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November 2008

Pablo Helman, ILM vfx supe, is interviewed at fxguide.

Massive Digital Actors In the Foreground of Changeling, at Studio Daily.

The August 2008 issue of ICG Magazine featured a number of vfx-related articles. One of them, about Zoic Studios, is online here.

Hancock Wreaks Havoc, On and Off-Screen, at O'Reilly digitalmedia, includes a few Imageworks break-downs.
At Todd Vaziri's FXRant: Visual Effects Camera Work: "A Fish Called Wanda" and "Mission: Impossible III".
Transporter 3: Delivering VFX on Time Again, at VFXWorld.

Twilight: A New Take on Vampire VFX, at VFXWorld.

ILM animation supervisor Hal Hickel interview, at Digital Apprentice Workshop.

fxguidetv interviews vfx supe Michael Fink.

Fry the Cheerleader and Other Imperatives of the "Heroes" VFX Team, at O'Reilly digitalmedia.

Back into Bondage, fxguide interview with Quantum of Solace vfx designer Kevin Tod Haug.

Updated: fxguide now has some befores and afters vfx pics from the film.

Video of Haug discussing his work on the film, at Crackle.

Flexing VFX Muscles for Ford, at Studio Daily.

Some recent or upcoming visual effects events:

AnimfxNZ - New Zealand
Australian Effects and Animation Festival - Sydney
Parisfx 2008 - France
Movie Magic: Inside Visual Effects - LA

Millimeter and VFXWorld have articles on the making of Sanctuary.
The Den Of Geek interviews John Dykstra.

Behind the Scenes of Xbox 'Movie Download', at The Mill Podcast.

Guiding the eye to the Invisible Digital Effects for Changeling, at CGSociety.

Pixel Heads Network interviews Sony Imageworks President Tim Sarnoff.

The October 2008 issue of Computer Graphics World covers Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

The Los Angeles Times' scene stealer columns, which typically feature vfx and sfx film projects, now appear in a blog format on the LAtimes website.

fxguidetv interviews vfx supe Scott Squires.
Shot breakdowns from Gravity's 'Look What's Inside' spot (video hosted at Motionographer).
Oh, the Horror! Inside the Visual Effects of Saw V and a Crop of Fall Fright Flicks, at O’Reilly.

Empire has a clip from the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull DVD featuring ILM's work on the ant sequence.

Aurore de Blois discusses Battlestar Galactica fx, at Post Magazine.
RockNRolla: Slyly VFX'ing the Streets of London, at VFXWorld.

Growing Old at 24 FPS - How HAL Pulled Off Extended Aging FX for Low Vs. Diamond, at Film & Video.

Updated: HAL Depicts Timeless Kiss in Heart Attack, at VFXWorld.