visual effects

Good Story Line or Visual Effects?Which 1 Would You Prefer?

I was wondering one day.People usually go to the cinema to watch a movie.Most of the time when I asked them,"What is the story about?"They would answer,"I don't know.The effects were good...

A Multimedia Buffet for You

Just finished having a late lunch in San Jose with bicycle-riding auteur/sage/animator M dot Strange.One of the topics we touched on was artists (whether they're musicians, filmmakers, writers,...

The VFX Work Behind 'Enchanted'

Disney's 'Enchanted' is one of those movies where the visual effects shots play simply as magic ... without calling unnecessary attention to themselves. VFXWorld has a piece explaining how director...

Sony wants to sell a slice of its visual effects and animation groups

From today's NY Times:Sony Pictures Entertainment is considering selling half of its fledgling animation studio, maker of the films “Surf’s Up” and “Open Season,” and even more of its thriving...

Aguru Images commercializing USC's Light Stage technology

When I was at USC earlier this week, Elisa Wiefel and Krisztina Holly of the Stevens Institute happened to mention Light Stage, a technology developed at USC's Institute for Creative Technologies,...

Tron's 25th Anniversary: A Chat with Director Steven Lisberger

An e-mail from Michael Coate reminds me that today is the 25th anniversary of the release of 'Tron' in 1982.'Tron' was the movie that served as the "shot heard 'round the world" for...

Late Notice: 'Tron' and 'Star Trek II' playing in Santa Monica w/ directors present

Just a quick link... if you're in the LA area, here's an option for Sunday evening: a double feature of 'Tron' and 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.' 'Tron' director Steven Lisberger and 'Star Trek...

The state of the VFX industry, in Variety

David S. Cohen has two pieces in Variety on the state of the visual effects industry at the start of summer movie season.In a piece headlined 'Blockbusters take toll on f/x shops', he...