Shows
befores & aftersThe VFX and stop-motion animation in 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' visual effects supervisor Angus Bickerton, and to Ian Mackinnon, stop motion supervising producer, and Chris Tichborne, animation supervisor -- covering sandworms, the plane crash and more!2024-11-0442 minbefores & aftersHow the astonishing real and mech dog in 'The Nevers' was madeIan 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.2023-08-1637 minbefores & aftersHow beloFX used Unreal Engine for their rooftop shots in 'The Last of Us'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.2023-08-1443 minbefores & aftersA comprehensive update on the state of play of Wētā Tools at UnityIan Failes from befores & afters chats to Unity's Natasha Tatarchuk about the announcement of the Unity Wētā Tools Division.2023-08-0731 minbefores & aftersTed Lasso's football matches were made on a 'stand-in' field, with greenscreen, crowd sprites and other VFXIan 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.2023-08-0731 minbefores & aftersHow they made that spectacular Harrison Ford bus/train jump in 'The Fugitive' with optical front projection techOn 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.2023-07-3138 minbefores & aftersSpecial effects supervisor Gerd Nefzer reflects on the practical effects of 'Dune'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.2023-07-2447 minbefores & aftersThe incredible scale, forced perspective, in-camera and invisible effects in 'I'm A Virgo'Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Todd Sheridan Perry about the incredible Boots Riley show, 'I’m a Virgo', which needed to feature a 'human' character 12 to 13 feet tall.2023-07-171h 16befores & aftersBlowing up model airplanes for a film (against hobby shop owner wishes!)Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to special effects coordinator Matthew Stratton about his miniature plane explosions and full-scale explosions for the Michael B Chait film, 'Wolf Hound.'2023-07-0919 minbefores & aftersMaking miniatures and props for 'Asteroid City'Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Asteroid City' miniature unit supervisor Simon Weisse about both props and models crafted for the Wes Anderson film.2023-07-0332 minbefores & aftersLooking back at the early innovative VFX in commercials with Eric DurstIan Failes from befores & afters chats to VFX supervisor Eric Durst about his early career in commercials for brands like Pepsi, Volkswagen and Polaroid where many major innovations took place in digital compositing, motion control and even morphing. 2023-06-2553 minbefores & aftersThe Left Angle founders discuss new comp and mograph tool AutographIan Failes from befores & afters chats to the co-founders of Left Angle, Alexandre Gauthier-Foichat and Francois Grassard, about their new compositing and motion graphics tool, Autograph.2023-06-1851 minbefores & aftersVirtual production on an indie budgetIan Failes from befores & afters chats to Steve Dabal, creative director at The Family, about indie sci-fi romantic comedy 'Molli and Max in the Future' which was made with the help of some fun practical effects and in-camera VFX with an LED volume.2023-06-1224 min
befores & aftersVirtual production on an indie budgetIan Failes from befores & afters chats to Steve Dabal, creative director at The Family, about indie sci-fi romantic comedy 'Molli and Max in the Future' which was made with the help of some fun practical effects and in-camera VFX with an LED volume.2023-06-1224 minbefores & afters'The Last of Us' VFX supervisor Alex Wang talks clickers, environments and THOSE giraffesIan Failes from befores & afters chats to 'The Last of Us' visual effects supervisor Alex Wang about orchestrating the massive VFX effort on the show, including crafting post-apocalytpic environments, the clicker creatures, and working with and building giraffes.2023-06-0533 minbefores & aftersHow 'Andor's' real London locations were the basis of Coruscant finalsIan Failes from befores & afters chats to Industrial Light & Magic visual effects supervisor Scott Pritchard about 'Andor'.2023-05-2927 minbefores & aftersHow 'Handmaid's Tale' used virtual production to plan a train station sceneIan Failes from befores & afters chats to 'The Handmaid’s Tale' visual effects producer Stephen Lebed and visual effects supervisor Brendan Taylor.2023-05-2226 minbefores & aftersHow this short film was a test bed for rigging and stylization tools, and new real-time compositing in Unreal EngineIan Failes from befores & afters chats to writer and director Chris Perry about his short, Little Bird, which used a number of bespoke tools for rigging characters, and for crafting a stylized look and feel in Unreal Engine.2023-05-1638 minbefores & aftersThe process of postvis on 'Cocaine Bear'Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Halon Entertainment co-founder Brad Alexander about the studio’s postvis work on 'Cocaine Bear'.2023-05-0821 minbefores & aftersBringing 'Matilda' to life with more VFX than you might at first realizeIan Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Matilda' production VFX supervisor Simon Stanley-Clamp, who also hails from Cinesite.2023-04-2955 minbefores & aftersTreating ships like characters in the final episode of 'Star Trek: Picard'Ian Failes from befores & afters chats Star Trek: Picard visual effects supervisor Brian Tatosky about the final episode of the series and that insane Borg and Enterprise-D encounter.2023-04-2332 minbefores & aftersUrban Bradeško, aka the Explosions Guy, talks sparse GPU accelerated volumetric fluid solver AxiomIan Failes from befores & afters talks to FX artist Urban Bradeško, aka the Explosions Guy, about the sparse GPU accelerated volumetric fluid solver, Axiom, which comes from Theory Accelerated.2023-04-1636 minbefores & aftersA preview of FMX with Mario MüllerIan Failes from befores & afters chats to FMX Project Manager Mario Müller for a preview of the FMX conference coming up later in April in Stuttgart.2023-04-1141 minbefores & aftersMaking vampire chimps for 'Let the Right One In'Ian Failes from befores & afters chats oto Ingenuity Studios founding partner and VFX supervisor David Lebensfeld about the Showtime series 'Let the Right One In.'2023-04-1127 minbefores & aftersThe history of markerless motion capture company Move.aiIan Failes from befores & afters chats to Anthony Ganju, one of the co-founders of Move ai, the markerless motion capture company which has developed software to extract human moton from video footage.2023-04-0946 minbefores & aftersVFX supe and director Adam Valdez on making the UE5 short 'Brave Creatures' with new real-time techIan Failes from befores & afters chat to filmmaker Adam Valdez about his short film made with Unreal Engine, Brave Creatures, including how the new Path Tracer rendering mode was used.2023-03-3135 minbefores & aftersVFX supe Russell Dodgson explores three seasons of 'His Dark Materials' magicIan Failes from befores & afters chats to His Dark Materials production visual effects supervisor Russell Dodgson, who hails from Framestore, about working on all 3 seasons of the show.2023-03-2645 minbefores & aftersHow to plan for huge VFX sequences: the VFX supe and VFX producer on 'Slumberland'Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Adrian De Wet and visual effects producer Eve Fizzinoglia about the making of 'Slumberland's' big VFX shots, including the companion pig, the flying goose and the cuban hotel. We look at how each was planned, shot and executed. 2023-03-1947 minbefores & aftersHow Blender Studio's latest film, with a realistic human character, was madeIan Failes from befores & afters chats to director Hjalti Hjálmarsson whose latest project is Blender Studio’s 14th open movie, Charge, which features a highly realistic human main character.2023-03-1353 minbefores & aftersHow they make the fire in 'Fire Country'Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Colin Strause about the CBS drama series 'Fire Country.'2023-02-2623 minbefores & aftersGo in-depth on the visual effects by Fuse FX for 'Wendell & Wild'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.2023-02-2032 minbefores & afters'The Voice in the Hollow' is an Unreal Engine short with a differenceThis 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.2023-01-2330 minbefores & aftersFramestore on designing an immersive exhibition for the Science Museum in LondonIan 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.2023-01-1634 minbefores & aftersScott Eaton on the state of A.I. in artIan 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. 2023-01-0839 minbefores & aftersEnding the world (multiple times) for 'The End is Nye'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.2023-01-0232 minbefores & aftersThe invisible effects of The NorthmanIan Failes from befores & afters chats to BlueBolt VFX supervisor Angela Barson and head of 3D Nic Birmingham about the invisible effects in 'The Northman'.2022-12-2046 minbefores & aftersFrom 'Gravity' tethers to Ragdoll DynamicsIan Failes from befores & afters talks to Marcus Ottosson, CEO and founder of Imbalance, which makes Maya animation physics plugin Ragdoll Dynamics.2022-11-3022 minbefores & aftersAccess:VFX has expandedIan 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.2022-11-2235 minbefores & aftersRob Bredow on the state of play of virtual production at ILMIan 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.2022-11-1429 minbefores & aftersKevin Baillie on the virtual production of 'Pinocchio'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.2022-11-0740 minbefores & aftersHow to build a CG mountain lion (and make it attack Kevin Hart)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.2022-11-0145 minbefores & aftersPinocchio: going from virtual production to VFXThis 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.2022-10-2028 minbefores & aftersMaking a CG zoetrope for a Pharrell Williams music videoIan 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.2022-10-1736 minbefores & aftersWētā FX on the tricky task of crafting battling Asgardian kids in Thor: Love and ThunderIan 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.2022-10-1021 minbefores & aftersHow DNEG Animation gave 'Entergalactic' its stylized lookIan 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. 2022-10-0640 minbefores & aftersSolving a 3D boat scan was a big part of Industrial Pixel's beginningsIan Failes from befores & afters chats to Ron Bedard from Industrial Pixel about the 3D scanning company's beginnings, including early boat scanning work. 2022-09-2824 minbefores & aftersThat time Tom Holland got hit by a bluescreen carThis week on VFX Notes with Hugo Guerra and Ian Failes, we're looking at the stunning C-17 / car / skydiving sequence in Uncharted, featuring Tom Holland. An array of bluescreen shooting, wire work, robot arms, and even a bluescreen car stuffy, were used. VFX were crafted by DNEG.2022-09-2642 minbefores & aftersRose Duignan and Hal Hickel on the history of ILMIan 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.2022-09-1650 minbefores & aftersHow FuseFX built ships and creatures, and de-aged Dolly Parton for s3 of 'The Orville'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. 2022-08-3033 minbefores & aftersRising Sun Pictures VFX supe Dan Bethell on 'Thor: Love and Thunder'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.2022-08-1847 minbefores & aftersBehind the lighting tech behind those stunning scenes in Ragnarok and Love and ThunderIan Failes from befores & afters talks to Carlo Van de Roer and Stuart Rutherford from Satellite Lab about their in-camera lighting and imaging technology used on the two most recent Thor films. 2022-08-1046 minbefores & aftersThe creatures of 'Resident Evil''Resident Evil' VFX supervisor Kevin Lingenfelser breaks down all the major creatures in the Netflix series in this chat with Ian Failes from befores & afters.2022-08-0546 minbefores & aftersMaking a bird skull god and a hippo god for 'Moon Knight'Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to Framestore's Stuart Penn and Chris Hurtt about Khonshu (the bird skull god) and Taweret (the hippo god) in 'Moon Knight'. 2022-07-3025 minbefores & aftersHow all those sparks in Pixar's 'Lightyear' were createdThis week on VFX Futures, Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Pixar effects supervisor Bill Watral about 'Lightyear'. We cover everything from light speed, to ship exhausts to the huge amount of sparks required on the film (yes, there's A LOT of sparks. A LOT.).2022-07-3024 minbefores & aftersThe main on end titles for 'Moon Knight'Ian Failes from befores & afters asks Perception's Doug Appleton and Seiji Anderson about their main on end titles crafted for 'Moon Knight.'2022-07-3029 minbefores & aftersftrack's Fredrik Limsater on the state of play of production trackingIan Failes from befores & afters is joined by Fredrik Limsater, CEO and founder of ftrack, to discuss some of the big changes that have occurred at ftrack lately, including the acquisition by Backlight.2022-07-3025 minbefores & aftersMoving from VFX to games: meet BlinkmoonIan Failes from befores & afters talks to Hugh Behroozy and Mohsen Mousavi, former VFX artists from Scanline, who are now working in the gaming space at Blinkmoon. 2022-07-3036 minbefores & aftersThe practical and digital effects of 1997's 'Anaconda''Anaconda' VFX supervisor John Nelson joins Ian Failes from befores & afters for a look back at 25 years since the unique film that saw animatronics and CGI combine.2022-07-3029 minbefores & aftersConcept designer Ben Mauro on building his HUXLEY universeConcept designer Ben Mauro joins Ian Failes from befores & afters for a discussion about Mauro's HUXLEY universe. We talk graphic novels, film projects and NTFs. 2022-07-3035 minbefores & aftersZendaya and Tom Holland's wire work, digi-doubles, and the art of comp'ing hairHow Luma Pictures helped craft the VFX of the opening sequences of 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'. Join Ian Failes from befores & afters and Luma Pictures VFX supervisor Brendan Seals as they discuss bluescreen wire stunts, hair keying and city building.2022-07-3026 minbefores & aftersThe evolution of Richard Linklater's rotoscoped animation filmsIan Failes from befores & afters talks to Tommy Pallotta, Head of Animation and Producer on Richard Linklater's 'Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood', about the evolution of the rotoscoped animation techniques on this and a number of previous projects.2022-07-3014 minbefores & aftersDe-ageing, destruction and other digital effects in ‘The Adam Project’'The Adam Project' VFX supervisor Alessandro Ongaro joins Ian Failes from befores & afters to discuss the film, including the spaceship effects, wormholes, time soldiers and the de-ageing work. 2022-07-3037 minbefores & aftersPixar's Danielle Feinberg on the studio's new tech in 'Turning Red'Ian Failes from befores & afters catches up with Pixar visual effects supervisor Danielle Feinberg to discuss 'Turning Red', including a look at the new animation tech used on the film called 'profile movers' for rigging and animating such expressive characters.2022-07-3023 minbefores & aftersFrom VFXer to trucker: Louis Katz's storyFormer VFX artist and now truck driver Louis Katz shares his up and down and inspirational journey with Ian Failes from befores & afters. 2022-07-3035 minbefores & aftersThe art and tech behind 'The Witcher's' NivellanA round-table discussion with members of ILM's crew who helped bring Nivellan to life for s2 of 'The Witcher'. Ian Failes from befores & afters discusses with ILM the on-set performance by Kristofer Hivju and the fully CG head and face final shots, including the adaptation of ILM's Flux tech.2022-07-3040 minbefores & aftersWhat it's like to work on the VFX for a Super Bowl spotWith the Super Bowl and its massive set of commercials being seen around the world just this past week, we thought it might be interesting to find out more about how a Super Bowl ad is made. Here's Untold Studios creative director Ben Cronin with Ian Failes from befores & afters discussing the VFX behind the Frito-Lay 'Push It' spot.2022-07-3048 minbefores & aftersDouglas Trumbull on his plan to change cinemaSadly, a true pioneer in the visual effects industry passed away this week. Doug Trumbull was a real innovator, and someone passionate about the cinema experience. In this never-released audio, he chats with Ian Failes from befores & afters about the future of cinema.2022-07-3014 minbefores & aftersThe making of SideFX's new renderer, KarmaMark Elendt and Brian Sharpe from SideFX talk to Ian Failes from befores & afters about the development of their new Karma renderer inside Houdini.2022-07-3031 minbefores & aftersThe visualization tools and techniques behind The Third FloorDane Smith, Vice President at The Third Floor, and Casey Schatz, Head of Virtual Production at The Third Floor, speak with Ian Failes at befores & afters about the particular tools and workflows used at the studio for visualization.2022-07-3056 minbefores & aftersHow Halon previs'd 'Free Guy'Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Halon previsualization supervisor Ryan McCoy and Halon on-set supervisor Grant Olin about the previs of 'Free Guy'. 2022-07-3047 minbefores & aftersChristos Obretenov on the new wave of stylized renderingLollipop Shaders' Christos Obretenov and befores & afters' Ian Failes discuss the explosion of stylized rendering in animation right now.2022-07-3038 minbefores & aftersHow do you edit a live action/CG hybrid film?'Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway' editor Matt Villa (ASE, ACE) joins befores & afters' Ian Failes to discuss the piecing together of early storyboards and animatics, live action plates and work-in-progress effects shots on the film.2022-07-3025 minbefores & aftersHow a deep learning renderer was used to re-animate a character's lines in 'Free Guy'Digital Domain VFX supervisor Nikos Kalaitzidis talks to befores & afters' Ian Failes about how the studio's deep learning face-swapping tool called Charlatan was used to replace lines on Channing Tatum's game character in the film.2022-07-3022 minbefores & aftersFacial capture, CG and cut scenes on Codemasters’ 'F1 2021'Ian Failes from befores & afters chats with REALTIME CG director Ian Jones and DI4D co-founder Dug Green about the 'Braking Point' cinematics in Codemasters' F1 2021, and the motion capture, facial capture and real-time work behind them.2022-07-3030 minbefores & aftersFramestore's FIRA for portable real-time rig deformationFramestore's Theo Jones and Leo Hills join Ian Failes from befores & afters to discuss the studio's FIRA machine learning tech, used for the extension of proprietary simulation and rigging tools to real-time workflows.2022-07-3028 minbefores & aftersWhere are we at with virtual production?Jim Geduldick from Dimension joins Ian Failes from befores & afters to discuss the current state of play of virtual production.2022-07-3051 minbefores & aftersThe first model or miniatureModelmaker David Ross and b&a's Ian Failes discuss the first ever use of a model or miniature in a film.2022-07-3042 minbefores & aftersThe first film to use an all-CG photoreal characterAnimation supervisor Webster Colcord and Ian Failes from befores & afters dive deep into the history of all-CG photoreal characters on film, looking for the "first" one that appeared on the silver screen.2022-07-301h 12befores & aftersThe first digital wire removal on a filmVisual effects digital artist Katie Morris and b&a's Ian Failes discuss the first ever digital wire removal shot from a feature film.2022-07-3059 minbefores & aftersThe first digital matte paintingMatte painter Liz Hume and b&a's Ian Failes discuss the first digital matte painting done for a film.2022-07-3033 minbefores & aftersThe first digital face replacement in a filmLola VFX's Trent Claus and b&a's Ian Failes discuss which film was the first to use a digital face replacement.2022-07-3053 minbefores & afters25 years of FoundryIn this sponsored podcast, befores & afters editor Ian Failes talks to Foundry founders Bruno Nicoletti and Simon Robinson about the early days of the company, the first plugins sold, how the Nuke acquisition from Digital Domain happened, and other key milestones in Foundry's quarter-century history.2022-07-3055 minbefores & aftersThe first motion capture used in a filmMotion capture performer and actor Marta Svetek and befores & afters' Ian Failes discuss where mocap first made it into a feature film.2022-07-3057 minbefores & aftersThe first motion control shot in a filmGeneral Lift's Joe Lewis and b&a's Ian Failes discuss the first time motion control was used in a film.2022-07-3051 minbefores & aftersThe first NLEs and digital editing, with Evan Schiff'Birds of Prey' and 'John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum' picture editor Evan Schiff joins Ian Failes from befores & afters to discuss NLEs and digital film editing. 2022-07-3049 minbefores & aftersThe first Nuke compositeWhat was the first composite done in Nuke at Digital Domain? That's what Ian Failes from befores & afters and Hugo Guerra from Hugo's Desk discuss in this episode.2022-07-3059 minbefores & aftersThe first ocean simulation in a filmMR.X lead FX artist Gus Sanchez-Perez and b&a's Ian Failes discuss the first ever ocean simulation in a film.2022-07-3049 minbefores & aftersThe first previs for a filmPrevis supervisor Margaux Durand-Rival and befores & afters’ Ian Failes discuss the first time previs was used for a feature film.2022-07-3045 minbefores & aftersThe first stop-motionStop-motion animator and video illusion creator Kevin Parry and b&a's Ian Failes ask, 'What was the first film to use stop-motion?'2022-07-3048 minbefores & aftersThe first use of chrome ballsCAVE Academy founder Jahirul Amin and b&a's Ian Failes discuss the first ever use of chrome balls for a film. (Note: be sure to check the show notes for an update on what is discussed in the podcast)2022-07-3042 minbefores & aftersWhat was the first film to use Houdini?Houdini artist Matt Estela and befores & afters editor Ian Failes reveal which film was the first ever to use Houdini.2022-07-3022 minbefores & aftersThe first cloud tankDNEG's Gavin Graham and b&a's Ian Failes discuss the first ever cloud tank used on a film. 2022-07-3043 minbefores & aftersPaul Debevec on Light Stage 3Ian Failes from befores & afters and Paul Debevec, Director of Research, Creative Algorithms and Technology at Netflix and also an Adjunct Research Professor, USC Computer Science & USC ICT, discuss Light Stage 3 and its role in many Hollywood productions.2022-07-301h 00befores & aftersHow the 'Harry Potter' miniature Hogwarts Castle was madeIan Failes from befores & afters chats to model supervisor Robbie Scott from 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', to look back at the creation of the Hogwarts Castle miniature from the first film.2022-07-3028 minbefores & aftersThe alpha channel and Alvy Ray SmithComputer graphics pioneer Alvy Ray Smith and befores & afters' Ian Failes discuss the invention of the alpha channel.2022-07-3045 minbefores & aftersElastic RealityIan Failes from befores & afters chats to software developer Paul Miller about the making of Elastic Reality, one of the 'hot' pieces of VFX software from the 1990s.2022-07-3046 minbefores & aftersThe Bullet Time rig from The MatrixIan Failes from befores & afters talks to Frank Gallego, who at Innovation Arts worked with his team, Manex Visual Effects and others to help design and manufacture the 121-camera bullet time rig used for 'The Matrix'.2022-07-3054 minbefores & aftersThe Dinosaur Input DeviceCraig Hayes, one of the original developers of the Dinosaur Input Device (DID), tells Ian Failes from befores & afters how it came about on Jurassic Park.2022-07-3037 minbefores & aftersWelcome to the befores & afters podcast!You've found the new destination for the VFX podcasts previously known as VFX Futurs, VFX Firsts and VFX Artifacts....all of these are now part of the befores & afters podcast from Ian Failes!2022-07-3000 min
Ask An ArtistHow To Build Meaningful Relationships with Ian FailesIan Failes joins Luke to talk about building meaningful relationships in the VFX industry. Ian has written for magazines such as FXGuide, Cartoon Brew, VFX Voice, 3D Artist, 3D World, Thrillist, Syfy, Inverse, Digital Arts, Rolling Stone, Polygon, and more. Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, he traveled to different studios, events, and conferences across the globe and built relationships with various people. Now, due to restrictions, he shares how virtual space broadens his horizon when it comes to building relationships. Highlights Building meaningful relationships in the VFX industry - 3:37 VFX Journalism...2022-01-1045 min