How the artistic innovations behind the 'Spider-Verse' films led to a Scientific and Technical Award
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Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to the Sony Pictures Imageworks recipients about their Scientific and Technical Award stemming from stylized and artistic innovations on the 'Spider-Verse' films.
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ILM’s Ben Morris reflects on ‘The Last Jedi’ and ‘ABBA Voyage’
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Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Ben Morris, creative director at ILM London. Here we jump into two of the large projects he helped oversee at ILM, which were Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and ABBA Voyage. We go into the innovations required on those projects, and we explore ILM’s move into things like immersive concert and other experiences.
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ILM's Rachel Rose on the R&D side of visual effects
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Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Rachel Rose, Director of R&D at ILM, about the development of virtual production and real-time tools, like StageCraft, and her work on the tools Block Party for rigging and Fez for facial animation.
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ILM's Jeff White breaks down that incredible oner from 'The Avengers'
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Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Jeff White, now creative director at ILM Vancouver, on his roles on the Transformers films, the development of BlockParty, that New York oner in The Avengers and the creature work in Kong: Skull Island.
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Rob Bredow shares 'Solo' stories, and how ILM inspired him before he was even at ILM
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Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Rob Bredow, Senior Vice President, Creative Innovation at Lucasfilm, about his time at ILM.
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A deep dive into Wētā FX's visual effects for 'A Minecraft Movie'
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Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Wētā FX visual effects supervisor Sheldon Stopsack and animation supervisor Kevin Estey about 'A Minecraft Movie', including the character Malgosha.
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ILM's Janet Lewin reflects on more than three decades with the studio
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Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Janet Lewin, senior vice president, general manager and head of ILM, on her 30 year-plus history with the studio.
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The creatures of 'Keeper'
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Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Keeper' production visual effects supervisor Edward Douglas and to Jenn Taylor, Image Engine’s visual effects supervisor on the film, about taking the practical creatures further.
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Our new ILM podcast series starts with Dennis Muren!
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Today at befores & afters, we’re launching into a special 10 episode series with Industrial Light & Magic as part of the release of the new book. For the first episode, Ian Failes sits down with senior visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren, a multiple VFX Oscar winner and someone who has worked on some of the most influential visual effects films in history - from the original Star Wars saga, to E.T., Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park.
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Alec Gillis on the practical effects design process for 'Predator: Badlands'
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Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to creature effects legend Alec Gillis from Studio Gillis about his work on 'Predator: Badlands.'
info_outlineIan Failes from befores & afters chats to Rachel Rose, Director of R&D at ILM, about the development of virtual production and real-time tools, like StageCraft, and her work on the tools Block Party for rigging and Fez for facial animation.