Making Falcon Fly In ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
Falcon, the trusty sidekick of Steve Rogers, first took flight in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Sharing Rogers patriotic duty, the two became fast friends even before…
HR Giger Designed A Batmobile For ‘Batman Forever’–And It’s As Strange As You’d Expect
H.R. Giger is best known for his unsettling biomechanical designs in Alien. Even director Ridley Scott admits, the film would probably not exist without the…
Texas Switch: The In-Camera Technique That Makes Actors Look Like Stuntmen
One of the common questions audiences have about action films is: Did the actor perform their own stunts? While a few actors perform some stunts,…
From Concept Art To CG Model: How the Helicarrier Was Designed For ‘The Avengers’
For ‘The Avengers’, director Joss Whedon had the unenviable task of bringing the iconic S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier to the big screen. Marvel told Whedon the Helicarrier’s…
How Scanline VFX Created the Helicarrier’s Impressive Take-Off
The Helicarrier made an impressive debut in ‘The Avengers’. While standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier, Steve Rogers and Bruce Banner watch massive…
Inside Weta Digital’s Explosive Work On ‘The Avengers’ Helicarrier
The Helicarrier is the setting for the Avengers’ first fight as a team. Well all most. Hawkeye, under the control of Loki, leads an attack…
How Color Brought The Avengers Together In Their First Big Screen Team-Up
Now that Avengers: Endgame has brought the Infinity Saga to a close, it is hard to believe that bringing Marvel’s marquee characters together in…
The Science And Visual Effects Behind Ant Man’s Quantum Realm
In Ant-Man and the Wasp, Marvel brought to life one of its more mysterious locations–the Quantum Realm. As is often the case in the world…
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Tim Burton’s Batman 3 Almost Got The Comic Book Treatment
DC Comics has created a number of homages to cult TV shows based on their characters. Batman ’66, was a continuation of the Adam West…
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The Dark Knight’s Makeup Artist On Creating A Different Look For Heath Ledger’s Joker
Recently John Caglione Jr, the makeup artist on The Dark Knight, spoke with IGN on bringing Heath Ledger’s Joker to life. Caglione Jr is no…
