Former ILM model maker Fon Davis is leading a multimedia project titled MORAV: The History of Robotic Warfare. A graphic novel has already been released and live action webisodes will appear in the future. If you're interested in robotics or miniatures, check out his sites:
Plus: Rhythm + Hues 25th Anniversary, Roger Deakins, Craig Barron and the history of matte paintings, The Amazing Spiderman, Brave, Hugo, Real Steel, John Carter, Prometheus, ParaNorman, Side Effects 25th Anniversary and much more.
Now online, four "lost" ILMfan articles:
Ralph McQuarrie, conceptual designer and illustrator, and the designer of the original Star Wars trilogy, passed away March 3, 2012, aged 82, at his home in Berkeley, California.
Rango, directed by Gore Verbinski wins Best Animated Feature Film of 2011 at the 84th Academy Awards, February 26, 2012.
Congratulations to the whole ILM team!
Pamela Glintenkamp former director of the Lucasfilm Archival History Project is the author of the third ILM book. It will cover the last 16 years, where the last book left off (circa 1995). It will be released Novermber 1, 2011 by Abrams Books.
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Category: Miscellaneous
Brian Pohl, former pre-vis artist at ILM and now supervisor at POV, will teach a second course in Previsualisation & Cinematography as part of the CGWorkshops.
Category: Event
ILM will be interviewing candidates for FX and Lighting TDs and Shake and Inferno compositors in Los Angeles this Wednesday December 6, 2006.
Category: Technology
Vicon, makers of optical motion capture systems, recently announced that ILM has acquired 40 Vicon MX40 Cameras.
Category: Article
The official Star Wars site has an article detailing the creation of the planet Felucia from Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith. On the other hand issue 167 of the Star Wars newsletter profiles Michael Smith, who runs the Javva the Hutt cafe, while issue 168 mentions how the ILM Model Shop built the Princess Leia bikini costume from Return of the Jedi.
Category: Miscellaneous
ComingSoon.net is reporting that former ILM member Joe Letteri will be supervising the VFX, provided by Weta Digital, for James Cameron's Avatar.
Identity Thief, directed by Seth Gordon and with visual effects by Gradient Effects Vancouver, Crazy Horse Effects, ILM and Base FX, has been added to ILMfan Credits.
Paranormal Activity 4, directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, who also directed the third installment, has been added to ILMfan Credits.
The credits for Back to the Future, directed by Robert Zemeckis, have been completed.
The credits for Cocoon, directed by Ron Howard, have been completed.
The credits for The Goonies, directed by Richard Donner, have been completed.
Statistics: Posted by Kaero_Shan — Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:08 am
ninja turtle wrote:vfx fan wrote:THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 3 (FINAL SEQUENCE) will be released later this year. I can't wait.
Me too. The first two have, imho, the best cast ever assembled:)
vfx fan wrote:
THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 3 (FINAL SEQUENCE) will be released later this year. I can't wait.
Statistics: Posted by ninja turtle — Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:57 pm
Statistics: Posted by ninja turtle — Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:54 pm
Statistics: Posted by The Cynic — Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:57 pm
Statistics: Posted by vfx fan — Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:23 am
ninja turtle wrote:
I don't know for the movie itself, but the vfx look pretty solid.
ninja turtle wrote:
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Statistics: Posted by vfx fan — Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:41 pm