Carpenter's Budget VFX
You don't need a big budget to tell a good story, even one reliant on extensive visual effects. Few understood this better than John...
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- Dec 8, 2021
- 3 min
My favourite things: 2021 Edition
We’re near the end of this “wonderful” year and I don’t think there’s anyone who’s sad about that! Trying to look at the glass as half...
- Oct 9, 2021
- 1 min
The cutting edge VFX of Star Trek IV
As goofy as Star Trek IV is, it had some cutting edge effects for its time. It was the first movie ever that used 3D scanning! While the...
- Sep 25, 2021
- 1 min
Dry for wet filming technique
On this episode we explore another really cool movie technique. Dry for wet! When things are hard to shoot in the water - and they always...
- Sep 1, 2021
- 1 min
Cloud Tanks - Explain like I'm five, VFX edition: E01
You might not know the technique but you certainly know the movies it's being used on! Cloud tanks are Hollywood's way to create magical,...
- Mar 14, 2021
- 1 min
NFT [non fungible token]
NFTs are a really exciting development for artists around the world. Before diving in though there are a couple of things you need to...
- Jun 15, 2020
- 1 min
Gregory Crewdson: Movies in still images
Gregory Crewdson is a unique fine art photographer. His images draw inspiration from cinema and his production very much reflects that. ...
- Nov 28, 2019
- 1 min
The Long Take - The illusion of a continuous shot and the real thing
Long takes can be incredibly beautiful! Wether they are truly done in one take or scenes stitched together, the result almost certainly...
- Dec 11, 2018
- 1 min
The Art Of Rotoscoping
Rotoscoping is a very tedious process that can provide some amazingly good results! In this video I’m going through some of the most...
- Mar 21, 2015
- 1 min
Please Subscribe. A movie worth checking out
Please subscribe is a movie that’s been on my Netflix watch list for a long time! It’s about youtube and the people behind some of the...
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