Tippi Hedren’s Ordeal Filming ‘The Birds’ Climactic Attic Scene Delivered a Classic Hitchcock Suspense Scene November 16, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Director's Chair, Stunt Work, https://youtu.be/pwOhqGhP-mk In The Birds, director Alfred Hitchcock deliberately mimicked the claustrophobic shower murder scene in...
‘Casino Royale’: How To Reveal Character Through Action Just Like 007 August 25, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Character, Character, Featured, Screenwriting, Stunt Work, Writing, After 24 films, the James Bond franchise knows how to devise exciting new ways to...
The AI-Generated Barbenheimer Movie Trailer That Turns Barbie Into An Atomic Scientist July 24, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Artificial Intelligence (AI), Home, Barbie and Oppenheimer hit theaters on July 21. Dubbed, "Barbenheimer", both films have saved Hollywood after a string...
The Flash VFX Artist Zach Mulligan Reveals Bad CGI “Was Made In A Week.” June 24, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off DC, Effects, Home, VFX, The Flash has taken heavy criticism for its bad CGI. Now, Zach Mulligan, a VFX artist...
The Astounding Practical Effects Of Terminator 2’s Iconic Canal Chase June 7, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Effects, Home, Practical Effects, Stunt Work, Miles of cables, blowing life-size vehicles sky-high, elaborate set-pieces, and the lack of computer-generated trickery--they're...
Goldfinger’s Laser: How Movie Serials Influenced Bond’s Near Castration–And Why It Replaced Dissection By Buzzsaw in Ian Fleming’s Novel December 2, 2022 Daniel Rennie Off Editing, Home, Special Effects, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoQwKe0lggw The third James Bond film, Goldfinger, turned agent 007 into a global phenomenon. His...
Will Disney Research’s AI FRAN Revolutionize Re-Aging of Actors? December 1, 2022 Daniel Rennie Off Home, Puppetry and Make-up, VFX, Deepfakes trolled Hollywood for years. They're cheaper, faster to use, and often better than more...
‘The Living Daylights’: Old School Miniature Effects Helped Give The Hercules Cargo Plane Sequence An Epic Scale July 17, 2022 Daniel Rennie Off Home, James Bond, Special Effects, VFX, The standout action sequence in The Living Daylights involves a Lockheed Hercules C-130 cargo plane...
Octopussy’s Flight Risk: The Full Story Behind the Acrostar BD-5J Microjet And The Coolest James Bond Opener Ever July 16, 2022 Daniel Rennie Off Featured, Home, James Bond, Special Effects, Stunt Work, VFX, After being dropped from Moonraker, the Acrostar BD-5J microjet made a big impression in Octopussy. Learn how stunt...
How ‘Rogue One’ Brought Back Characters From ‘A New Hope’, ‘Rebels’, And ‘The Clone Wars’ December 7, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Home, Star Wars, VFX, Rogue One is set in the preceding days before the start of Star Wars: A New...