befores & afters

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Hugo Guerra about the process of designing and directing a promo for the ZEISS CinCraft Scenario camera tracking system, using virtual production techniques and more.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats all things practical effects with Richard Taylor from Wētā Workshop, including their animatronic creature suit for horror film 'The Tank'.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Ryan Urban about the video for band Big Time Rush's song Weekends, working with director Michael B Chait.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to make-up effects designer Nick Dudman about Trollocs and Fades is s2 of 'The Wheel of Time'.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Industrial Light & Magic visual effects supervisor Jonathan Privett about Netflix's Life on Our Planet, including the challenge of live-action plate shoots and building many creatures.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'The Wheel of Time' visual effects supervisor Andy Scrase and visual effects producer Brian Shows.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to VFX supervisors Kelly Port and Matthew Butler, who began in the early days of Digital Domain and have since risen to become senior production VFX supes. They reflect on DD's 30th anniversary with many cool stories about the studio.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to El Guiri Studios creative director Rodrigo Blass and DP and lookdev supervisor Jonnie Catalan about the stunning 'Sith' short featured in the Star Wars 'Visions' series.

Ian Failes talks to Floating Rock Studio about its launch into original IP with KYORYU, an Unreal Engine made short that features genetically re-engineered dinosaurs which have survived humans and become the dominant species.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to the Goodbye Kansas team behind their trailer for the Phantom Liberty expansion for Cyberpunk 2077, which features a digital double CG version of Idris Elba.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to MPC production visual effects supervisor Jason Billington and animation director Matt Everitt about the film 'Strays'.

Ian Failes from befores & afters looks back at the tech and artistry at PDI from the 1998 CG-animated film 'Antz' with VFX supervisor Ken Bielenberg.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Foundation' VFX supervisor Chris MacLean about season 2, including the Demerzel scenes, Spacers, the Bishop's Claw Beki, the Stone Eaters, spaceship scenes, the big battle in ep 9, de-ageing work, facial scramblers and so much more.

Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to Framestore VFX supe Nicolas Chevallier and head of creatures Pierre-Loic Hamon about the Framestore workflow from actor capture to final character.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Mike Fink, a veteran visual effects supervisor who won a VFX Oscar for The Golden Compass and was also nominated for Batman Returns, looking back at key moments in his career, including the incredible bamf'ing effect in X-Men 2.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to The Third Floor's Casey Schatz, who was simulcam supervisor on 'The Way of Water', but also responsible for several other virtual production aspects of the film.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Mohen Leo, the production visual effects supervisor on 'Andor'.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Tom Turnbull about the Tim Burton series from Netflix.

Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to production VFX supervisor Grady Cofer and production animation supervisor Hal Hickel about season 3 of 'The Mandalorian', including the use of StageCraft, practical effects and digital effects for Grogu and IG-12, and the final jetpack battle.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'The Nevers' production visual effects supervisor Johnny Han and Accenture Song visual effects supervisor Emanuel Fuchs about the incredible Shockdog.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to beloFX visual effects supervisor Oli Atherton and CG supervisor James Roberts to discuss their work on 'The Last of Us', including incorporating Unreal Engine into the VFX pipeline.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Unity's Natasha Tatarchuk about the announcement of the Unity Wētā Tools Division.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to on-set visual effects supervisor James MacLachlan about season 3 of 'Ted Lasso', the stand-in pitch used for filming and the stadium and crowd replication VFX used.

On the 30th anniversary of 'The Fugitive', Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to visual effects William Masa, then at Introvision, about the VFX 'front projection' and miniatures shots with Harrison Ford in the spectacular train and bus crash sequence.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Dune' special effects supervisor Gerd Nefzer, an interview previously carried out for SPARK FX. It seems timely in this current wave of discussion on practical and digital effects in modern movie-making.