Life After Pi

After the VFX protest, this documentary was shot. This is Life After Pi, a short documentary about Rhythm & Hues Studios. The film shows a bit how the VFX business works and the bad moment the company faced until the end. It's heartbreaking to see how much they have accomplished and how little they have "earned" out of that. A business run like Hollywood wants it to be, doesn't work. The studios give support, but the work isn't done by them and VFX is the main part of most of the videos nowadays. An eye opener.

Smaug - The creation

Thank you, Weta Digital. A thousand times. A million times. THIS is what I like, THIS is what you aim when making 3d. Create something out of nothing and make it real, believable. It's an amazing piece of work and these guys deserve all the credits!

R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen

I'm in a process of watching the most iconic films in different genres and I was really curious to see Jason and the Argonauts for the amazing skeleton sequence. That is absolutely brilliant... The genius behind the special effects in those days is inspiring... So, it was with great sadness that yesterday's news that Ray Harryhausen has passed away. He was one of those pioneers in VFX, an inspiration for George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Tim Burton or Peter Jackson.

Jason and the Argonauts

V-Ray Film & VFX Demo Reel

Demo reels are a little piece of eye candy to me. And I could not be more amazed by this one. This time it's the demo reel for V-Ray film & visual effects 2012. Enjoy!

Industrial Light & Magic - Os gurus dos efeitos visuais

Deixemos aos mestres mostrar o que valem. Os meninos da ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) são do melhor no que a efeitos visuais diz respeito, não tivesse a empresa sido fundada por George Lucas. Estão no activo há quase 40 anos e não param de inovar. Parece que para eles, nada é impossível.

A título de curiosidade, fica aqui a resposta dada a uma pergunta feita no youtube:

Muito respeito pelo trabalho destes senhores!