April 2010
103 posts
“A celebrity is one who works hard all his life to become well-known and then...”
– Fred Allen (1894 – 1956) U.S. comedian and satirist
The Effects of Dragons, Fire, and Fur at...
CGSociety :: Production Focus 29 April 2010, by Renee Dunlop Just as the title, ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ implies, DreamWorks had an unruly task to wrangle. From layers of furry clothing to characters with two heads, there was a lot to keep an eye on. By the time the DreamWorks Animation film was in the can, VFX Supervisor Craig Ring might have wished he had two heads (and could...
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient...”
– Dr. Seuss (1904 – 91) U.S. cartoonist and writer
VFX Fall Preview: 10 Movies to Watch
*Where the Wild Things Are (Warner Bros., Oct. 16) But the visual effects that are usually the most beloved each year are the ones that move us. Framestore, Digital Rain, Iloura and Quantum Creation FX are all part of bringing Spike Jonze’s version of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s tale to the big screen. Judging from the trailer, the combination of digital faces and...
VFX Fall Preview: 10 Movies to Watch
*A Christmas Carol (Buena Vista, Nov. 6) Robert Zemeckis and his ImageMovers (with some help from Gentle Giant Studios and Plowman Craven & Associates) have crafted another performance capture epic. This time Jim Carrey takes on Scrooge of all ages as well as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future in this stylized version of Charles Dickens’ classic. With each film, Zemeckis...
VFX Fall Preview: 10 Movies to Watch
* The Box (Warner Bros., Nov. 6) Richard Kelly’s horror thriller finds Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a couple presented with a twisted gift. Inside a box is a button, if they choose to push it they will receive $1 million, but as a result a stranger will die somewhere in the world. Providing vfx for this Twilight Zone-like tale are Pixel Liberation Front, Gradient Effects and Quantum...
“’Hope’ is the thing with feathers —
That perches in the soul —
And...”
– Emily Dickinson (1830 – 86) U.S. poet
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time , An Interview...
Hollywood News: How do you assess this summer’s box office battle? Can Prince of Persia win in spite of not being in 3-D? Jerry Bruckheimer: I hope so. I don’t know if it will win it, but it will certainly be a contender. It’s a terrific film, so we hope for the best. Jake, you’ve dabbled in action before. How did you enjoy being a full-on action hero? Jake Gyllenhaal: You were struggling for...
Can You Create The con folder?
We all have read that the ”con” folder can’t be created in Windows XP. Neither can a folder with no name can be created. Well, guess what it’s possible to do both. And here’s how its done :- *Rename folder from the right click option…….. Now press alt and press 255… (The digits must be pressed from the numpad or using the fn key in laptops) To create...
Password Protect Folders Without Software
For this to work you must :- *Be having a login password for your user account. *Have formatted the partition where the folder is using NTFS. And here’s how its done :- *Right-Click the folder you want to make password protected and chose “Sharing and Security” *Check the “Make This Folder Private” box. The password for this folder to open will be...
Alice’s Visual Challenge: Make You Believe ‘World...
HOLLYWOOD — Not unlike the March Hare, visual effects guru Ken Ralston hurled everything but the kitchen sink at Alice in Wonderland to conjure a big-screen version of Lewis Carroll’s magical mystery world. “The whole movie is based on the fact that we’ve got to make you believe this world of insanity,” the four-time Oscar winner says. “Therefore the audience needs to believe Alice’s interactions...
The Last Airbender is Also Being Converted into 3D
Deadline has learned that Paramount Pictures is jumping on the post-conversion 3D scam bandwaggon with M. Night Shyamalan-directed The Last Airbender. I had a feeling this was coming as producer Frank Marshall filed the following tweets earlier this month: Looking at 3-D test… Looking at 3-D for various projects, I think it’s here to stay, but not right for all movies… So far, feels like it’s...
“Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one...”
– George Moore (1852 – 1933) Irish novelist
Plans to turn Leavesden into permanent studio...
It was a few weeks ago when we reported that plans were underway to turn Leavesden Studios - the huge complex where all eight Harry Potter films have been shot - into a full on studio and keep a permanent Harry Potter area for fans who’d like to see the real sets. The Watford Observer is reporting this evening that those plans have now been approved and finalized: Warner Brothers, which has...
