Chris McGowan
Writer: VFX / VR / Eco / Brazil. Co-author of a book on Interactive Media and author of two books on Brazilian Music. SciFi novelist. VFX Voice contributor.
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3 weeks ago |
vfxvoice.com | Chris McGowan |Ross Auerbach
“As far as VFX education, we are constantly seeing new pieces of software and technology being implemented into the pipeline. That is something we are always grappling with when it comes to learning,” says Professor Flip Phillips of The School of Film and Animation at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Each VFX and animation school explores the implementation of new tech differently, such as virtual production and AI.
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1 month ago |
vfxvoice.com | Chris McGowan
Images courtesy of Miagui and Netflix, except where noted. For Overall VFX Supervisor Marcelo Siqueira, Netflix’s mini-series Senna was a chance both to pay tribute to the Brazilian Formula 1 racing legend Ayrton Senna and to put Brazil on the global VFX map. The $170 million production was reportedly the most expensive series in the nation’s history and involved 2,089 visual effects shots across six episodes and six different VFX vendors.
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Jan 7, 2025 |
vfxvoice.com | Chris McGowan |Ross Auerbach
Cinema audiences are increasingly showing an appetite for higher-resolution, higher-quality movies, often with large-format presentations and/or 4D effects. Soon, they will also be exploring AR movie augmentations and an increasing number of film-related experiences as well. “When audiences began returning to theaters after the pandemic, they wanted experiences that they couldn’t get in their homes.
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Jan 7, 2025 |
vfxvoice.com | Chris McGowan |Ross Auerbach
Despite the lingering effects of 2023’s writers’ and actors’ strikes, the streamers continue to disrupt the industry. “Streaming has increased the demand for VFX work and accelerated the growth of all parts of the production and post-production industries,” says Tom Williams, Managing Director of DNEG Episodic.
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Jan 6, 2025 |
vfxvoice.com | Chris McGowan
January 07 2025 Now more than ever, VFX is on stage. From the Glastonbury music festival to the mega-format venue Sphere to the play Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a new generation of visual effects is enlivening live performances, often involving LED walls, sophisticated projectors, real-time engines and/or XR (extended reality). “Shows are ever increasing in size and becoming more and more of a visual feast.
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