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March 28, 2008
"Enchanted" Tops DVD Sales
"It was a tough battle, but in the end Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment's "Enchanted" narrowly triumphed over the Warner blockbuster "I Am Legend" to nail down the No. 1 spot on the national DVD sales chart for the week ending March 23.
"Legend" earned $256.2 million at the boxoffice, more than twice as much as "Enchanted," which grossed $127.8 million.
But the sales appeal of family titles propelled the Disney film to the top spot on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert chart nonetheless -- though "Legend" did debut at No. 1 on Home Media Magazine's video rental chart, with estimated rental earnings of $10.1 million.
"Enchanted" bowed at No. 3 with $8.5 million. Sandwiched in between the two new releases was holdover "No Country for Old Men," from Disney/Miramax, which pulled in $9.2 million in its sophomore week to bring its total rental earnings so far to $19.4 million, more than a quarter of its theatrical gross.
Universal's "Atonement," which grossed $50.1 million in theaters and picked up an Oscar for best original score, debuted at No. 4 on the sales chart and No. 5 on the rental chart, with estimated earnings of $7.3 million.
"Legend" was the week's top Blu-ray Disc seller, moving four times as many copies as "Enchanted" -- not surprising, given that the next-generation format is still in the early adopter stage, a demographic of mostly young adult men." (hollywoodreporter.com)
Posted by dschnee at 7:31 AM
March 25, 2008
Cloverfield Reel Accepted at SIGGRAPH 2008
SIGGRAPH is evolving....
This year SIGGRAPH replaced the Electronic Theater with it's new Computer Animation Festival Juried Competition screenings. For the first time, the festival will include curated content, panels, and conversations, and all festival activities will be open to the public.
"Our amazing Cloverfield breakdown reel has been accepted to the Computer Animation Festival Competition at SIGGRAPH this year! What this means is our work was chosen among hundreds of other submissions from all around the world and we have a chance to win some awards.Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen, including all of the artists who helped create the special breakdowns and editorial for putting together such an incredible and fun reel."
Posted by dschnee at 12:04 PM
March 24, 2008
Tippett Studio to create VFX for Wolverine!
In Production | X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
It's official... were going to be one of the main houses working on Wolverine! Looks like Rising Sun Pictures is performing some pre-visualization services, and I see that Hydraulx is also on the playbill. I hinted at this news a few weeks back, check it out.
Hugh Jackman reprises his role as Logan, the mutant who eventually becomes Wolverine and a member of the X-Men as he seeks revenge against Victor Creed for the death of his girlfriend. Origins allows us to look back at the beginnings of Wolverine and the shadowy Mutant X program, and features the appearances of fan-favorites Gambit and Deadpool for the first time in the X-Men movie canon. Directed by Gavin Hood and distributed by 20th Century Fox. (tippett.com)
Posted by dschnee at 6:31 AM
March 18, 2008
Cloverfield DVD Cover Artwork
This just might be the official DVD Cover artwork... same response though "most cover art seems to be just a simple lame re-hash of the poster art" but it features a shot I completed on the back, ba139010, sweet. DNeg performed the screen pull and provided the city matte painting pano and building bits, I just threw clover in-between the buildings, added some explosions, debris, smoke, broken glass, etc... it was a fun tiny glimpse of the monster. Cloverfield
Posted by dschnee at 3:40 PM
Enchanted DVD slash Blu-ray Released!
Pick up Enchanted (Widescreen Edition)
BONUS FEATURES, MENUS and PACKAGING
"Interviews, set footage, and glimpses at visual effects in different stages add up to a welcome but fluffy application of ordinary making-of techniques to three of Enchanted's most memorable set pieces. The short featurettes are: "Happy Working Song" (6:25), "That's How You Know" (5:53), and "A Blast at the Ball" (5:27)." (ultimatedisney.com)
Posted by dschnee at 6:43 AM
March 17, 2008
Cloverfield on DVD April 22
Special Features
• Commentary: Commentary by Director Matt Reeves
• Featurette: The Making of Cloverfield
• Featurette: Cloverfield Visual Effects
• Featurette: I Saw It! It's Alive! It's Huge
• Featurette: Clover Fun
• Additional Scenes: Congrats Rob
• Additional Scenes: When You're in Japan
• Additional Scenes: I Call That a Date
• Additional Scenes: It's Going to Hurt
• Additional Scenes: Alt Ending #1
• Additional Scenes: Alt Ending #2
• Easter Eggs: Slusho!
• Easter Eggs: Person of Interest JLVD Video 2
• Easter Eggs: Person of Interest JLVD Video 5
• Easter Eggs: Person of Interest JLVD Video 9
• Easter Eggs: Person of Interest JLVD Video 11
• Easter Eggs: Rack 'Em & Pack 'Em
• Easter Eggs: Fighting the X
I'm not sure that this is the cover art, but I wouldn't doubt it, as most cover art seems to be just a simple lame re-hash of the poster art these days... This version was floating around the interwebs, but who knows, but April 22, 2008, Cloverfield on DVD, and blu-Ray later I thinks.
Posted by dschnee at 9:47 PM
March 15, 2008
Enchanted vs Classic Disney
Enchanted Stills vs. Classic Disney - To promote the DVD release of Enchanted, Disney has released a bunch of photo stills on Cinematical and ComingSoon comparing the framing of some classic Disney animated films and scenes from Enchanted.
(The Enchanted Visual Guide)
In just a few days... March 18th, Get Enchanted (Widescreen Edition)
Posted by dschnee at 10:28 PM
Pip Pantomimes at Katz Deli in Enchanted
Below is a clip from Tippett's CG Pip pantomiming in Katz Deli, there is some great animation in there... and I composited a handful of shots in there, when Nathaniel grabs Pip, and then when he releases him, and a couple of shots when Pip changes back and forth between the princess and Nathaniel using ice as the apple... I actually had done a version when Pip acts as the Princess, we added makeup to exaggerate the fact, eye shadow, lipstick, blush on the cheeks, and as she eats the ice(apple) animated a green flush that filled Pip's face and slightly in the body, so she turns sickly green then I sucked the color from pip as he stumbled and fell dead, he looked like a real desaturated chimpunk dead on the tray, we loved it, but it was too much, so we left just a hint of lipstick back in as Pip was in princess form, but left the rest out... fun stuff.
Posted by dschnee at 7:04 AM
March 14, 2008
Tippett Studio's Monster Destroys Digital Manhattan
Our VFX Supervisor on Cloverfield Eric Leven was interviewed in Computer Graphics World's back drop section, titled "Monstrous Effects"
Check out the .PDF here
Posted by dschnee at 7:12 AM
March 12, 2008
Tippett Studio's Cinefex #113 Ads
Insert Monster Here... so Tippett put out clever ad in the latest Cinefex because at the time, we didn't have Paramount's permission to release anything with the monster in it, so this was the response, nice one! (What sucks is how like 1 week later, they put up HD quicktimes up on Yahoo of the cross fire sequence which has the the F'ing Monster in it, like 1920x1080! weak, weak sauce Paramount, we could have made the cover!!!)
Posted by dschnee at 7:40 AM
March 10, 2008
Prehistoric Beasts, Fantastical Creatures, and a Monster in Cinefex 113
I saw a copy of the latest Cinefex yesterday, it features one of the prehistoric beasts from 10,000 B.C. - I really thought one of the creatures from Spiderwick was going to make the cover, but this one is good, sabertooth tigers kick ass, so... right on. I haven't seen 10,000BC yet, and from what I've seen of the beasts, they look fantastic, MPC and Dneg performed most of the vfx work on the beasts, I'll try and catch it on the big screen, but 7% fresh? and a metacritic score of 36, ouch! Definitely one of those shows to go admire the vfx work and artistry, not the story.
Update: Behind the Scenes of 10,000 B.C.'s Saber-Toothed F/X Realism (popularmechanics.com) - Here is a nice piece on Double Negative's Sabertooth Tiger...
I don't have my copy yet, but I flipped though it, nice spread on Spiderwick, and Cloverfield went from a an Overview to a nice feature as well! I saw a couple shots of mine in there from Cloverfield though, more to come once I get my copy...
10,000 B.C.
Director Roland Emmerich resurrects the prehistoric world -- populated with mammoths, saber-tooth tigers and giant terror birds -- in 10,000 B.C. Visual effects supervisor Karen Goulekas engaged Tatopoulos Studios to supply early creature designs, which were later refined and translated into photoreal CG beasts by The Moving Picture Company and Double Negative. Additional contributors included The Senate, Machine FX and a production-side visual effects team. An expansive miniature environment for the film’s climax was provided by Magicon.
Article by Jody Duncan
The Spiderwick Chronicles
A young girl and her twin brothers tangle with magical fairy folk who invade their rural New England home in The Spiderwick Chronicles, adapted from the popular childrens’ fantasy books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Director Mark Waters called upon Tippett Studio to develop creature concepts, ranging from goblins, trolls and ogres to a tiny brownie guardian of the Spiderwick Estate. The extensive creature animation assignment was shared by Tippett and Industrial Light & Magic.
Article by Joe Fordham
Cloverfield
In Cloverfield, New Yorkers flee for their lives as a colossal beast of unknown origin destroys the city. Conceived by J.J. Abrams and directed by Matt Reeves, the film put a new spin on the rampaging-monster genre by having all of the action filtered through the shaky lens of a bystander’s handheld camcorder. Visual effects supervisors Kevin Blank, Eric Leven and Michael Ellis teamed with special effects coordinator David Waine to oversee the guerrilla-style shoot, while Tippett Studio and Double Negative handled environmental and creature effects.
Article by Joe Fordham
Charlie Wilson's War
Based on a true story, Charlie Wilson’s War recounts the remarkable tale of how a playboy congressman, aided by a wealthy socialite and a renegade CIA agent, waged a secret war against the Soviet Union, leading to its defeat in Afghanistan, and ultimately to its collapse. Working under director Mike Nichols, veteran visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund and a team at Whodoo EFX contributed shots designed to establish the time period, extend location settings and simulate combat action.
Article by Jody Duncan
OVERVIEWS
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tim Burton adapts the popular Steven Sondheim stage musical to the big screen in a moodier and more intimate retelling of the macabre tale, enlisting the aid of visual effects supervisor Chas Jarrett and a team at The Moving Picture Company to re-create a squalid Victorian England.
Jumper
In the science fiction adventure Jumper, a teenager discovers the ability to teleport himself instantly to any locale. Jump effects and action sequences spanning the globe necessitated a major visual effects effort involving more than a dozen vendors led by visual effects supervisors Joel Hynek and Kevin Elam.
Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem
Brothers Colin and Greg Strause, founders of the visual effects company Hydraulx, discuss the highlights of their career in visual effects, culminating in their recent gig as directors of their first full-length feature film, Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem.
Posted by dschnee at 11:08 PM
March 9, 2008
Enchanted DVD Review
Enchanted comes to DVD and Blu-ray in the middle of March, the 18th in fact, just in time for this year's early Easter and just shy of four months since it opened in theaters. (ultimatedisney.com)
Buy Enchanted (Widescreen Edition)
BONUS FEATURES, MENUS and PACKAGING
For being a high-budget hit with critics and audiences as well as belonging to a much-storied tradition, Enchanted is dealt a surprisingly meager selection of bonus features on DVD.
First and, for some, most is "Fantasy Comes to Life", a section that gives slick, standard behind-the-scenes looks at two musical sequences and the explosive finale.
Interviews, set footage, and glimpses at visual effects in different stages add up to a welcome but fluffy application of ordinary making-of techniques to three of Enchanted's most memorable set pieces. The short featurettes are: "Happy Working Song" (6:25), "That's How You Know" (5:53), and "A Blast at the Ball" (5:27).
A short reel of Bloopers (2:10) provides mild amusement as finished-looking film comes to a halt on forgotten lines and actor falls.
Next come six deleted scenes, which run just 7 minutes and 50 seconds with introductions by director Kevin Lima. Aside from the extended Andalasia opening seen in storyboards, most of these short deletions are forgettable. The same is true of Lima's enthusiastic but generic explanations for the trims.
Pip and his magical nutdust are at the center of "A Pop-Up Adventure", which does fill in a narrative gap, just not in the most memorable way. Though not advertised anywhere on the set, Carrie Underwood's partially-animated "Ever Ever After" music video is found as an Easter Egg. Some should appreciate the simplicity of the Andalasia-set menus, but one wonders how the designers didn't think to include an option to cross into real-life New York City.
Last is "Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure" (5:35), an animated short created for this DVD. Somewhat interesting visually (in spite of cost-saving minimalism), the cartoon is otherwise pretty dull as it tells of how the chipmunk and his... nuts help unfreeze Prince Edward and the rest of nature.
The first of two Easter eggs is bound to elicit groans from those sick of hearing about Blu-ray Disc.
It's an 80-second pitch for the film's concurrent Blu-ray release, specifically the exclusive Disney references guide which could have so easily been included here.
The second Easter egg is a more welcome inclusion: the music video for Carrie Underwood's "Ever Ever After" (3:25), which like the film it comes from juggles 2-D animation with live-action New York footage (that looks suspiciously not like New York). The singer and a stubbly vested young man are at the center of both medium's attentions in this goofy but well-meaning presentation of the film's obligatory pop tune.
Far from inspired, the animated main menu settles on a boring Andalasian waterfall after a brief intro. At least, pleasant score excerpts accompany this and static submenus.
The disc opens with a Disney company promo and, after the standard FastPlay prompt, promos play for Disney Blu-ray Disc, Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, and Disney Movie Rewards. All but the first are also provided on the Sneak Peeks menu along with a Disney Parks commercial and ads for The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, Minutemen, The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition, "Hannah Montana": One in a Million, and Tinker Bell.
The DVD's artwork largely recreates the film's theatrical one-sheet poster while adding an animated Pip and bluebird. Of course, you're given two ways to admire it because it's duplicated in a drastically embossed, selectively holographic cardboard slipcover. Inside the black keepcase are a scene selections insert and a mini booklet that provides the Disney Movie Rewards code and a coupon for $10 off the Enchanted Blu-ray which expires at the end of next month.
Making utterly clear their clashing life outlooks, Giselle carries a heart wreath and summons doves while Robert stares in serious disbelief. (ultimatedisney.com)
Posted by dschnee at 10:09 AM
March 7, 2008
1977-2007, Achievements in Visual Effects
Remember VFX HQ? That Visual Effects Headquarters that's now an archive?
"Every article is still online and searchable. For up-to-date info on the author's work and current projects, visit Todd Vaziri's home page, or read his blog, FXRant at fxrant.blogspot.com."
Todd has updated it... well sort of, he has updated the Academy Awards section of Visual Effects Headquarters that lists every visual effects Oscar winner and nominee since 1939.
See Also: FXRant blog.
1977
Achievement in Visual Effects
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich,
Gregory Jein, Richard Yuricich
--> STAR WARS
John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune,
Robert Blalack
1978
Special Achievement in Visual Effects
--> SUPERMAN
Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field,
Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic
1979
Achievement in Visual Effects
--> ALIEN
H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson,
Nick Allder, Denys Ayling
THE BLACK HOLE
Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett,
Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw, Joe Hale
MOONRAKER
Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson, John Evans
1941
William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers, Gregory Jein
STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE
Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich,
Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart, Grant McCune
1980
Special Achievement in Visual Effects
--> THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund,
Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson
1981
Achievement in Visual Effects
DRAGONSLAYER
Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston, Brian Johnson
--> RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston
1982
Achievement in Visual Effects
BLADE RUNNER
Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, David Dryer
--> E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth F. Smith
POLTERGEIST
Richard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson
1983
Special Achievement in Visual Effects
--> RETURN OF THE JEDI
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett
1984
Achievement in Visual Effects
GHOSTBUSTERS
Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo, Chuck Gaspar
--> INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Lorne Peterson, George Gibbs
2010
Richard Edlund, Neil Krepela, George Jenson, Mark Stetson
1985
Achievement in Visual Effects
--> COCOON
Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, David Berry
RETURN TO OZ
Will Vinton, Ian Wingrove, Zoran Perisic, Michael Lloyd
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
Dennis Muren, Kit West, John Ellis, David Allen
1986
Achievement in Visual Effects
--> ALIENS
Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge
POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE
Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller, William Neil
1987
Achievement in Visual Effects
--> INNERSPACE
Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith
PREDATOR
Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg, Stan Winston
1988
Achievement in Visual Effects
DIE HARD
Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent Boates, Thaine Morris
--> WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, George Gibbs
WILLOW
Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Phil Tippett, Chris Evans
1989
Achievement in Visual Effects
--> THE ABYSS
John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak
THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
Richard Conway, Kent Houston
BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II
Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, Steve Gawley
1990
Special Achievement in Visual Effects
--> TOTAL RECALL
Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke
1991
Achievement in Visual Effects
BACKDRAFT
Mikael Salomon, Allen Hall, Clay Pinney, Scott Farrar
HOOK
Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup, Mark Sullivan, Michael Lantieri
--> TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr., Robert Skotak
1992
Achievement in Visual Effects
ALIEN 3
Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., George Gibbs
BATMAN RETURNS
Michael Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno, Dennis Skotak
--> DEATH BECOMES HER
Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, Tom Woodruff Jr.
1993
Achievement in Visual Effects
CLIFFHANGER
Neil Krepela, John Richardson, John Bruno, Pamela Easley
--> JURASSIC PARK
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, Michael Lantieri
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco Shaw, Gordon Baker
1994
Achievement in Visual Effects
--> FORREST GUMP
Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall
THE MASK
Scott Squires, Steve Williams, Tom Bertino, Jon Farhat
TRUE LIES
John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis, Patrick McClung
1995
Achievement in Visual Effects
APOLLO 13
Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Leslie Ekker and Matt Sweeney
--> BABE
Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan and John Cox
1996
Achievement in Visual Effects
DRAGONHEART
Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, Kit West
--> INDEPENDENCE DAY
Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, Joseph Viskocil
TWISTER
Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour, Henry La Bounta
1997
Achievement in Visual Effects
THE LOST WORLD
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra and Michael Lantieri
STARSHIP TROOPERS
Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis and John Richardson
--> TITANIC
Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer
1998
Achievement in Visual Effects
ARMAGEDDON
Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, John Frazier
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell
--> WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Scott Mack
1999
Achievement in Visual Effects
--> THE MATRIX
John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum
STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE
John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires, Rob Coleman
STUART LITTLE
John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry Anderson, Eric Allard
2000
Achievement in Visual Effects
--> GLADIATOR
John Nelson, Neil Corbould; Tim Burke, Rob Harvey
THE HOLLOW MAN
Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk; Stan Parks
THE PERFECT STORM
Stefen Fangmeier; Habib Zargarpour; John Frazier, Walt Conti
2001
Achievement in Visual Effects
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: AI
Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri
--> THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson
PEARL HARBOR
Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Edward Hirsh, Ben Snow
2002
Achievement in Visual Effects
--> THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
SPIDER-MAN
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier
STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES
Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, Ben Snow
2003
Achievement in Visual Effects
--> THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
Daniel Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Terry D. Frazee
2004
Achievement in Visual Effects
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
Tim Burke, Roger Guyett, Bill George, John Richardson
I, ROBOT
John Nelson, Andy Jones, Erik Nash, Joe Letteri
--> SPIDER-MAN 2
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier
2005
Achievement in Visual Effects
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, WITH AND THE WARDROBE
Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, Scott Farrar
--> KING KONG
Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, Richard Taylor
WAR OF THE WORLDS
Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra, Daniel Sudick
2006
Achievement in Visual Effects
--> PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall
POSEIDON
Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett, John Frazier
SUPERMAN RETURNS
Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard Hoover, Jon Thum
2007
Achievement in Visual Effects
--> THE GOLDEN COMPASS
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
TRANSFORMERS
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier
Posted by dschnee at 7:11 AM
March 3, 2008
Double Negative's VFX on Cloverfield
Dneg put up their seemless bits performed on Cloverfield, view it on their projects site. ~enjoy
Kudos Dneg, you executed some amazing work! Especially with all the screen pulls and Brooklyn Bridge sequence? awesome.
"Double Negative's main task was to wreak destructive havoc upon New York City. Complex digital environments were built and then attacked with a variety of in-house CG tools. Key scenes involved creating well-known areas such as Park Avenue and high angle views across the city. A detailed digital model of the Brooklyn Bridge was built and then torn apart as refugees from the disaster attempt to flee the rampaging monster and, in the signature shot for the movie, the head of the Stature of Liberty was sent tumbling through the streets of Manhattan." (dneg.com)
Posted by dschnee at 6:39 AM
