Tom Judd, Director Rugged Saddle Studios at Clusters Trivandrum Campus

A Day with Tom Judd, Director Rugged Saddle Studios, USA at Clusters College Trivandrum Campus

Thanks to Tom Judd for spending his day with our Mentors and Students to share his experience in Media & Entertainment Industry. His insight in Hollywood & Indian Cinema is really appreciable and students gained immense knowledge from his workshop. We are privileged to have Tom on our Advisory Board. 

How James Bond met the Queen, and other Olympics effects

The London Olympics and Paralympics are not only showcases for athletes and sports broadcasting – they also heavily feature visual effects and animation work. We take a look at how effects teams aided the Olympics opening ceremony – including the creation of the Queen’s grand entrance – and a number of affiliated Olympics and Paralympics shows and TVCs.

From Speed to Spidey: 20 years of VFX and animation

There are only a handful of visual effects houses that have been in business for 20 years or longer. And this year, Sony Pictures Imageworks has become one of them. At the same time, Sony Pictures Animation is celebrating its tenth year in operation, with its newest animated feature Hotel Transylvania to be released in September. Here's a timeline of key moments in visual effects and animated films from SPI and SPA. And check out our fxguidetv episode where Mike Seymour talks to Ken Ralston, Rob Bredow and Jay Redd about the history of Sony Pictures Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation.

Ice Age 4: riding the new wave

It’s been ten years since Blue Sky Studios produced the first Ice Age. Now, with Continental Drift, the fourth film in the animated series, the studio has again upped the ante on its CG and rendering tools, particularly for more than 500 ocean and storm shots. We go behind the scenes with Blue Sky on water, voxels, efficient sky creation and character sims.

Sinbad: The Mill’s effects voyage

VFX supe David Houghton from The Mill tells fxguide about the elemental visual effects in the new TV series Sinbad.

A world away: John Carter

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ early 1900s tales of a fictional Mars (known as Barsoom) have been brought to the screen with modern day visual effects in John Carter. The film, directed by Pixar’s Andrew Stanton, sees the titular Civil War character, played by Taylor Kitsch, transported to the red planet where he meets the nine feet tall Tharks and all manner of civilizations. Visual effects artists from Double Negative, Cinesite, MPC, Nvisible, Legacy Effects and Halon Entertainment all collaborated on the alien world and its inhabitants. Read the fxguide interview with Dneg.

How to Make Your Very Own Demon!

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