vfx

I could write a book about all the rhymes and reasons to why vfx looks bad in some movies and looks great in another, when both movies had the same vendor.

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 86 - CGI vs. Practical | /Film 2010

This kind of control over effects has given Rinsch the ability to pitch Small as a modestly budgeted film with a big scale vfx look and feel.

Exclusive: Concept Art and Info from Carl Erik Rinsch’s Small | /Film 2010

Finally getting excited for Iron Man 2 bsg vfx: anatomy of a cylon

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Sony imageworks did the vfx, who also did vfx for alice in wonderland.

Exclusive: Green Lantern’s Suit Will Be CG | /Film 2010

On the other hand, I have seen shots where it would have been much more cost effective to use vfx and the final product would have suspended the audiences disbelief more effectively.

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 86 - CGI vs. Practical | /Film 2010

This is encouraging news for creative boutiques that offer image, brand strategy, vfx and production as a ‘one-roof’, direct-to-client offering.

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Now a comment on bad cgi, I can't bring myself to blindly defend bad vfx like the response in the filmcast, but I do understand his sentiment and how much work is involved even for bad cgi.

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 86 - CGI vs. Practical | /Film 2010

So my take on it is, vfx and practical need to work in unison.

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 86 - CGI vs. Practical | /Film 2010

Something of an eyebrow raise since Weta and ILM are usually the top dogs a film like this would attract. vfx supervisors on the project are Karen Goulekas (The Day After Tomorrow) and Kent Houston (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus).

New Green Lantern Concept Art Revealed! Sony ImageWorks To Do Visual Effects 2010

If there is any justice in the world District 9 will win every award it was nominated for, including best picture, vfx, and adapted screenplay.

Harvey Weinstein is Certain 'Basterds' Will Win Best Picture « FirstShowing.net 2010