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Discover Movie Magic
Feb 8th
I don’t know if you remember this TV Show, but few years ago, when I was a kid, this is how I discovered the magic world of Special Effects for Films. I was so a huge fan of this show that watched it again and over again. In French, the name was “Le cinéma des Effets Spéciaux”
Today, I just wanted to look back at it, and offer you some videos about the show I found on the internet.
I’d really like to have them on DVD, but it never released…
You’ll find a Page on this blog named Movie Magic.
Enjoy !
Albert Whitlock – Master of illusion
Feb 7th
Here is a really nice video of Albert Whitlock Matte-Painting showing some of his work. I’m a huge fan of traditional Matte Painting. It’s always really impressive to see people creating photo realistic environment on a glass.
Dylan Cole video interview
Feb 6th
Dylan Cole is one the best Digital Matte Painter at the moment ! You have seen some of his work in the biggest vfx movies from the last years like Lord of the Rings, Van Helsing, Aviator, Chronicles of Narnia, Superman Returns,The Golden Compass or GI-Joe.
This is an interview he gave to CGChannel few years ago.
Here is his website : http://www.dylancolestudio.com
David Stipes – Visual Effects Supervisor
Feb 6th
David Stipes is a two time Emmy® Award winner with over 30 years of experience in the film industry in various aspects of visual effects and animation.
David worked as a Visual Effects Supervisor on four Star Trek
series: “The Next Generation,” “Voyager,” “Deep Space Nine,” and
“Enterprise”. David championed the use of computer-generated imagery (CGI) for Star Trek, which completely changed how the visual effects are created for the shows.
Prior to Star Trek, David created visual effects for a number of science fiction television series including “Buck Rogers,” “Battlestar Galactica,”The Flash,” “V” and “Intruders.”
David also operated his own studio for more than 12 years producing visual effects for such feature films as “Circuitry Man,” “Creepshow,” “Lawnmower Man,” and “Real Genius.” David has had over twenty industry related articles published and is currently an instructor at The Art Institute of Phoenix.
He accepted to share with us some of his photos and tell us more about it.
Buck Rogers in 25th Century” TV show. (1979) I am standing in front of a multi-plane matte painting set-up. Painting is by Dan Curry who later went on to become a Visual Effects Supervisor and Producer on “Star Trek.” This kind of set up allowed layers of glass to slide and provide drifting cloud effects.
ILM Matte Painting
Feb 6th
Let’s start this blog by an incredible video of Caroleen Green and Mike Pangrazio when they were working at ILM as traditional matte painter. You can see some of their work on Indiana Jones or Star Wars.
In this video, you can easily understand how they mixed the live plate with the glass painting, how tricky it was.
Welcome on Making FX
Feb 5th
Hi there !
Welcome on MakingFX, a new blog dedicated to the magic world of effects for films industry trough the age. You’ll find resources about the Matte Painting, traditional and digital, from the old school way to do effects to the latest techniques, SFX, miniatures, animatronics, Make-up…
I’ll try to present you some articles, thoughts, interviews, videos, resources, about the special and visual effects industry.
Feel free to leave some comments !
