3D Animation & VFX @ AFTRS

VFX titan Phil Tippett talks about creativity, craft and it’s place in the industry.

POSTVIZ(s): Combines digital elements and production photography to validate footage selection, provide placeholder shots for editorial, and refine effects design. Edits incorporating postvis sequences are often shown to test audiences for feedback, and to producers and visual effects vendors for planning and budgeting.

Making of the complex CG Simulations of celestial phenomena from Interstellar

What is Previs(z)? & how does it fit into the film-making process? <10 min

Great 2011 Documentary on the impact and insights of Previs for film-making.

Lucas & Co on innovations in Previs and shoot times in Star Wars II

Special Effects from one of the best and prescient Sci-Fi film: Metropolis( 1927)

Interview with the Hiring Managers bringing some solid advice on breaking in.

Great end-to-end tutorial on making low budget SF with VFX in AE

 (0:10)   1. Squash and Stretch  (2:07)   2. Anticipation  (4:14)   3. Staging  (6:33)   4. Straight Ahead/Pose to Pose  (9:14)   5. Follow Through & Overlapping Action (11:17)  6. Slow In & Slow Out (12:57)  7. Arcs (14:38)  8. Secondary Action (16:11)  9. Timing (18:22) 10. Exaggeration (19:55) 11. Solid Drawing (21:38) 12. Appeal

Great interview Gladiator’s John Nelson about film making and Framestore.