befores & afters

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Paul Santagada, who was visual effects supervisor at FuseFX on Henry Selick's stop-motion film  Wendell & Wild.

This week on the befores & afters podcast, we're chatting to visual effects supervisor Frank Petzold about All Quiet on the Western Front , which is VFX Oscar nominated this year.

VFX supervisor Rob Legato looks back on 25 years since the James Cameron film was released. (And yes we talk about Propeller Guy!)

A special guide on all the places to find befores & afters VFX and animation content: beforesandafters.com web articles, the print magazine and this podcast! 

This week on the befores & afters podcast, Ian Failes chats to director Miguel Ortega about his African fable of sisterhood, envy and ancient evil made with Tran Ma called The Voice in the Hollow, and made with Unreal Engine.

Ian Failes chats to Gavin Fox, Henry Trotter and Lauren Anderson from Framestore about something a little different than visual effects: designing the 'Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination' exhibition at the Science Museum in London.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to artist, designer, and photographer Scott Eaton--well known for his work in anatomy and digital figure sculpting--on his use of A.I. in his own art, and his take on where A.I. in art is going. 

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to VFX supervisor Jeff Okun about his work for 'The End is Nye' -- the series where Bill Nye is placed in some crazy end of the world scenarios.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to BlueBolt VFX supervisor Angela Barson and head of 3D Nic Birmingham about the invisible effects in 'The Northman'.

befores & afters chats to Outpost VFX visual effects supervisor Richard Clegg about the moment Galadriel, Elrond and Celebrimbor forge the Three Rings in Prime Video's 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.'

A special VFX Insight edition of the befores & afters podcast with Reallusion VP of marketing John Martin who discusses AccuRIG. AccuRIG is Reallusion's application designed for fast and accurate character rigging. It lets users turn static models into animatable 3D characters which can then be used in a bunch of DCC programs like iClone, Unreal Engine, Unity, Maya, Blender and more.

Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to Marcus Ottosson, CEO and founder of Imbalance, which makes Maya animation physics plugin Ragdoll Dynamics.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to ACCESS:VFX founder Simon Devereux and new European chapter head Chris Kiser about their latest efforts to improve diversity in the VFX industry.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Rob Bredow, SVP, Creative Innovation, Lucasfilm and Chief Creative Officer, ILM, about the latest on StageCraft and other virtual production workflows at the studio.

This week on the befores & afters podcast, Ian Failes chats to VFX supervisor Kevin Baillie about the virtual production methods utilized on Robert Zemeckis' Pinocchio .

This week on the befores & afters podcast, Ian Failes chats to Milk VFX about the film, Me Time, and specifically the mountain lion sequence in that film in which Kevin Hart's character happens to run into a mountain lion and its cub in the desert.

This week on the befores & afters podcast, Ian Failes chats to MPC visual effects supervisor Ben Jones about the VP to VFX workflow on Robert Zemeckis' 'Pinocchio', especially in relation to Geppetto's workshop, where Pinocchio first comes to life.

Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to Electric Theatre Collective's Greg McKneally about the Pharrell Williams, 21 Savage and Tyler, the Creator music video for the song 'Cash In Cash Out', and its CG zoetrope.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to  Wētā FX crew members on the VFX for the third act battle in Thor: Love and Thunder. You'll hear from Wētā FX CG supervisor Jo Davison and compositing supervisor Tim Walker.

Ian Failes chats to DNEG Animation about their approach to the 'pushed' and stylized look in Scott 'Kid Cudi' Mescudi's 'Entergalactic'. On the podcast are visual effects supervisor Archie Donato, animation director Kapil Sharma and digital producer Chrissy Metge. 

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Ron Bedard from Industrial Pixel about the 3D scanning company's beginnings, including early boat scanning work. 

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Rose Duignan and Hal Hickel, who both appeared in the 'Light & Magic' documentary, about the early days of ILM, the practical-to-digital transition, and the latest innovations at the studio.

Scott Mann from Flawless discusses the use of the AI tool TrueSync to redub some scenes in his film, 'Fall', where a few F-bombs needed to be changed for the film's classification.

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to FuseFX visual effects supervisor Tommy Tran about season 3 of 'The Orville', including on new ships, creature designs, and the de-ageing work on Dolly Parton. 

RSP visual effects supervisor Dan Bethell talks to Ian Failes from befores & afters about his studio's work on Thor: Love and Thunder, including the opening scenes, baby Thor, and the final shot.