When Walt Disney released his first five-minute film, Steamboat Willie, he never imagined that his cel-based animation would form the basis of an entire industry, committed to experimenting with and …
New animation techniques used in The Amazing Spiderman 2
With the revamp of the Spiderman franchisee and the release of The Amazing Spiderman, new standards were set for the Hollywood animation and special effects industry. The 2014 sequel of …
How to Find Jobs in Animation and VFX
You’ve had professional training in animation. You’ve painstakingly learnt all the relevant software in order to join the in-demand artists of the special effects industry. But how to find the …
Big Animation Studios vs. the Birth of Indie Production
With the release of blockbuster animations, like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, in the 1980s, Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. and every other major animation studio began hiring artists and designers from …
Stereoscopy
We live in a three dimensional world. And a new renaissance of stereoscopic cinematography is attempting to bring that dimension to life on the screen. With stereoscopic filmmaking comes an …
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – A VFX breakdown
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are the latest superheroes to hit the big screen. The four brothers: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo originally hit the theaters in 1990. They returned …