Acting Class at Trivandrum Campus

Clusters Trivandrum Campus conducted professional acting classes for animation and visual effects students.

Making of Avatar at AnimfxNZ

Weta Digital recently gave an incredible full day ‘Making of Avatar' presentation on James Cameron’s film as part of this year’s AnimfxNZ conference in Wellington. Here's a brief report at fxguide giving a rundown of some of the major points brought up by Weta supes and artists from the day.

Skyline - fxguide podcast with the Brothers Strause

Mike Seymour from fxguide chats to directors Colin and Greg Strause about Skyline in a podcast about the business of making an indie film, using the Red MX and lowering costs of production.

Stargate Studio's visual effects for The Walking Dead

Stargate Studios is handling the visual effects for The Walking Dead, AMC's new TV series based on Robert Kirkman's zombie apocalypse comic and directed by Frank Darabont. Here's my article at fxguide which takes a look at some of Stargate's zombie enhancement and virtual set work for the pilot episode.

Framestore's Deathly Hallows animation

The crucial origin of the 'Deathly Hallows' is told inside the latest Harry Potter film via a three minute animated sequence directed by Ben Hibon and created by Framestore. In it, we learn of the story of the Three Brothers and their encounter with Death. Here's my inteview at fxguide with Framestore sequence supervisor Dale Newton.

MPC's vfx for DirecTV 'Ice Cream' spot

In 'Ice Cream', a DirecTV spot directed by Rupert Sanders, two battling cyborgs literally crash and burn through several rooms of an apartment as the owner manages to pause their actions. Here's my roundtable chat at fxguide with MPC in Los Angeles about their visual effects work for the commercial, with some great before and after clips.

Sand Sculpturing Show at Trivandrum Beach by Clusters

Trivandrum Beach : Clusters College For Media & Design organized a Sand Sculpturing show at Trivandrum yesterday evening,  Have a look at the pics.

 

The Sculpture Modeled by Mr.Satheesh Ke ( Animation Department ) , Mr.Siji ( Pre Production Dep) , Mr. Hariprasad( Vfx Dep) and Clusters Students , Best wishes to all.

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The visual effects of Hereafter

Well-known for its CG water creations in films such as 300 and 2012, Scanline VFX faced new challenges in creating a near-death tsunami experience for Clint Eastwood's Hereafter. Here's my article at fxguide that takes a look at the studio's digital water live-action destruction effects, digital make-up work and and afterlife visions.

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

For The Sorcerer's Apprentice,visual effects supervisor John Nelson oversaw more than 1200 shots featuring plasma ball fights, a Chinese dragon, car chases, magical creatures and the re-creation of the famous Disney Fantasia sequence. fxguide looks at some of the key work by the two lead facilities, Asylum and Double Negative.

The visual effects of Red

Director Robert Schwentke's Red tells the story of ex-CIA agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) recruiting his former team to help him defeat a hi-tech assassin. CIS Vancouver contributed 220 shots to the film ranging from detailed composites, CG bullets, an exploding RPG and plentiful destruction. Here's my interview at fxguide with CIS vfx supe Randy Goux.

The visual effects of Hereafter

Well-known for its CG water creations in films such as 300 and 2012, Scanline VFX faced new challenges in creating a near-death tsunami experience for Clint Eastwood's Hereafter. Here's my article at fxguide that takes a look at the studio's digital water live-action destruction effects, digital make-up work and and afterlife visions.