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July 2004 |
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Written
and directed by first-time filmmaker Kerry Conran, Sky Captain and
the World of Tomorrow is a stylized and imaginative spin on the old
Republic serials, achieved via an unorthodox approach to effects filmmaking.
With remarkable result, artists at World
of Tomorrow, the production's own effects company established to handle
the task -- and aided by more than a dozen visual effects subcontractors
-- relied exclusively on bluescreened performances by the film's principal
actors, composited into backgrounds constructed entirely from digital
models, photographic and archival material.
Article by Joe Fordham |
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In his
epic film Troy, loosely adapted from Homer's The Iliad,
director Wolfgang Petersen called upon effects artists across three
continents to re-create the fabled city and depict its subsequent destruction.
Led by visual effects supervisor Nick Davis, physical effects supervisor
Joss
Williams and makeup effects supervisor Daniel Parker, artists conjured
expansive views of ancient cities, complex battle scenes involving thousands
of warriors, and the arrival of the massive Greek armada -- a feat made
possible through the clever combination of live-action and innovative
digital technology.
Article by Joe Fordham |
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When
global warming causes a sudden catastrophic climate shift, storms, floods,
tornadoes and other extreme weather phenomena are unleashed upon earth's
inhabitants in director Roland Emmerich's disaster film, The Day
After Tomorrow. Visual effects supervisor Karen
Goulekas commanded a veritable army of effects companies and artists
charged with using modern digital technology to depict the calamitous
conditions and wholesale destruction of cities and recognizable landmarks
with frightening reality.
Article by Jody Duncan |
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Serving
up a smorgasbord of creatures in homage to the Universal horror films
of old, Van Helsing resurrects Dracula, Frankenstein's monster
and the Wolf Man, among others, to battle the venerated vampire killer
of the film's title. Principal effects vendors Industrial
Light & Magic and Illusion
Arts - along with a dozen other companies -- provided director Stephen
Sommers with creature designs and character animations, as well as digitally
derived 19th-century Transylvania locales, while Captive
Audience Productions tackled special makeup effects.
Article by Jody Duncan |
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