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Mission: Implausible–The Making Of M:I’s Spectacular Bullet Train Sequence
ByDaniel Rennie May 13, 2020October 31, 2021
Learn the full story behind Mission: Impossible’s bullet train sequence from ILM’s visual effects supervisor, John Knoll, and digital effects artist, Stu Mashwitz. Plus, discover how they researched the formula for creating a great action sequence, and how Tom Cruise made that incredible leap from an exploding helicopter onto the bullet train. Mission: Impossible is…
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Why Underwater CG Hair Was So Hard To Get Right On ‘Aquaman’
ByDaniel Rennie December 9, 2019July 28, 2020
Aquaman introduced audiences to a new environment–an undersea world where the characters can talk, fight, and swim at high speed. While making actors look believable in an underwater environment required many different effects, lighting techniques, and harnesses, the most difficult effect proved to be the CGI hair. The CGI hair was a final touch. First,…
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How ILM Made the Ultimate CGI Hulk for ‘The Avengers’
ByDaniel Rennie October 9, 2019April 27, 2022
Marvel hoped ILM could create a realistic Hulk for The Avengers in 2012. But it was far from an easy challenge. The previous two films–Ang Lee’s Hulk (2003) and Louis Letterier’s The Incredible Hulk (2008)–misfired with audiences on numerous levels; the main issue is that both films failed to create CGI Hulks with naturalistic appearance or movement. ILM had played…
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From Concept Art To CG Model: How the Helicarrier Was Designed For ‘The Avengers’
ByDaniel Rennie May 23, 2019May 23, 2019
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 presence was non-negotiable. The Flying Fortress is an integral part of Marvel lore, synonymous as S.H.I.E.L.D.’s floating headquarters. So Marvel was adamant that it had to be in it, and…
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Inside Weta Digital’s Explosive Work On ‘The Avengers’ Helicarrier
ByDaniel Rennie May 17, 2019May 23, 2019
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 on S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Flying Fortress, disabling one of the ship’s turbines with a well-placed arrow that is packed with explosives. The explosion doesn’t take down the Helicarrier, but it does blow…
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