Step by Step: BeowulfBy Ellen Wolff 
There’s a moment near the finale of Paramount Pictures’ Beowulf that reflects the wide-ranging techniques needed to pull off Director Robert Zemeckis'... Step By Step: Heineken Taps a Cyborg KegBy Ellen Wolff 
This is not your typical beer commercial—no rowdy bar buddies are shown tapping a keg. Instead, Heineken has elected to advertise its Draught Keg beer by using what appears to be an old-fashioned flapper in platform heels... Step By Step: Evan AlmightyBy Ellen Wolff 
Universal Pictures’ Evan Almighty was designed to have visual effects of mythic proportions, and a raft of houses—including the big facilities Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and Rhythm & Hues... |
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Step By Step: The NFL on FoxBy Ellen Wolff 
This promises to be the year of “transformers,” and Fox Sports Graphics and Blur Studios have already made menacing robots work for them. . Fox chose Blur Studio in Venice, Calif. to animate the 3D-CG show opener for its National Football... Step By Step: Blades of GloryBy Ellen Wolff 
Suspension of disbelief is the currency of any action movie in which actors perform feats of physical prowess. Audiences wouldn’t expect comedians Will Ferrell and Jon Heder to actually attempt the icy escapades in Paramount/ Dreamworks’... Step By Step: Battlestar GalacticaBy Ellen Wolff 
It’s been 30 years since Star Wars presented dynamic space battles created via painstaking motion control photography. Today, digital tools enable visual effects artists... |