Recently I was re-watching some Classics like Encounters of a third Kind and the Alien quadrilogy and I was amazed how well the VFX was holding up even to today’s standards, so I decided to do some research about who was responsible for those titles and about there whereabouts and what can be found on the web today about those masters of analogue VFX. So...
Read MoreIt´s been buzzing around the net quite some time and finally i was curious and gave Photofly from Autodesk a shot. It´s still in development, but version 2.1 can be tested for free. It basically uses a series of images taken by a still camera from various angles of an object and calculates a 3d Model with mapping. It seems like they still try to get a...
Read MoreIn almost every filmbook i read, the importance of guiding the eye of the viewer as well as framing and composition is constantly stressed. I just found some videos, where several people watching movies have been eye-tracked and they definitely proof the concept: It´s all about the eyes and faces, about contrast, angles and movement. As this was nothing...
Read MoreVor kurzem ist mir eine neuer Trend aufgefallen, der sich mit der Ankündigung des I-pads entwickelt hat. Magazine unternehmen nun vermehrt Anstrengungen, um ihren Content bewegt darzustellen: z.B. VIV Mag Interactive Feature Spread – iPad Demo from Alexx Henry on Vimeo. (Es gibt auch einige Backgroundvideos rechts auf Vimeo) Mehr Info dazu auf: Das...
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Read MoreDurch einen glücklichen Zufall bin ich auf eine Artikelsammlung auf Edward Nortons Webseite zu „Fight Club“ gestoßen. Vor allem der komplette Artikel aus dem Cinefex Magazin „World of Hurt“ von Kevin H. Martin (Jänner 2000 ) gibt ungewöhnlich genaue Eindrücke über die VFX Hintergründe von...
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