by Michael Goldman
Kevin Costner wasn't exactly itching to do a digital intermediate on his new film — Touchstone Pictures' Open Range — when the project got underway last year. He didn't even know, or care, what exactly a digital intermediate was....
by Ellen Wolff
For Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, director Robert Rodriguez had some ambitious plans. To bring something new to his hit franchise for Dimension Films and Miramax, Rodriguez chose HD stereoscopy....
by Robin Rowe
For Star Wars: Episode II, Linux made Yoda a light saber-wielding action figure. In Lord of the Rings 2, waves of Orcs attacking the colossal fortress at Helm's Deep are not thousands of human extras, but digital actors created using Linux....
By Ellen Wolff
Gone are the days when digital actors merely lurked in the background, clad in easily animated armor. Now virtual characters are placed front-and-center, wearing complex costumes that flap believably in the breeze....
By Ellen Wolff
Successful directors like Robert Altman consider casting actors the most crucial decision in the filmmaking process. But what about the visual effects that now play key roles in growing numbers of films? What's behind the “casting” of the artists who create those effects?...
By S. D. Katz
3ds Max version 5.0 is a solid addition to this highly popular 3D animation system. The new features are carefully chosen and implemented to refine the already impressive tool set and improve workflow and usability....
by Michael Goldman
When director Gary Ross insists, “I'm not hung up on saying Seabiscuit is my vision — it was a total collaboration in every sense of the word,” his DP on the film, John Schwartzman, ASC, immediately contradicts him....
By Michael Goldman
While 1991's Terminator 2 is largely recognized as a seminal step for the visual effects industry because of its then-groundbreaking morph effect, it is largely forgotten that the movie featured fewer than 50 digital effects shots total....
by Ellen Wolff
Fans of the Oscar-winning, computer-animated movie Shrek won't get to see the sequel until 2004, but there's a tidbit available now to tide them over — a 13-minute special-venue film called Shrek 4-D....
by Ellen Wolff
The director known simply as McG faced a major challenge: topping the mega-success of his original Charlie's Angels feature for Columbia Pictures. So for Charlie's Angels 2 he wanted the action to live up to the sequel's subtitle — Full Throttle....
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