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Language of Film: SpecialEffectsTimely News:
VFX Team Talks MulanWatchmen VFXWhat 7 Creature Performers Looked Like before VFXILM Reveals Skywalker VFX ReelVFX Masters Look Beyond De-agingThe Lion King VFX ExplainedHow Hollywood Special Effects De-Ages Actors (video)Why The Irishman De-Aging Process is Better ThanMarvel’sGemini Man VFX Team On Creating a Younger Will SmithDUMBO VFX BreakdownILM Bird Box VFXStar Wars: A look inside Solo’s Visual EffectsDigital Actors: Are They Ready for Their Close-upsSolo’s Visual EffectsBad VFX, Overused CGI in Marvel VFX Avengers Infinity War InterviewCGI of Coens’ Ballad of Buster ScruggsVFX: Ready Player OneBehind the Magic: VFX Avengers Infinity WarVFX Tricks: Black Panther Suit; Car CrashAvengers ‘Infinity War’ VFX VideoVFX Nominees on Their Top Digital SecretsShape of Water’s Visual Effects TechniquesHow Blade Runner Made Sean Young Look Young AgainBlade Runner 2049 & Practical EffectsValerian Special Effects‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ Lifelike Visual Effects‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ FeaturetteWonder Woman Visual Effects
David Fincher, Cinematic MagicAlien Convenant, Mocap, VFXGuardians of The Galaxy Without Special EffectsFantastic BeastsRogue One VFX: How To Blow Up A PlanetVFX/Interview Hacksaw RidgeAdvanced Imaging/VR Society AwardsOriginal Star Wars VFX‘Deathly Hallows’ Special Effects RevealedWatch the trailer for “Hollywood’s Greatest Trick”Contender: Rogue OneHow 2016s films looked before CGI‘Batman vs Superman’ VFX Breakdown‘Rogue One,’ ‘Jungle Book’ Advance in Oscar VFX RaceVirtual Reality Impacts Visual Effects RaceJohn Knoll (Rogue One); Meet John Knoll‘Arrival’, ‘Kubo’ Among VFX Oscar ContendersHigh Stakes: This Year’s Oscar VFX RaceSpecial effects behind MoanaJungle Book Claims VFX TrophyCGI in Doctor Strange2017 Contenders?History of Visual EffectsVFX in Miss PeregrineSpecial Effects in Deep Water HorizonCpt America: Civil War, Black Panther VFX BreakdownMad Max: Without Special EffectsPeek Behind SW: The Force AwakensGhostbusters VFX Reel‘The BFG’ Visual Effects Wizard on MocapWarcraft SFX/ Doc on Warcraft & ILM (video)How Kubrick’s SFX Expert Aided This Indie Sci-Fi FilmWonderful Old School Art of Practial Effects Trumps CGIThe Art of Visual EffectsMovie Special Effects: Amazing Before & After Shots
Recommended resources:
All About Special Effects (PBS/NOVA)Avatar Pushes The Limits of Special Effects (video)A Brief Visual History of Motion Capture Performance on FilmCGI: It’s use in Hollywood filmsA cinematic journey through visual effects (Tedtalk)Empire of Dreams (George Lucas/Star Wars doc) streaming video20 Movie Scene Special Effects: Before & After50 greatest matte paintings of all timeGreen screen technology powers amazing appHistory of Special Effects (streamed video)History of Special Effects (montage)History of Visual Effects: Milestones136 Years Of Visual Effects Evolution In One VideoILM: Creating the Impossible (stream)Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)Industrial Light & Magic’s Greatest Hits (video)It’s Art Magazine
Lesson Plans:Movie Dinosaurs (Newton’s Apple)Hollywood Special Effects: How Did They Do That?Special Effects Teacher’s Guide (NOVA)Special Effects: Titanic & BeyondVisual Effects: Seeing Is Believing (AMPAS/Oscar TeacherGuide Series)
Knowing More About SFXLife After Pi (video)Making of Jurrasic Park (documentary)Nova: The Magic of Special EffectsPan’s Labyrinth – Makeup and Special EffectsRevolution of SFX In MoviesSpecial EffectsStash: online video effects magazine10 Pre-2000 Movies With Special Effects That Still Hold UpTodayTop 10 Motion Capture Performances (video)
Top 50 Movie SFX ShotsVFX: Going Behind The Magic (video series)VFX World (Online magazine)Visual Effects of Iron Man (documentary)Weta Digital WorkshopWithin A Minute (Stars Wars Doc, 3 parts)
Recommended resources:
Awesome Special Effects, Capstone Press (2015)
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