very clear that I am not a fan of CGI. Films like Rise of the Planet of the ...
The necessity of visual consistency (and why CGI sucks)
Imagine you were born in the final decade of the 1800s. You are alive just at the birth of cinema. You see moving ...
Flix for Short: The Village
The Village from Pedro Sousa | visuals on Vimeo. You know why I love playing The Sims? Because it’s like being God. I ...