1. 6 Minutes of Darkness from PostPanic

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    PostPanic recently spent 6 months creating this 6 minute title sequence for the 2011 OFFF Festival, hosted in Barcelona. If this dark accelerated cyberpunk future doesn’t disturb you, then maybe you kept your eyes shut for too long or forgot to put your headphones on.
  2. Digital Hands Unleashed in Samsung Galaxy SII’s Ad

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    Any example of dance driving visual effects catches my interest, and this specific video has me giddily bouncing around in my seat with each viewing. via Fubiz video. After some searching for “hand dance”, I found this video. with over 6 million views, I’m surprised I didn’t come across it...
  3. Zombies Ruin Vacation

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    Zombies chomping (and being chopped) in reverse, for Zombie Island trailer. Houdini was used for rigging, animation, effects and rendering. A nice score for Toronto based SideFX software! Read the VFX breakdown here.
  4. Vancouver International Film Festival

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    The last two weeks have been pretty crazy. Back to work in a studio cubical and also attended the Vancouver International Film Festival. I started everything off with Monsters, and ended if off with the beautiful, French, somewhat depressing The Illusionist. In total I saw 28 films. Monsters Waste Land...
  5. Budget Film Making with Gareth Edwards

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    A month back I was forwarded an interview with Gareth Edwards, the director of Monsters. In the interview he talks about making a feature film on a small budget. I haven’t yet found out the exact budget, but the $15,000 number has been thrown around.  I’ll spare my opinions on...
  6. Thomas Schelesny – VFX Supervisor of “Enchanted”

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    In the afternoon of Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending Tony Chen’s 3D Animation Workshop in Gastown. The special guest for the evening was Thomas Schelesny. Tom is a Visual Effects Supervisor at Tippet Studios. He was the VFX Supervisor for Disney’s Enchanted and is currently supervising the FX for Sam...