‘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...
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...
Shark POV: How ‘Jaws’ Improved On The POV Shot Used In ‘The Creature From The Black Lagoon’ February 17, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Cinematography, Director's Chair, Featured, Filmmaking, Home, Steven Spielberg borrowed the underwater POV shots from the 1950s Universal monster movie but eclipsed...
Watch How Spielberg and DP Douglas Slocombe Shot A Classic Dolly Shot in ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ February 17, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Featured, Home, Spielberg and Slocombe know how to craft the perfect "oner". Editor Vashi Nedomansky has shared...
Bolaji Badejo Terrified Audiences As The Xenomorph In ‘Alien’, And His Experience Inside The Suit Wasn’t Much Better January 19, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Acting, Character, Costume Design, Design, Featured, Home, When Alien hit theaters in 1979, it introduced us to a horror icon: the Xenomorph....
Source Code: The Visual Influences Behind ‘The Matrix’ November 15, 2020 Daniel Rennie Off Cinematography, Concept Art, Design, Director's Chair, Effects, Featured, Filmmaking, Home, Production Design, VFX, When The Matrix hit cinemas in 1999, audiences were introduced to groundbreaking aesthetics. The film...
How James Cameron’s Big Break Working For Roger Corman Led To ‘The Terminator’ July 17, 2020 Daniel Rennie Off Director's Chair, Effects, Featured, Filmmaking, Home, Special Effects, James Cameron's road to The Terminator involves designing "a mother-ship with breasts," electrocuting worms, directing...
Mission: Implausible–The Making Of M:I’s Spectacular Bullet Train Sequence May 13, 2020 Daniel Rennie Off Effects, Featured, Home, Stunt Work, Stunt Work, VFX, Learn the full story behind Mission: Impossible's bullet train sequence from ILM's visual effects supervisor,...
The VFX Monster Mashup Of Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ February 16, 2020 Daniel Rennie Off Effects, Featured, Franchises, Home, Puppetry and Make-up, The Witcher, VFX, How the show's VFX team created unique monsters for a unique fantasy series The Witcher...
The Witcher’s Anya Chalotra Explains How Prosthetics Got Her Into Character February 12, 2020 Daniel Rennie Off Effects, Featured, Home, Puppetry and Make-up, The young sorceress Yennefer is one of the highlights of Netflix's The Witcher. Learn how prosthetics...