visual effects
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The Wanting Mare Looks Like a Lyrical Sci-Fi Dreamscape
Sometimes you watch a movie trailer and think “I have no idea what the hell I just watched, but I’m totally here for it.” That’s probably about to happen to you with the trailer for The Wanting Mare.
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This Short Documentary Digs Deep Into Some Of Total Recall’s Most Memorable Visual Effects
When Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 film Total Recall was released, some of the people who worked on the film’s visual effects didn’t even get their names in the credits. That’s how little even the people making the movie knew about an industry that was still in its infancy.
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None Of The Visual Effects Magic Behind Netflix’s The Christmas Chronicles Came From The North Pole
Long gone are the days when holiday revelers were satisfied with fake potato-flake snow or stop-motion puppets for their festive entertainment. Christmas movies are visual effects smorgasbords now, and Method Studios reveals all the digital magic it mustered to turn Kurt Russell into Saint Nick for Netflix’s The Christmas Chronicles.
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Watch This Sculptor Recreate Raiders Of The Lost Ark’s Creepiest Scene Using Crayons And A Hair Dryer
If made today, the Raiders of the Lost Ark scene with Major Toht’s grisly demise would undoubtedly be created using a digital stunt double and complex CG fluid simulations. But in the early ‘80s, old-school practical effects were still a Hollywood staple, and using crayons, sculptor Steven Richter demonstrates just how simple it is to…