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ACHIEVING THE LIVE-ACTION STATE FOR AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Netflix. It was important that CG creatures like Momo felt like they were making character choices rather than just simply appearing to be cool or cute. Brought together by Netflix is the visual effects supervisor duo of Jabbar Raisani and Marion Spates who are collaborating on their third series [...]

NAVIGATING LONDON UNDERWATER FOR THE END WE START FROM

By OLIVER WEBB Images courtesy of Republic Pictures and Theodor Groeneboom. The woman (Jodie Comer} and her baby navigate the flooded streets of London with the help of greenscreen. Comer's compelling performance was one of the anchors of the film. Mahalia Belo’s remarkable feature directorial debut The End We Start From follows a woman (Jodie [...]

ZACK SNYDER GETS SPACE OPERATIC WITH REBEL MOON: PART ONE – A CHILD OF FIRE

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Netflix. A parallelogram was implemented for when Tarak seeks to tame a Bennu, which is a hybrid of a crow, raven and tiger. As Akira Kurosawa was a major influence on George Lucas' The Hidden Fortress in particular, Zack Synder was inspired by Seven Samurai for what was initially [...]

NOT A LONG TAIL, NOT BY A LONG SHOT, FOR THE KILLER

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Netflix. Michael Fassbender portrays an assassin simply known as The Killer in the latest feature film collaboration between David Fincher and Netflix. Producer and long-time David Fincher collaborator Peter Mavromates extend their partnership in the The Killer where an assassin seeks revenge after a botched assignment. The Netflix feature [...]

GODZILLA MINUS ONE GAINS GLOBAL RECOGNITION

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Toho Company. An effort was made to heighten the fear by bringing Godzilla closer to the characters. Not since Neill Blomkamp released District 9 in 2009 has an international production received receive Academy Award and VES Award nominations for its visual effects work. But Takashi Yamazaki has repeated the [...]

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