When watching movies, some viewers like to look for errors, such as finding evidence of cameras and crew in the final cut of a film. One situation that should be ripe for spotting mistakes is when a scene includes mirrors and reflections.
In a series of short videos that went viral on Instagram and YouTube, motion animator Kevin Parry cleverly edits himself turning into a wide variety of random things in a seamless motion, from a banana, to a balloon, to a pile of snow.
Real-time in-camera VFX might sound like a pipe dream, but Unreal Engine has just published a demo that shows exactly that with Project Spotlight. Using “next-generation virtual production tools,” Project Spotlight is able to render and manipulate real-time environments with startling realism, replacing green or blue screens with LED walls. The demo was filmed at […]
Filmmaker Kevin McGloughlin and musician Max Cooper just released this new video titled “Resynthesis. ” For the visuals, McGloughlin explored the ideas of space and time using still photos and real-time footage captured using a Sony a7R II mirrorless camera.
Israeli visual effects artist Eugene Romanovsky wanted to sell his old 1996 Suzuki Vitara SUV, so he created this out-of-this-world 2-minute video to advertise its qualities. The ad shows the car zipping around in ordinary landscapes before appearing in famous movies and on the moon.
Disney Research Studios has revealed a production-ready face re-aging system for visual effects that can make actors look younger or older easily, accurately, and quickly. [Read More]
People watching the weather report on KFVS News in Missouri got a surprise last week when meteorologist Lisa Michaels floated into the frame on a cloud. She had come up with the perfect Halloween costume for the green screen and TV cameras.