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Tom Green has shared why he left Hollywood behind for rural Canada after 20 years in the city.
Hollywood is in all-out revolt, with visual effects workers now unionising for the first time ever. This month, VFX artists from Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures have decided to unionise ...
Talk to any VFX artist or tech working in modern Hollywood and certain complaints come up over and over: the punishing deadlines, grueling work hours, too few workers charged with too much work ...
When Unity bought Wētā, the VFX studio behind some of Hollywood's biggest movies, I suddenly became very interested in this unsung real-time game engine. The idea that these advanced VFX tools ...
The movie industry has been going all-out, for the past decade, to overwhelm us with incredible images of superhero battles, space action, and dragons.
The solutions to Hollywood VFX problems may arrive sooner rather than later. Today, Chaos released Ray Tracing FTW, a short film about VFX and filmmaking from the artist’s point of view. The ...
Even if you don’t know his name, there’s a good chance you’ve seen Peter Quinn’s art. He’s the VFX guy behind those videos where people—often top-shelf celebs—tend to get flicked up ...
In Wicked, wicked-witch-to-be Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) is ostracized by her fellow Ozians because of her green skin and her magical powers. But on the set of a big-budget Hollywood studio ...
Hollywood is currently paralyzed by strikes in which AI is one of many concerns, but the tech is already widely used in TV and film.
Then, Emmy-nominated VFX specialist and AI expert Mike Seymour talks about the various ways Hollywood has benefited from AI. He discusses the risks of human misuse of the technology and the need for ...