[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.
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On the road in Seoul….
[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
not to reinvent the wheel
[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
Fun in the sun – with explosives
[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
Dir. George Miller
[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
film, genesis, … red: DOP Ross Emery
[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
Visiting The Third Floor in Los Angeles
[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
lens tests RED 18-85mmm
[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
Realflow added – more cloud tanks
[image title=”pour2″ size=”medium” id=”453″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pour2.jpg” ]We are really proud to have been able to add REALFLOW to the Oct 08 term of fxphd. If you recall a couple of weeks ago we posted cloud tank images from the shoots we were doing, we did not let on then that these were liquid tests for