Ludovic Iochem's portfolio site, Swoop, has some befores and afters matte paintings from films like Stardust, The Bourne Ultimatum and Molière.
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October 2007
Updated: Two Three VFXWorld articles on visual effects in television:
Pushing VFX in the New Fall TV Season
VFX for TV: A Curse or a Blessing?
Refining VFX on Returning TV Series
Kevin Tod Haug's Manifxto site is worth exploring (again).
fxguide's art of wire removal and podcast interview with The Orphanage's head of roto Aaron Rhode.
Some befores and afters in Mill's 2007 television reel.
Step by Step millimeter article on Entity FX's digital car work for Into the Wild.
Film & Video interview with Zoic lead compositor John Shirley on Sears Book spot.
fxguidetv interview with Method Studio's Alex Frisch on the Miller Lite 'Break from the Crowd' spot.
See also: Method Miller making-of
Visual developer Andrew Bell's portfolio site, drawnline.net, features several breakdown clips from commercials he has worked on. (via Motionographer)
Spin's commercials vfx reel has some nice break-downs.
Pixel Magic's gallery is worth a look for recent befores and afters breakdowns, including for Live Free or Die Hard, Good Luck Chuck and Rush Hour 3.
Dennis Muren's presentation at The New Yorker Conference (2012 - Stories from the near future) in May 2007.
VFXWorld's coverage of Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
Podcast interview with Beowulf production designer Doug Chiang at official site.
Another fun Mill podcast, this time about a Guiness 'Music Machine' spot.
Making-of article at Cebas on Ghost Studios' vfx for a Sony Ericsson spot. (Via CG Talk)
Article and video interview about The Ark director Grzegorz Jonkajty at fxguide.
Film & Video mag interview with We Own the Night director James Gray on Digital Domain's rain vfx.
The 'Inside the Studio' section of Dreamworks Animation SKG's website features themed videos from the different departments (lighting, story, animation, modeling etc). I like the Extreme Effects video.
Grid's website has a bunch of making-of clips from the studio's vfx work.
Amazon.com has a preview of the 'Inside the Allspark' visual effects featurette from the upcoming Transformers DVD.
fxguide article on Kerner Optical and podcast interview with DOP Marty Rosenberg.
Making of showreel from Condor Cape Town.
3DVF interview (in French) and making-of clips for Mikros Orange spot.
A bunch of RealFlow case studies at Next Limit's website.
The Children of Men DVD includes a 'Visual Effects: Creating the Baby' bonus feature that breaks down Framestore CFC's vfx for the baby birth sequence.
Computer Graphic World's September 2007 issue covers SIGGRAPH animations and digital sets.
VFXWorld's coverage of The Seeker: Dark is Rising includes heaps of shot break-downs.
fxguide has a feature story and an fxguidetv interview with Stargate Digital about their work on Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King/ Battleground. Includes a great befores and afters clip.
