[image title=”peace” size=”medium” id=”507″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/peace.jpg” ]We just wanted to wish you all the very best for the holidays. It has been a great year for us and we feel truly blessed by all the response and support we have had both here at fxphd and at fxguide. This year saw both sites significantly grow
[image title=”img_1216″ size=”medium” id=”503″ align=”none” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/img_1216.jpg” ]I have just spent the week at Siggraph Asia in Singapore. We have posted some stories on fxguide and more coming. We interviewed some great people – sitting down with Rob Cook of Pixar was a personal highlight for me, but so too was having time to attend papers.
[image title=”img_4394″ size=”medium” id=”499″ align=”none” alt=”CE Raum presenting at the masterclass in Seoul, South Korea” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/img_4394.jpg” ]The flame/smoke master class in Seoul went really well last week — CE Raum had some awesome smoke tips and tricks to along with the flame examples I showed. What’s interesting is that now with the cross pollination between
[image title=”flare” size=”medium” id=”492″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/flare.jpg” ]I was working on doing some lens flare tests. We did an Anamorphic Lens test a month or so back. Both Jason and I were also invited on a set which was great shooting anamorphic, which we discussed on our Red Centre podcast. We set to filming some of
[image title=”fun” size=”medium” id=”485″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/fun.jpg” ]We have started filming for next term’s fxphd. The problem I have in writing this blog is which pun to use.. we had a blast, it was the bomb, what a ripper, but you know the truth is – it is kind of stressful. It is stressful as we
[image title=”img_0539″ size=”medium” id=”481″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/img_0539.jpg” ]We had a brilliant time interviewing director George Miller for next week’s Background Fundamentals class at fxphd.com. Miller is an Oscar winner for his work on Happy Feet, but what makes him so interesting is that he is equally known for his action packed Mad Max films, or just
[image title=”ross” size=”thumbnail” id=”470″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ross.jpg” ] As part of this term’s ever popular Background Fundamentals course, we recently got to interview Ross Emery ACS DOP. Ross is a specialist second unit DOP who has worked with 35mm film on such great films as Dark City, and all of the Matrix films. On Superman Returns
[image title=”thirdfloor” size=”medium” id=”465″ align=”none” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/thirdfloor.jpg” ]I had a great visit at the Third Floor earlier this week to check in with Chris Edwards and film for our fxphd vfx supervisor course this term. We first visited them in August right before SIGGRAPH, but they were prepping for a demonstration at the show and we
[image title=”img_0499″ size=”thumbnail” id=”462″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/img_0499.jpg” ] There are few things we like more than geeking out with Lenses at the fxphd Tech Penthouse! This week we have been putting the new RED 18-85mm lenses through some fun and very geeky testing. The new RED lens is vastly bigger than say the RED 18-50mm T3
[image title=”img_0457″ size=”medium” id=”455″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/img_0457.jpg” ] Had a fun weekend shooting or helping to shoot for an upcoming film. We will be doing the vfx on the shots, literally. It was all shot on the RED – and the film is a really complex and interesting story of isolation. Current thinking is that this