Images courtesy of Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation.
Storyboard of Puss in Boots flying into action.
Rough animation to figure out the environmental details and placement.
The final animation is executed.
Lighting completes the final shot.
After making his debut in Shrek 2, Puss in Boots proved to be so popular that he went from being a supporting character to the lead in the self-titled solo outing released in 2011. Eleven years later, DreamWorks Animation and actor Antonio Bandera revisit the sword-wielding feline outlaw who has used up eight of his nine lives and seeks out the Wishing Star to rectify the situation while pursued by Goldilocks and the Three Bears Crime Family and the Wolf. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish was directed by Joel Crawford, co-directed by Januel Mercado, and features a voice cast of Banderas, Salma Hayek, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone and John Mulaney. The adventure-comedy sequel won Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature at the 2023 Visual Effects Society Awards and was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards and 2023 BAFTA Awards.
“Effects were a mix of the simulation and particular volumetric passes that are turned into meshes that can then be effectively sculpted out so we can get negative spaces. We always called it the scalping effect, which is that 2D hand-drawn scalping look, so we could get a hard edge along with the softness of the volumetric.”
—Mark Edwards, Visual Effects Supervisor
An interesting challenge was to get the poncho of Wolf to move believably within the painterly aesthetic of the animation.
Top priority was figuring out the look of Puss in Boots. “He is an established iconic character, so we wanted to maintain a lot of that, but there were some elements we wanted to push and update like his costume,” states Visual Effects Supervisor Mark Edwards. “In the first scene of Shrek 2, Puss in Boots had a cape for minute and then threw it away because capes are hard! We wanted to have a lot of fun with the cape and a bigger feather. Then it was trying to figure out the stylization in the fur. For story points, we needed detailed fur-like hair standing on ends, but then we also wanted to simplify it in a lot of ways. A secondary challenge with that was bringing the environment to them, because it’s easy to do one treatment on the characters and another on the environment and they don’t relate, and all of a sudden you have this character that doesn’t fit in the world. The biggest balancing act was trying to make sure we could push far and go abstract, but it needed to have the right detail level to match the characters.”
“One of the technologies that we built was a tool called the Stamp Map. It effectively let us take any sort of image maps, like a brushstroke or texture, and with a point cloud project it and stick it to surfaces or in-effects case volumes. Instead of getting that soft volumetric cloud feel, we could get some texture in there, which was important. The magic secret sauce on top were hand-drawn elements. We were fortunate to lean into some of the tools that The Bad Guys had been writing and using. Our effects team could add extra lines or anything we wanted to get that 2D effect.”
—Mark Edwards, Visual Effects Supervisor
Geometric shapes rather than particles were incorporated to give simulations a painterly aesthetic.
For the grooms of characters, DreamWorks Animation utilized a proprietary tool called Willow. “For the newer characters like Perrito and the Bears we wanted to push those clumps, and how the hair looked in the silhouette edges made it feel more stylized,” Edwards remarks. “A lot of controls were added to be able to add color hues not just to our normal color maps for hair, but also for clumps or sub-clumps. We could get these bigger, broader color blotches that look like paint strokes. We also mapped transparency to our thicker guide curves, and that meant we could get little breakups between a single fifth hair. It felt a lot more like what an illustrator might draw with a couple of gaps. We ended up using that a lot to get broken edges.” When Puss in Boots drinks a cup of espresso, his eyes become extremely expressive. Observes Edwards, “In terms of character rigging, we try to lean into that so animation can have the controls, because that way they can drive the timing of the expressions. Because we wanted to have some asymmetry with the eyes, we could do all kinds of things with the pupils and iris and actually get shapes.”
Three kinds of beards were created for Puss in Boots, with a scruffy one appearing when he is under the care of Mama Luna.
“Nate Wagg [Production Designer] and I would go over every step to make sure it had the right composition and feeling. It was controlled by the artists. That’s something we tried to empower our team, which is to push things on their own because they have great ideas too. The initial challenge was to make them take the step far enough.”
—Mark Edwards, Visual Effects Supervisor
Initially, a small team was put together to develop the looks of the effects. “Effects covers all of these different natural phenomenon, including volumetrics,” Edwards notes. “Effects were a mix of the simulation and particular volumetric passes that are turned into meshes that can then be effectively sculpted out so we can get negative spaces. We always called it the scalping effect, which is that 2D hand-drawn scalping look, so we could get a hard edge along with the softness of the volumetric. One of the technologies that we built was a tool called the Stamp Map. It effectively let us take any sort of image maps, like a brushstroke or texture, and with a point cloud project it and stick it to surfaces or in-effects case volumes. Instead of getting that soft volumetric cloud feel, we could get some texture in there, which was important. The magic secret sauce on top were hand-drawn elements. We were fortunate to lean into some of the tools that The Bad Guys had been writing and using. Our effects team could add extra lines or anything we wanted to get that 2D effect.”
The painterly stylization meant that animators were not limited by naturalism but could push everything further, including the color palette.
There was a constant blending of 3D with 2D, such as with the milk, which was combination of 3D simulation with 2D splash effects. “One of the fun things with the Wolf, in particular, [occurred when] we were trying to get graphic lines in the poncho and lot of the simulations would either be too detailed or soft,” states Edwards. “We developed a shotgun technique that let us to keep the bigger lines, and those could be blended as well. We had some fun ways to get shapes that we liked that weren’t too complex that might feel like a heavy simulation, but it is still underlying the motion.” The seaside town of Del Mar was its own challenge, according to Edwards. “That was a tricky thing to simplify. When you have something complex in the background and want to focus on the characters. We did a lot of lighting compositing to make sure we could abstract detail to get almost way into the painterly realm to simplify composition when needed. The graphic simulations might be easier to deal with, and then with the city we would have to do more treatment to get that same feeling.”
Every time the magic map is touched the surrounding world gets transformed.
Art direction was favored over a procedural methodology. “Nate Wagg [Production Designer] and I would go over every step to make sure it had the right composition and feeling,” remarks Edwards. “It was controlled by the artists. That’s something we tried to empower our team, which is to push things on their own because they have great ideas too. The initial challenge was to make them take the step far enough.” Serving as the MacGuffin is the Wishing Star. “The Wishing Star was a big concern early on because we spend almost all of act three there and, normally, you’re not in one environment for that long. It had to feel complex, evolve and help to drive the story and the action that was happening. The art department did a nice color script of the Wishing Star evolution and our Head of Look Development, Baptiste Van Opstal, was a genius in a lot ways in helping to drive the stylization, and I gave him the Wishing Star to look cool. He ran with it, and with a mix of procedural geometry and surfacing modeling was able to get a nice balance for the Wishing Star so it has depth, color and hue shifting.”
For the newer characters such as the Three Bears, Dreamworks Animation wanted to push how the hair looked in the silhouette edges so it felt more stylized.
“The Wishing Star was a big concern early on because we spend almost all of act three there and, normally, you’re not in one environment for that long. It had to feel complex, evolve and help to drive the story and the action that was happening. The art department did a nice color script of the Wishing Star evolution and our Head of Look Development, Baptiste Van Opstal, was a genius in a lot ways in helping to drive the stylization, and I gave him the Wishing Star to look cool. He ran with it, and with a mix of procedural geometry and surfacing modeling was able to get a nice balance for the Wishing Star so it has depth, color and hue shifting.”
—Mark Edwards, Visual Effects Supervisor
The Last Wish has fun playing with the cape of Puss in Boots and gave him an even bigger feather than the previous incarnation.
The transformation shots with the magic map were tricky. “When the characters touch the map, then the world transforms around them. It’s going from the initial Dark Forest with trees and pink flowers to all of a sudden lava, everything burned and fire all around,” Edwards explains. “There are several transformations, even Goldilocks and the Three Bears, their cabin splitting in half; that destruction was fun. The transformations had to serve the story points and be believable enough, but were magical, so it also had to be fun and fast. The audience needed to get the ideas quickly. We spent a lot of time on those initial transformation shots.” The step animation pipeline was overhauled to allow animators at any time to go into any step animation they wanted. The giant was its own challenge for everybody because he’s a walking environment. We used a lot of our environment tools for sprinkling foliage everywhere, but it had to move. We had to build a bunch of per-frame-basis baking techniques to get all of the data for that to work. Lots of shader work for surfacing and lighting. In Nuke you might have the glow gizmo that gives you a traditional Gaussian blur glow, but we wanted it to look more artistic and have texture. We wrote a special tool for that. Volumetrics had brushstrokes in them. For every facet we could think of, we asked, ‘Can we make it feel like it fits in this fairy-tale world and not just rely on traditional tools?’”
Six digital artists led by Zak Stoltz, who doubled as a VFX Supervisor and VFX Producer, created nearly 500 shots.
If you ever wanted to imagine what it would be like to do a multiverse narrative on an indie budget of $25 million and go on to earn four times that in the box office – and seven Oscars – just ask Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, otherwise known as the Daniels, as they have created the biggest hit for A24 that earned 11 Oscar nominations and reignited the career of a former child actor. That movie is Everything Everywhere All at Once, which unlike a Marvel Studios production that has a multitude of visual effects companies and several hundreds of digital artists to produce thousands of shots, a total of six digital artists led by Zak Stoltz, who doubled as a supervisor and producer, created nearly 500 shots. At the heart of the story is a broken mother and daughter relationship, where Evelyn Quan Wang (Michelle Yeoh) must tap into the experiences of her multidimensional selves, guided by her husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan), to prevent her offspring, Joy (Stephanie Hsu), from destroying the entire multiverse.
Stoltz was supported by Lead Visual Effects Artist and UI designer Ethan Feldbau, as well as Benjamin Brewer, Jeff Desom, Evan Halleck, Kirsten Lepore and Matthew Wauhkonen. In line with the Daniels’ wild imagination is the matter-consuming bagel created by the evil version of Joy known as Jobu Tupaki. “The bagel was difficult because the bagel did a couple of little things in the script, but there were a lot of things that we ended testing out early on and then coming to,” explains Stoltz. “Then it was a process of shaping it from start to finish.
“We all have a background in low-budget music videos and doing effects ourselves, and we’re directors as well. The Daniels wanted to find a way to scale up that process and essentially make a feature illustrating all of the tricks we have developed. Our film has live-action cartoon qualities [like Who Framed Roger Rabbit] to it, so we could get away with a painterly approach of just highlighting drop shadows and doing these topcoat adjustments to our effects work to further meld it into 3D work without needing a render farm.”
—Ethan Feldbau, Lead Visual Effects Artist
One of the hardest visual effects to conceptualize was the matter-consuming bagel created by the evil version of Joy known as Jobu Tupaki.
“We had our own shot tracker system that we set up, and our own principle was to keep everything open,” Stoltz explains. “Everyone had access to everything at all times. We all had special things that we brought, otherwise such a small team wouldn’t have worked because we had to figure out how these puzzle pieces fit together in terms of the way it worked in the scope that we had.” No Nuke was used on the project. “We all had to do the doughnut tutorial for Blender,” laughs Stoltz. “Building out the workflow was a lot of testing that I did with Aashish D’Mello, who was the visual effects assistant editor. Originally, we weren’t meant to be doing a remote workflow, but it ended up that way because of COVID-19. It was figuring out how to build a virtual NAS system and be able to be working off of the same stuff and communicating. I used Airtable to organize everything.”
“We did a test shoot in the Daniels’ garage. Ethan [Feldbau] and I were there, and it was an actual bagel sprayed black on a string. Then we started to experiment with other random configurations that the bagel could be. It was a freeform R&D. After that, we landed on a CG bagel that we made to look as close to the bagel we shot on the string in the garage.”
—Zak Stoltz, VFX Producer/VFX Supervisor
2D solutions were favored. “We all have a background in low-budget music videos and doing effects ourselves, and we’re directors as well,” Feldbau notes. “The Daniels wanted to find a way to scale up that process and essentially make a feature illustrating all of the tricks we have developed. Our film has live-action cartoon qualities [like Who Framed Roger Rabbit] to it, so we could get away with a painterly approach of just highlighting drop shadows and doing these topcoat adjustments to our effects work to further meld it into 3D work without needing a render farm.” The juggling of vegetables by the hibachi chef involved keyframe animation and hand-drawn elements. “The plate was of him pantomiming as if there were all of these vegetables flying around and he was chopping them up,” recalls Desom. “My job was to retroactively figure out what was flying there and fill in the void. It was the first shot that I did! I used the After Effects brush with my mouse, drew a tomato and gave it some highlights, very rough, and then I started animating with a path I drew out and gave it some motion blur. And with a simple bevel and emboss with globalization on it so the highlights would stay in place when it turned, and the same for the shadows. Somehow it worked!”
The hibachi chef scene involved the actor pantomiming juggling and cutting vegetables that were created from keyframe animation and hand-drawn elements.
Working smart within the time constraints was the mandate. “We’re not trying to make the best most photoreal visual effects that you’ve ever seen,” observes Stoltz. “We’re trying to help tell the story.” The Daniels also create visual effects. “They’re not going into the edit without all of these things in mind; that helps a lot because the Daniels are in the room with the editor Paul Rogers, who is a friend of ours.” An example of the directing duo’s expertise with visual effects is a high-speed multiverse jumping shot of Evelyn. “Daniel Kwan would shoot most of those plates on a 4K pocket camera while he was on vacation or visiting anywhere. They were prepping for it months before production began. That was also a pickup shoot where Michelle Yeoh was in Paris. That was a shot that bounced around a few people.”
Footage was captured by frequent Daniels’ collaborator Larkin Seiple. Feldbau states, “Larkin would bend and be comfortable with slight adjustments, or working with us in a way that a DP might otherwise be a little too proud to do.” Editorial turnover was immediate. “We would get early drafts so we could do spotting sessions, but we also got shots that we knew a version of was going to be in the film, and Aashish had access to all of the raw files and would make plates on demand for us,” Stoltz remarks. “We were doing final visual effects shots halfway through the edit. Some of those shots got cut or we didn’t end up doing, but for the most part we made sure that temp effects were usually done on the full plate when we could.” Matte paintings were utilized to create full buildings of the laundromat and IRS building locations, with sets built in the garage of the latter, such as the apartment and Alphaverse RV interior.
Proprietary work was done on the UI that allowed for the animation to have a specific sheen.
“The plate was of [the hibachi chef] pantomiming as if there were all of these vegetables flying around and he was chopping them up. My job was to retroactively figure out what was flying there and fill in the void. It was the first shot that I did! I used the After Effects brush with my mouse, drew a tomato and gave it some highlights, very rough, and then I started animating with a path I drew out and gave it some motion blur. And with a simple bevel and emboss with globalization on it so the highlights would stay in place when it turned, and the same for the shadows. Somehow it worked!”
—Jeff Desom, Visual Effects Artist
Visual aesthetics drove the UI design, which were produced with Adobe Photoshop and After Effects, with the layout done in Illustrator. “For the Alphaverse UI, multiverse maps, phone apps and computer screens, we came up with a working process where Zak would talk to the Daniels about what the basic needs were and then do simple vector line art to do basic timing passes with them, to plot out what had to be there,” Feldbau reveals. “Then it was passed to me to come up with what the aesthetic should be. Fortunately, this film is incredibly anti-style, and the Daniels weren’t interested in following trends. I dove right in to make some of the most hideous retro computer graphics! There is a logic and thought process to it. What would your mother make if she was trying to design a computer program, opposed to the apocalyptic universe where you could only cobble together Z80 computer chips and 8-bit hardware? We did a lot of proprietary work, so all of that sheen happening on the animation was something that I built. We did not use a lot of off-the-shelf plugins on this movie.”
2D solutions were favored, such as utilizing the confetti effect from Adobe After Effects.
“Usually, a director prepares the reference material and says, ‘Copy.’ But this film was allowed to arrive on its own visual style through a logical thought process of figuring out how to communicate the story and what it would be. That’s why Everything Everywhere All at Once has such a unique took to it.”
—Ethan Feldbau, Lead Visual Effects Artist
Unique visual effects styles were established to distinguish the universes from each other. “There was a visual language to the film that we had to adhere to,” Stoltz notes. “The glass-shattering effect and the transformation of Jobu Tupaki is very jump-cutty. The Daniels said early on that they wanted to have an idea of the destructiveness around the bagel. We took a lot of those things that we knew were important to them, and it gave us a structure for the type of visual effects, so there was never a moment where we would look at an effects shot and say, ‘We have to create something out of nothing here.’”
For the verse jumping, Daniel Kwan shot plates on a 4K pocket camera while on vacation, and later on there was a pickup shoot with Michelle Yeoh, who was in Paris.
There was no look book to serve as a visual guide. “Usually, a director prepares the reference material and says, ‘Copy,’” remarks Feldbau. “But this film was allowed to arrive on its own visual style through a logical thought process of figuring out how to communicate the story and what it would be. That’s why Everything Everywhere All at Once has such a unique took to it.”
The Yard VFX added morning smoke over the water to add to the atmospheric grayness of Victorian London.
Following the events of the first film, Enola Holmes 2 follows Enola on her quest to unravel the disappearance of a missing girl, assisted by her close associates and her older brother, Sherlock. Spin VFX and The Yard VFX worked together to provide the majority of the visual effects for the film, with around 550 VFX shots required overall. “Working directly with the movie VFX supervisor, we had to deliver photorealistic period images and scenery, staying true to the spirit and tone of Enola Holmes as laid out in the first installment,” says Edward Taylor, VFX Supervisor for Spin VFX on the film.
“The conversation started with Helen Judd, Mike Ellis and myself around two years ago,” remarks Laurens Ehrmann, Senior VFX Supervisor and Founder of The Yard VFX. “They asked me if The Yard would like to work on Enola Holmes 2. Of course, it was a great opportunity for us,” Ehrmann explains. “They showed me some concept art and explained the project, and we started from there. In the same period, I had some conversations with Aymeric Auté, and I proposed he join us for the show. Then we started sharing our thoughts with Mike, regarding the different environments that we had to craft, especially the outside of the matchstick factory and this big aerial shot over the Thames, where the camera is flying over the dock to reach Enola in the street.”According to Ehrmann, there weren’t a lot of images for the time period. “We tried to build a bunch of references. The main references from Mike were Jack the Ripper and murky London with lots of pollution, as well as Peaky Blinders,” he says.
The Yard VFX relied on images of Victorian London for reference when it came to constructing the concept of the dockyards. A gray sky lingers over the Big Smoke.
“There weren’t many pictures, as it was the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century,” adds Auté, who served as VFX Supervisor. “We tried to go a little further in time, around 1930, as there are more pictures, but we had to take care as it was more industrial in this time period. We tried to get as many references as possible, and we created a mood board with Mike. They sent us what they wanted architecture-wise and details of windows, for example, to really fit with the time period.”
“There weren’t many pictures, as it was the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. We tried to go a little further in time, around 1930, as there are more pictures, but we had to take care as it was more industrial in this time period. We tried to get as many references as possible, and we created a mood board with Mike. They sent us what they wanted architecture-wise and details of windows, for example, to really fit with the time period.”
—Aymeric Auté, VFX Supervisor, The Yard VFX
The Spin VFX team was meticulous when it came to the final details. “The harsh smoke-filled realities of Victorian England were present but moderately gentrified in order to create an accessible vision in which the story could be presented,” Taylor says. “Period correct was always on our minds as we scoured through Lost London: 1870-1945, London’s Lost Riverscape: A Photographic Panorama, as well as Spitalfieldslife.com, nationalarchives.gov.uk and numerous other websites. The devil was in the details much of the time, as any new photography is littered with television cables, security alarms and cameras, power boxes/junctions, etc. All of these had to be digitally removed in order to sell the turn of the [18th to 19th] century time frame.”
The Yard started with their own concepts for every shot “with a big mood board with lots of pictures we had gathered, just to give them our feelings and thoughts regarding the look of the shot,” Ehrmann details. “After that we spoke about how we would craft and build the shots. For example, for the aerial drone shot, the initial on-location plate over the river with the dock, we were supposed to keep the water as it is, but to ease the connection between our CG environment and the water, we decided to recreate everything, including the water. With the CG water we were able to manage the connection with the wooden docks, to add this kind of morning smoke over the water. We were asked to connect the street with the water with a drain, but an inclined plane, where the water is flowing over the bricks. So, the idea to recreate everything was a good one, as it gave us the ability to connect everything. We added a few extras, which were shot onstage in front of greenscreen, just to add people to the background. A lot of simulation for all of the smoke coming out of the chimneys.”
The Yard VFX created 63 shots for the film.
Overall, The Yard created 63 shots for the film, notes Luhrmann, “18 outside matchstick factory and 45 shots inside the matchstick factory. They shot a room, which we duplicated in depth. Sebastien Fauchère, Comp Supervisor, created a setup to recreate this second room and to be able to craft every shot really fast. We didn’t have to go to the CG render, everything was inside Nuke. It was pretty fast to develop on every shot.”
“The harsh smoke-filled realities of Victorian England were present but moderately gentrified in order to create an accessible vision in which the story could be presented. Period correct was always on our minds as we scoured through Lost London: 1870-1945, London’s Lost Riverscape: A Photographic Panorama as well as Spitalfieldslife.com, nationalarchives.gov.uk and numerous other websites. The devil was in the details much of the time, as any new photography is littered with television cables, security alarms and cameras, power boxes/junctions, etc. All of these had to be digitally removed in order to sell the turn of the [18th to 19th] century time frame.”
—Edward Taylor, VFX Supervisor, Spin VFX
Workers outside the matchstick factory, with the fog over the Thames in the background. The Yard VFX worked hard to recreate old London, paying close attention to the architecture of the period.
The establishing shot proved to be particularly challenging for The Yard to create. “It was a really big environment,” Auté says. “Because it’s a drone shot, we can’t do this on matte painting. We have to really build it in 3D to manage all the parallax to recreate the mood of old London with this kind of move. We started from really wide, and we have to go to almost close-up inside the streets, with the water on the grounds. It was the most challenging in terms of 3D.”
“[F]or the aerial drone shot, the initial on-location plate over the river with the dock, we were supposed to keep the water as it is, but to ease the connection between our CG environment and the water, we decided to recreate everything, including the water. With the CG water we were able to manage the connection with the wooden docks, to add this kind of morning smoke over the water. We were asked to connect the street with the water with a drain, but an inclined plane, where the water is flowing over the bricks. So, the idea to recreate everything was a good one, as it gave us the ability to connect everything.
—Laurens Ehrmann, Senior VFX Supervisor, The Yard VFX
“We started from wider and then went close to the actress, meaning that every single aspect needed to be really defined. We did have time to craft it because the project’s duration was nearly six months. Six months for 63 shots is a lot of time to develop and build all of the assets and do the layouts. It was challenging but not exhausting,” adds Ehrmann.
The Yard VFX decided to recreate everything to ease the connection between the CG environment and the water. Enola leads the crowd of workers along the South Bank.
The trickiest locations to capture for Spin VFX were usually dealing with cameras that were traversing the area. As Taylor explains, “The theatre stage interior and the rooftops and their scope, blending CG with practical, were generally the most challenging. The cameras and created geometry have to be in complete sync to achieve the desired illusion, not to mention lighting and any fluid dynamic elements such as water and smoke. Trying to make seamless transitions for such large and varied vistas was truly a challenge.”
In terms of the most difficult effect to realize, Taylor notes that, “As happens from time to time, creating invisible effects can be perceived as simple, but can often be challenging. The carriage explosion was exceedingly tricky, being nestled in the branches of trees, and blending practical elements alongside CG, as well as the various panoramas of London from a hillside and out a window.”
Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes.
“The theatre stage interior and the rooftops and their scope, blending CG with practical, were generally the most challenging. The cameras and created geometry have to be in complete sync to achieve the desired illusion, not to mention lighting and any fluid dynamic elements such as water and smoke. Trying to make seamless transitions for such large and varied vistas was truly a challenge.”
—Edward Taylor, VFX Supervisor, Spin VFX
“For the whole project, we had to almost set up in parallel, as a lot of shots were inside the factory and they were more 2D centric,” Auté says. “We also had a few shots where we had to build specific assets, such as cranes or the docks building. We started to build these assets in 3D, but at the same time create the layout to place the camera and see where we need to add detail and what we can render in 2D. When we had all this established, we started to refine the texture of the lighting. Or, in some cases we only did matte painting to extend a street. We tried to spread the work between the 3D and 2D team to have everything go together at the end. They have a kind of ownership of the shots, and sometimes it is good to have someone work on one piece. It’s creating a kind of energy, and people are more involved.”
45 of the visual effects shots provided by The Yard VFX were inside the matchstick factory. A room was shot, which The Yard then duplicated in depth.
Concludes Taylor, “Our VFX Producer, Brandy Drew [with Spin VFX], created an environment where daily conversations with artists kept collaboration moving forward and information flowing, no question too small, no concern to go unrecognized. Organized by level of difficulty and availability of resources, the plan was created and the workload balanced. We delivered on time and on budget.”
Along with replacing the environments, the actual jets had to digitally reskinned to represent the proper aircraft.
Getting declassified in time for the Oscars are the 2,400 visual effects shots found in Top Gun: Maverick, which were the responsibility of Ryan Tudhope and the artists at Method Studios, MPC, Lola VFX and Blind. The goal was to adhere to the imperfections that go along with shooting live-action aerial photography and to produce photorealistic CG that enhanced the storytelling and believability, rather than drew attention to itself. Before any of the scanning information was released of the F-18s to the vendors, the U.S. Navy had to give its approval.
“The L-39 is a much smaller and less capable aircraft than the Su-57, which is a fifth-generation fighter that has thrust vectoring, so it can do these maneuvers that we feature in the film where it literally goes up on its nose and turns around in midair and comes back down. Those things were not possible with anything that we had at our disposal. In those particular situations our animators under the leadership of Marc Chu [Animation Supervisor at Method Studios] pushed to get all of the flaps to do what they were supposed to do and take the shot to the next level, so it was interesting from an audience standpoint.”
—Ryan Tudhope, Visual Effects Supervisor
“That extended to the choices we were making as filmmakers in terms how the jets moved,” Tudhope explains. “The U.S. Navy was there every step of the way. The authenticity, time and effort our team put into getting all of those things perfect were driven by both [director] Joseph Kosinski’s and Tom Cruise’s desire to get all of those details right, and that was accomplished through our friends in the U.S. Navy.”
Armaments like missiles were digitally added so not to hinder the actual performances of the jets.
An area that does not get enough credit is the graphic work produced by Blind. “They were responsible for all of the heads-up displays that you see from the F-18 or Tomcat point of view and a lot of the story-driven graphics that are done throughout the film in the aircraft carrier.”
“There are many sequences that feature four jets, two teams of two, that are flying into the final mission or various training missions. Typically, we shot those with one or two F-18s and added the other F-18s in those formations. It gave us the ability to get more material practically, and since we always had a real jet in there as reference it was a huge help in matching the look and lighting. … [W]e would have a real jet doing a maneuver and add a CG jet doing a similar maneuver following behind, or in the shot where they all come through the valley and the vapor trails are going off and rush under the camera. That was one jet, and we added multiple jets doing the same thing. What is fun about that is you have this perfect thing that you’re trying to match.”
—Ryan Tudhope, Visual Effects Supervisor
Some old-fashioned techniques assisted in choreographing aerial sequences for key story beats. “Through all of that we had these F-18s on sticks,” Tudhope states. “That process was more at the front end where we were trying to translate what the Naval pilots were trying to explain to us about how things would work, as we filmed those in the hallways to try to capture their notes as to what would essentially happen, and go from there. Once we had a sense of Joe’s vision for these sequences, taking in account all of this information we were getting from the pilots, then it became a process of how to execute it.” The imperfections of the aerial photography were retained. “The difficulty of capturing that material is a fingerprint that carries all the way through to the end of the work,” Tudhope adds.
The cockpit of the full-scale Darkstar came off and went onto a gimbal that was put onstage in order to get the desired plasma effect of being in the stratosphere.
A one-to-one replacement was not possible for the aircraft. “The L-39 is a much smaller and less capable aircraft than the Su-57, which is a fifth-generation fighter that has thrust vectoring, so it can do these maneuvers that we feature in the film where it literally goes up on its nose and turns around in midair and comes back down,” Tudhope remarks. “Those things were not possible with anything that we had at our disposal. In those particular situations, our animators under the leadership of Marc Chu [Animation Supervisor at Method Studios] pushed to get all of the flaps to do what they were supposed to do and take the shot to the next level, so it was interesting from an audience standpoint.”
The blue environment of the stratosphere was influenced by aerial photography taken by weather balloons and SR-71 flights.
The imperfections of the canopy glass had to be matched in the CG versions. “There might be a situation where we had an explosion in the distance that wasn’t there and the way that those bright highlights are used through the canopy glass, which has almost like scratches on it, but in a swirling motion; it was important for us to get all of that swirling,” Tudhope explains. “We also added in a ton of armaments across the film. But once you add training munitions or bombs to the wings, it lowers the performance characteristics of the jet, and you want the jets to be doing the full-on performance. We were able to add a lot of those armaments and deal with the continuity across all of the different sequences and take that off of the requirements of the Navy to find all of that stuff for us. But these wings are alive. The wings are constantly fluctuating from the air pressure, and the flaps are moving, and there is complicated lighting moving across.”
“There are also moments where we shot real F-18s doing those taxing maneuvers and takeoffs. We had all of our camera mounts inside the F-18, so in one or two sequences where Maverick is literally taking off and you see the world receding behind him, we shot those back plates on the F-18’s internal cameras without someone sitting in the seat. The cockpit component of our full-scale jet came off and went onto one of [Special Effects Coordinator] Scott Fisher and his team’s gimbals, which we were able to put onstage.”
—Ryan Tudhope, Visual Effects Supervisor
Reskinning of the jets was reliant upon the original proxy version captured during principal photography. “We had a lighting reference in the case of the Navy jets. They are matte grey which is perfect for us, so we were able to see what the lighting characteristics were,” notes Tudhope, who used a combination of tracking markers, GPS from the camera aircraft and corresponding USGS data to get the lighting correct. Another major process was constructing the digital versions of the jets. “We get up close especially to the F-18s where they have all kinds of little dents, imperfections, bolts and rivets, been painted over a couple of times – there is a lot of detail that you want to try to capture. We were able to have a real turntable of a F-18, and we put our CG turntables right next to that. We were able to make sure that they were matching.”
The VFX team made simulations from lighting and atmospheric standpoints and match-moving the real jet relative to the terrain so the digital jets were moving at the same rate of speed.
One way to alter aerial missions was by adding digital aircrafts into shots. “There are many sequences that feature four jets, two teams of two, that are flying into the final mission or various training missions,” Tudhope states. “Typically, we shot those with one or two F-18s and added the other F-18s in those formations. It gave us the ability to get more material practically, and since we always had a real jet in there as reference it was a huge help in matching the look and lighting. It was really fun and nerdy because we would have a real jet doing a maneuver and add a CG jet doing a similar maneuver following behind, or in the shot where they all come through the valley and the vapor trails are going off and rush under the camera. That was one jet, and we added multiple jets doing the same thing. What is fun about that is you have this perfect thing that you’re trying to match.”
Appearing in the opening is a fictional stealth aircraft inspired by the hypersonic strategic reconnaissance UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Lockheed Martin SR-72. “For most of the scenes on the ground we filmed the practical Darkstar and removed the towing vehicle digitally, and added all of the heat, haze and exhaust as if it was moving under its own power,” Tudhope remarks. “There are also moments where we shot real F-18s doing those taxing maneuvers and takeoffs. We had all of our camera mounts inside the F-18, so in one or two sequences where Maverick is literally taking off and you see the world receding behind him, we shot those back plates on the F-18’s internal cameras without someone sitting in the seat. The cockpit component of our full-scale jet came off and went onto one of [Special Effects Coordinator] Scott Fisher and his team’s gimbals, which we were able to put onstage.”
One of the trickiest elements to recreate was the canopy glass with all of its imperfections.
The stratosphere had to be recreated, explains Tudhope. “We were able to find amazing reference of weather balloons and SR-71 flights where cameras had been taken to those altitudes. All of this had to be created as a digital environment.” An emerging technology is a pivotal part of the Darkstar narrative. “As you’re seeing our sequence unfold,” he continues, “the altitude that we’re conveying and the things that occur, the look of all that from a physical standpoint is based on the data that Lockheed Martin [gave us on the scramjet engine].” A certain amount of disbelief was required when it came to the camera mounts. “When you get to the training missions and the exterior camera mounts that [Cinematographer] Claudio Miranda engineered with the Navy to place real cameras on F-18s, that process of placing of real cameras on real aircraft was extended early on in the film to Darkstar, even though it was digital, and also later into the final battle – that was the DNA to what we were doing.”
Digital jets were added for safety reasons and to get the desired formation and shot composition.
Leading the way were the cameras and lenses. “Rather than design shots that we would have to modify the mounts or change lenses,” Tudhope reveals, “we determined where the mounts were going to be and what lenses would be on those particular frames and create a composition that Joe was after. We took creative liberty where we were putting that camera on the digital jet versus a real jet. We were given a large toolbox of mounts and camera platforms to try to create shots with, and the process was, ‘What is the best way to film a plate to do this shot?’ Sometimes it was a one-to-one match and other times we would modify what we filmed in order to accomplish the shot.”
“When you get to the training missions and the exterior camera mounts that [Cinematographer] Claudio Miranda engineered with the Navy to place real cameras on F-18s, that process of placing of real cameras on real aircraft was extended early on in the film to Darkstar, even though it was digital, and also later into the final battle – that was the DNA to what we were doing.”
—Ryan Tudhope, Visual Effects Supervisor
Locations had to be digitally augmented, especially for the third act battle. Comments Tudhope, “We spent a lot of time scouting up in the Cascade Mountain Range in Washington State for this snowy environment and worked out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. In the film, there is an enemy base situated at the bottom of a bowl. We found half of what we wanted and augmented real footage to get what we needed. We had an amazing locations team and pilots from the Naval Air Station who would go out with GoPros in jets and fly some of these runs for us and show us what it might look like.”
Actress Monica Barbaro and Tom Cruise on set with a special camera rig developed by Cinematographer Claudio Miranda and the U.S. Navy.
One of the essential collaborators was editor Eddie Hamilton and his team. “The editing and going through all of this footage to try to put these shots together was a huge component. We would come across shots that we had nothing for, and it might be just a storyboard. In those situations, I would work with our Visual Effects Editor Latham Robertson and pour through the material that we had captured and find different options for shots and background plates, get Joe to sign off on that or get him to choose what he wanted and go from there. We went through an extensive postvis process, so we worked very loose and fast. What missiles they have remaining was a big thing, especially on the Tomcat because there are two Sidewinders. That stuff was all tracked. Once the cut started to settle down and we felt that we’ve got this sequence coming together, then we would turn over the shots to Method Studios or MPC, and they would execute all of the beautiful work that they did.”
Dwayne Johnson “floating” out of the Rock of Eternity on set at Trilith Studios in Atlanta, lifted by one of the special effects department’s robotic arms.
Watching director Jaume Collet-Serra’s Black Adam, audiences are easily convinced that the Warner Bros./HBO Max saga was shot in a Middle Eastern city, nowhere near the Atlanta, Georgia set on which it was filmed. “We’re always most proud of things no one ever thinks are visual effects,” notes Oscar-winning Visual Effects Supervisor Bill Westenhofer (Life of Pi). “The goal is to work yourself out of any recognition.”
The film was lensed by DP Lawrence Sher (The Joker) with production design by Tom Meyer. Its primary visual effects producer was Wētā FX under the production supervision of Westenhofer in tandem with Wētā VFX Supervisor Sheldon Stopsack. Additional VFX work was by provided by Digital Domain, Scanline VFX, DNEG, Rodeo FX, Weta Digital, Lola Visual Effects, Tippett Studio, Clear Angle Studios, Effetti Digitali Italiani (EDI) and UPP. Special Effects Supervisors were Lindsay MacGowan and Shane Mahan for Legacy Effects.
Dwayne Johnson battling with Aldis Hodge’s Hawkman in the Sunken City exterior set at Trilith Studios. The athletic Hodge was suspended by wires, his wings – as well as the set extensions beyond the ground-level set – added later by Wētā FX.
The story takes place in fictional Shiruta, the modern-day version of Kahndaq, where 5,000 years prior, Teth-Adam (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson), the people’s hero with great superpowers, had been imprisoned in the Rock of Eternity for apparently misusing his powers. He is released by a rebel (by utterance of the word “Shazam”) and brought back to battle the people’s modern-day oppressors, the Intergang. While he initially also battles the four members of the Justice Society of America – Doctor Fate, Hawkman, Atom Smasher and Cyclone – they end up fighting Intergang together, eliminating the threat posed by not only that group, but Sabbaq, who also arises from the darkness of old Kahndaq to attempt to claim his throne. By the end of the film, he has succeeded in eliminating the threat, and the hero is renamed Black Adam.
“[S]ince [director] Jaume [Collet-Serra] and [DP] Larry [Sher] were actively participating in creating the previs, they felt ownership. So, when we got to set, they knew that the previs was theirs and that was the path they were going to follow, as opposed to getting there and going, ‘Oh, there’s that previs – forget that, we’re gonna do our own thing.’ It’s amazing – you can look at the previs and look at the shots and they’re incredibly close.”
—Bill Westenhofer, Production Visual Effects Supervisor
Development of Black Adam began in 2019, with Westenhofer being brought on not long after Collet-Serra came on to helm the project. By that time, the director had worked with storyboard artists to flesh out his ideas. Then, they met to decide the best state-of-the-art methods to create the imagery the director had in mind. “LED walls were hot at the time, as was volume capture, and we ended up dabbling in all of them,” Westenhofer remarks. The production was intended as a full-scale virtual production, developed initially by Tom Meyer in ZBrush. “We had a motion capture stage setup and had motion capture performers, and we had real-time controls,” Westenhofer adds. “We were due to start on March 17, 2020 – and then the world closed down.”
Johnson in a completed “flying” shot. He was first captured laying flat in an Eyeline Studios volume capture stage with the rig later removed and extensive background animation added.
Over the pandemic hiatus and through Fall 2020, L.A.-based Day For Nite continued work creating previs for the scenes, importing the Maya storyboard files into Unreal Engine. “Right away, we can see things that are working and ones that are not,” Westenhofer states. What read in the script as “He comes out, they fight, he flips over a tank” was soon developed into fully-realized scenes.
At the same time, DP Sher began setting cameras and lighting, working with Day For Nite and Collet-Serra via Zoom. “It was great because since Jaume and Larry were actively participating in creating the previs, they felt ownership. So, when we got to set, they knew that the previs was theirs and that was the path they were going to follow, as opposed to getting there and going, ‘Oh, there’s that previs – forget that, we’re gonna do our own thing.’ It’s amazing – you can look at the previs and look at the shots and they’re incredibly close.”
Johnson “floats” down the stairs of an apartment set, standing on the small platform of an industrial automobile robotic rig.
Deciding which locations seen in the previs would be practical sets and which would be CGI was an important step. “You can look at the previs,” Westenhofer explains, “and you can see if Jaume wants to be looking in a specific direction most of the time, in which case we would build that part as a set. But as soon as that set has more than one story to it, construction costs start to go up. So, for things like the city, Shiruta, I told Tom just to focus on, say, the first story, store level, and we’ll take care of the rest.” The same goes for which characters would be digital and which would be captured in- camera. “I always try to favor scenes where there are people – humans not flying around and who aren’t superheroes. But we have a movie where there are five superheroes and four of them fly in some form. So, they’re going to be mostly digital,” Westenhofer declares.
Building a City
When filming finally began, Meyer constructed the ground-level set of Shiruta on the back lot at Trilith Studios in Atlanta, notably its Central Market or the “Sunken City” where a great amount of action in the film takes place. “It actually doubles for many places in the city,” Westenhofer explains. “We had a roundabout area and several cross-streets, and if you look in one direction, that would be the area around Adriana’s (Sarah Shahi) apartment, and if you look the other way, it was where the palace would be. And when they’re seemingly driving through town, they’re really going in circles, but by changing the set extension it felt like you were traveling through the city.”
Wētā’s Assets Department, which includes its Art Department as well as modelers, texturers and shading specialists, were responsible for crafting the city, rooted in Meyer’s design for the practical set. “Tom did a magnificent job of fleshing out the tone and feel of Shiruta,” Stopsack states. “So, a lot of the groundwork was done already. We engaged with Tom quite early. Then we spent a fair amount of time designing the architecture and the whole feeling of the city square.”
A floating Dwayne Johnson, suspended by an industrial automobile robotic arm, does away with two bad guys.
“[Black Adam] not only flies, he floats. In the comic books, he says he doesn’t want to share the ground with lesser beings. So, he feels like he should float. But we wanted Dwayne to be in the scene, and we didn’t want to have him always be bluescreen, having to shoot him looking at tennis balls. [Director] Jaume [Collet-Serra] wanted it to be super smooth, not having to expend any effort, just floating.”
—Bill Westenhofer, Production Special Effects Supervisor
The look established by Meyer, Stopsack notes, “as he often described to us, was like Middle East meets Hong Kong. It needed to be dry, somewhat monochromatic and reasonably high. A lot of chaotic streetlamps, wires and air conditioning units everywhere.” Much of that was introduced to Wētā early in concept art, and then it was up to them to flesh out the environment. Adds Stopsack, “We had the luxury of photography of Tom’s set on the backlot, which gave us a starting point via plate photography, which we then extended.” That task required extension to show the entire city of Shiruta, to allow creation of high wide shots, which would include the Central Market and Palace in the extended terrain. “We knew whatever we would start building around the Sunken Street ultimately would be utilized for propagating the wider city.”
The Asset Team’s approach was to essentially create modular building blocks to create different architectural levels and stories of each building. “We had to interchange them, dress them differently and stack the buildings up to a height that Tom deemed necessary,” Stopsack explains. “For each building we would ask, ‘Would you like this to be 15 stories high? 10 stories? Is this a round building? Do we see filigree here?’ So, we had a lot of engagement with him to make sure that the look and feel was what he envisioned.” They took advantage of any assets the Art Department had available, including packages of art, signage and other items, to lean into the same language Meyer’s teams had developed. “It’s an endless chase of getting the level of detail that you’re after.”
Wētā’s attention to detail translated to a construct that looks like a true city and not a visual effect. At the same time, constructing the entire city digitally – including the entirety of Meyer’s Sunken City area sets – gave Wētā valuable flexibility for creating scenes of mayhem which otherwise would have required destruction of the practical set. “The beauty of approaching it that way,” Stopsack observes, “is that we were left with an all-digital representation of the practical set pieces that were built. So, in the fight between Black Adam and Hawkman, if Black Adam is punched and smashes down the side of the building, those shots could be created fully digital. The entire environment was fleshed out, so we could inject these all-digital shots in between.”
In order to develop a true city grid seen in high wides, Wētā’s layout team utilized Open Streets map data, accessing real-world locations as the basis for Shiruta’s street layout. Comments Stopsack, “We looked at Middle Eastern cities around the globe to look at each’s city grid to study the general density of population and buildings and the buildings’ heights. A lot of data can be sourced, and we used that to lay a foundation for what Shiruta became.”
Pierce Brosnan on set wearing his “faux cap” suit with optical markers, holding his helmet. The remainder of his costume was created digitally, as seen in the final shot.
“[The look established by Tom Meyer] as he often described to us, was like Middle East meets Hong Kong. It needed to be dry, somewhat monochromatic and reasonably high. A lot of chaotic streetlamps, wires and air conditioning units everywhere. We had the luxury of photography of Tom’s set on the backlot, which gave us a starting point via plate photography, which we then extended. We knew whatever we would start building around the Sunken Street ultimately would be utilized for propagating the wider city.”
—Sheldon Stopsack, VFX Supervisor, Wētā FX
Moving Black Adam
As lead effects vendor, it fell to Wētā to develop the character animation models and movement, which were then shared with the other vendors for creation of their own scenes. “We were engaged fairly early on, when Bill asked us to start doing motion studies – even before building any of the Shiruta environments,” Stopsack explains. “These were done, in part, to inform how they would be shot on the practical set, like how they engaged in flying action or how Hawkman would land.”
Hawkman actor Aldis Hodge did quite a few stunts himself, such as his dives into the Central Market on a wire, touching down. “We had him rehearse with counterweights attached to his costume to give him a sense of what the wings would feel like, informing his performance,” Westenhofer notes. He was also given lightweight cloth cutouts of the wings to allow the set team to get an understanding of their size, how they would articulate, and allow DP Sher space to plan for in his frame and allow for the future-digital wings to have a home.
The motion studies also helped, working with Costume Design and the Art Department to nail down costume design and motion. Says Stopsack, “Some characters that were not completely digital had costumes that needed to be practically built, such as Hawkman and Black Adam – Hawkman’s wing design, for instance, looking at their mechanics, how do the wings unfold? Things like that.” Other designs, like Dr. Fate’s costume, were completely digital, requiring more creative input from Wētā.
Director Jaume Collet-Serra, left, discusses a scene on set at Trilith Studios in Atlanta.
A key part of Black Adam’s motion involves his simple floating movement within a scene. “He not only flies, he floats,” Westenhofer explains. “In the comic books, he says he doesn’t want to share the ground with lesser beings. So, he feels like he should float. But we wanted Dwayne to be in the scene, and we didn’t want to have him always be bluescreen, having to shoot him looking at tennis balls. Jaume wanted it to be super smooth, not having to expend any effort, just floating.”
Special Effects Supervisor J.D. Schwalm was tasked with offering practical methods to accomplish the float. The main mechanism was provided by an industrial automobile robot used in car manufacturing. “That was the coolest one,” continues Westenhofer, “which we had mounted on the set and could be programmed to pick him up and float him and move him around,” with Johnson standing on the rig’s platform, his legs being replaced later and the rig removed. “It allowed him to act. When he’s floating down the stairs, passing the kid, he could do back and forth banter and actually be in the scenes with other characters. That was really important.”
For simpler shots, Schwalm provided a small robotic cart about 2½ feet by 2½ feet, with a robotic hydraulic arm containing a saddle and a small foot platform, allowing Johnson to be raised or lowered up to four feet versus the industrial robot, which could lift him as high as 15 feet. “These sorts of things could also be done using wires, but Dwayne found this really comfortable, and it allowed him to interact naturally,” Westenhofer notes.
“[The Central Market on the set of Shiruta] actually doubles for many places in the city. We had a roundabout area and several cross-streets, and if you look in one direction, that would be the area around Adriana’s (Sarah Shahi) apartment, and if you look the other way, it was where the palace would be. And when they’re seemingly driving through town, they’re really going in circles, but by changing the set extension it felt like you were traveling through the city.”
—Bill Westenhofer, Production Visual Effects Supervisor
Dwayne Johnson in the Sunken City set during a fight scene. Production Designer Tom Meyer’s Central Market was replicated by Wētā FX in set extensions.
For his flying sequences, the VFX team made a volume capture system provided by Eyeline Studios, a division of Scanline VFX. The system once again allowed Johnson’s performance to be captured in a method quite a bit different from motion capture. The actor would lay flat on the rig, surrounded by an array of hi-res video cameras (versus infrared, as would be used in mocap). Eyeline then processes the data in its proprietary system and provides an extrapolated mesh and a set of textures. Explains Stopsack, “When the data comes to us, we then have the geometry of his performance, of his head, and we have the texture that maps onto it.”
“[The industrial automobile robot was] mounted on the set and could be programmed to pick [Johnson] up and float him and move him around [with Johnson standing on the rig’s platform]. It allowed him to act. When he’s floating down the stairs, passing the kid, he could do back and forth banter and actually be in the scenes with other characters. That was really important.”
—Bill Westenhofer, Production Visual Effects Supervisor
Wētā took the process a step further to retain Johnson’s natural head motion. “We took Eyeline’s mesh and tried to incorporate that into our full-blown Black Adam digital double,” Stopsack remarks. “We could then take their head motion data and combine that onto our puppet so that the head motion would track perfectly with our digital asset, with our digital head motion. But volume capture gives you limited body motion. If you have pretty intricate body motion, your head motion can quickly go off what the volume capture would allow, such as if the head goes backwards and you want an extreme that it won’t permit. So, our animators would then see those constraints and work within them to see how far we could bend the head back without going beyond what volume capture could support,” preventing the bend from appearing too rubbery, unlike a real person’s movement. Stopsack adds, “We used the technology for a small number of shots, but it was great when you needed the unmistakable like of the actor.”
In addition to Eyeline’s cameras, the actor was surrounded by LED walls playing back material created in Unreal, working early on with Scanline and Digital Domain, which provided interactive lighting on Johnson’s costume. The backgrounds, of course, were replaced later. LED walls came in handy for other sequences, such as filming the cockpit scenes in the Hawk Cruiser as it crashes into the Central Market. “The cockpit set was too big to place it on a gimbal,” Westenhofer reveals. “Instead, we had the content playing back on the LED screen, which was designed as being from the point of view of the cockpit so they could see themselves flying through space and crashing, and it gave them enough inspiration to sway and move as the craft was bucking in space.” For lighting, he says, “It worked really well inside the cockpits. We did replace some backgrounds, but the interactive light worked really well.”
Aldis Hodge as Hawkman. The character’s wings were added digitally, though Hodge was provided lightweight cloth cutouts to allow the actor and on-set teams an idea of the space that would be taken up by the finished digital product.
Using LED walls is not something to do frivolously, Westenhofer notes. “A lot of people come to this and hope to get what they call ‘final pixel,’ meaning you film it and the shot is done. There needs to be a fair bit more work done to get LEDs to the point where that’s really successful. You need a lot more time in prep to build these CG backgrounds, but then no one can change their mind afterwards. If you do that, it’s baked into the sauce.”
Towards the end of the film, we see Teth-Adam’s backstory in a flashback revealing the death of his son, Hurut, before he became the “The Rock”-sized superhero. For those scenes, a much slimmer double (Benjamin Patterson) was used onto which Johnson’s face was later applied. “We’d have Dwayne do a pass just to get the performance, and then the double would come in and repeat the same timing and performance. So it would be his body,” Westenhofer explains.
Later, after the scene was cut together, Johnson’s head and face were captured by Lola Visual Effects using their “Egg” setup, a system somewhat similar to volume capture. “Dwayne would sit down in a chair surrounded by several cameras,” Westenhofer describes. “Lola had studied our footage and setup lighting timed to replicate interactively the way the light on set interacted with the double throughout the shot, using colored LEDs. They could tell Dwayne to ‘Look this way’ or ‘Get ready to turn your head over here,’ and they would time the playback so he’d give the performance and move his head, give the dialogue matching what we captured on set from the other actor. Then, that head is projected onto a 3D model and locked into the shot itself, so you have Dwayne’s head and the skinny actor’s body.”
Before and after shots of a battle sequence in the Sunken City show the extent of Wētā FX’s detailed design work in set extensions and effects animation.
For Pierce Brosnan’s character, Dr. Fate, it was the opposite case. Brosnan’s own performance was filmed on the set and his body was replaced. “When he’s flying, it’s all CGI,” says Westenhofer. “But when he’s on the ground interacting with other characters, his costume has more life than a practical costume would have, so the costume is digital.”
Instead of using motion capture where Brosnan would have been filmed alone on a mocap stage, a “faux cap” system was used. Brosnan appeared on set in a simple gray tracking suit. Explains Stopsack, “It doesn’t have a full- blown active marker setup as a motion capture setup would have. The suit is simply peppered with optical markers, which are not engaged with any computer system but simply photographed with witness cameras. Our Match Move Department then uses some clever algorithms to triangulate their location and extract motion. We needed to see Pierce’s performance, his persona as an actor on set engaging with all of these characters. Then the superhero suit followed after.”
Here are some insights from those leading the way …
Kaitlyn Yang,
Visual Effects Supervisor and Founder of Alpha Studios
I’ve been asked which of these characteristics that describe me (disabled with spinal muscular atrophy, Chinese-American, woman) have posed the biggest challenge in moving forward, and I’d say being a woman in this business. Even to this day, when I show up to set as a VFX supervisor, the first question I’m asked is “who are you here visiting?” It’s an everyday thing that will change with time. The more women are seen and empowered in senior roles, the less these trivial questions will come up. I took a leap of faith in starting my own company, and I am committed to achieving greater equity and opportunity for everyone in VFX.
Marge Dean,
President of Women In Animation and Head of Studio at Skybound
I was a single working parent early in my career, and the issue of balancing a career and family is highly personal. I was able to figure out a way where I did not have to sacrifice one for the other – but so many parents, particularly women, feel backed into making that tough choice. Women in Animation is focused on the enormous need to provide job flexibility and more support for working parents and caregivers. The number of women who have had to walk away from their jobs because of the lack of childcare, its staggering cost and not enough options for hybrid work schedules is startling, and that has all been exacerbated by COVID. We need to do better and lift up this advocacy movement.
Sidney Kombo-Kintombo,
Animation Supervisor, Wētā FX
Growing up amidst war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa, I made a decision to pursue art to inject life into something I drew with my own hands and give it back to the people. I created The Third Pole initiative, a CG education program, to work with youth in my home country and give them the tools and the mentorship to be powerful visual storytellers. We know how Western and Asian cultures tell their stories, but not as much how Africa would tell theirs and contribute to our collective global storytelling. It’s so important to be able to preserve our oral histories; our legends are vanishing in our own time.
Sheena Duggal,
Visual Effects Supervisor
The lack of female visual effects supervisors is definitely the result of a lack of opportunity and unconscious bias – and that is fixable. Earlier in my career I was told that the goal was to promote the male supervisors, and I watched as guys who had worked under my VFX supervision were promoted up the ranks and given opportunities on large VFX shows. It never occurred to me that my gender would hold me back, and I was always surprised when it did. I am a strong believer in diversity and inclusion, not just because I am a bi-racial woman, but because I believe that greater diversity leads to freer thinking and greater creativity.
Cinzia Angelini,
Director and Head of Story, Cinesite Studios
Creating my film Mila was a lifechanging experience, inspired by the stories my mother told me about how she felt as a child during the bombings of Trento in World War II. I fully embrace the power of animation. Hollywood might applaud socially relevant features, but it still views animation as essentially little more than “entertainment.” It has enormous potential to affect fundamental change in how we approach each other and how we deal with societal challenges. I believe that stories told through the magic of animation can move people and influence our future generations like nothing else can.
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Assisting in deciding what sets needed to be built practically or digitally was having the 10 scripts essentially written before shooting commenced.
Unlike Game of Thrones, the prequel House of the Dragon, which revolves around the decline of Targaryen rule, has to deal with the expectations of its predecessor that push the boundaries of high-end episodic visual effects to achieve filmic quality. The first season consisting of 10 episodes was able to take advantage of the new virtual production stage and Warner Bros. Leavesden Studios, with showrunners Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik collaborating with Visual Effects Supervisor Angus Bickerton (The King’s Man) to achieve the necessary size and scope and many more dragons for the epic fantasy HBO series. (Sapochnik has since moved to an executive producer role.)
The goal was to create a dirtier, grungier and dustier environment than Game of Thrones, which occurs 130 years later.
Bickerton joined the project back in September 2020, and at that point the scripts for the 10 episodes were essentially written. “That’s an important thing to say because as we know all TV productions are still evolving as they’re going along. You need to have settled scripts in order to say, ‘These sequences are going to be done in the volume.’ If we wanted to shoot the interior of Storm’s End Castle in Episode 110, instead of 12 weeks in post to do that environment, we needed 12 weeks prior to shooting to build it in Unreal Engine for texturing, lighting, doing test plays in the volume, to make sure it was coming out right, and working with the DPs and art department to decide which bits we were going to put on the screens and what would be sets.”
Around 2,800 visual effects shots were created for the 10 episodes, ranging from tiny birds in the frame to dragons.
A key principle for dragons is that they keep growing.
Some of the street scenes were captured in Spanish and Portuguese locations, but the rest were shot either on the virtual production stage or in the backlot at Leavesden Studios. “We had an oval space with a 270-degree wraparound screen, and it’s about 65 to 70 feet wide by 85 feet deep,” Bickerton explains. “We hung doors to block off the rest of the oval so we could make an almost 360-degree volume. Above that, we have our ceiling, which was on panels so we could raise and lower them. Normally, you drop that ceiling just inside the wall height. Our screen was 25 feet high. When you’re inside and look up, the ceiling blends into the wall. It’s a balancing act. You have to find a position where it’s slightly the wall height, but the 40 tracking cameras arranged around the screen still need to be able to get a view of the camera in order to real-time track the camera, in order to create the interactive environment on the screen.”
“Once you’ve built this beautiful cathedral, the last thing you want is to start blowing smoke and have hot flames melt the LED panels. But we wanted candles, flame bars, driving rain and smoke. The first thing that we did was to concede some of the screens to create ventilation space for smoke. The screen was lifted above the flame bar element to get it further away from the flame.”
—Angus Bickerton, Visual Effects Supervisor
As with Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon features extensive smoke, fire and rain, which meant that special effects had to occur within the virtual production stage. “Once you’ve built this beautiful cathedral, the last thing you want is to start blowing smoke and have hot flames melt the LED panels,” Bickerton notes. “But we wanted candles, flame bars, driving rain and smoke. The first thing that we did was to concede some of the screens to create ventilation space for smoke.”Additional ventilation was placed under the screens so the air was constantly moving. “The screen was lifted above the flame bar element to get it further away from the flame,” Bickerton adds. “When it came to storm sequences, we had to figure out the orientation of our motion base so we could blow the smoke and rain atmosphere past the actors and it would go across the screen. We could have separate fans blowing it away from the screen as well as off-camera.”
Sunrise and sunsets can be shot over the course of days on a virtual production stage with the same lighting conditions being maintained.
An iconic prop that makes an appearance in House of the Dragon is the Iron Throne.
“[For the flying dragon shot in Episode 110], The Third Floor did the previs that was animated with much simpler dragon assets to make sure that we were doing the right dragon motion. The Third Floor’s simulation files were given to Pixomondo, which tweaked and revised the animation that was then given back to The Third Floor, which rebuilt it for the motion base, volume and camera, and we worked out what camera moves that we had to do with the actors to match the previs.”
—Angus Bickerton, Visual Effects Supervisor
Special Effects Supervisor Michael Dawson and his team built a new motion base that could bank, pitch and rotate. “The motion base exceeded our expectations,” Bickerton remarks. “We got fast movement, good angle changes, could throw the actors around quite considerably and get shakes in their bodies. The Wirecam was more of a challenge to move around fast because you have to ramp up to speed, fly past an actor and ramp down again. [For the flying dragon shot in Episode 110], The Third Floor did the previs that was animated with much simpler dragon assets to make sure that we were doing the right dragon motion. The Third Floor’s simulation files were given to Pixomondo, which tweaked and revised the animation that was then given back to The Third Floor, which rebuilt it for the motion base, volume and camera, and we worked out what camera moves that we had to do with the actors to match the previs.”
Concept art by Kirill Barybin showing the scale of Prince Lucerys Velaryon and Arrax, which is a 14-year-old dragon.
The 2D concept art of Arrax was translated into a 3D blockout by Kirill Barybin.
“[The dragons] ultimately can’t bear their own weight. Vhagar, which is chasing Arrax, is meant to be 103 years old whereas Arrax is 14 years old. Whenever a new member of the Targaryen family is born a dragon is put in the crib with the child so that they develop a symbiosis. But there is only so much control that you have over these dragons. In the shot where you see the big silhouette of Vhagar above Arrax was a signature image that we wanted going into the sequence to show the size of him. In terms of how the motion base moved, Arrax is flappier and smaller, so it has more aggressive motions whereas Vhagar is a huge beast and the motions are a lot more general.”
—Angus Bickerton, Visual Effects Supervisor
A narrative principal is that dragons keep on growing. “They ultimately can’t bear their own weight,” Bickerton notes. “Vhagar, which is chasing Arrax, is meant to be 103 years old whereas Arrax is 14 years old. Whenever a new member of the Targaryen family is born a dragon is put in the crib with the child so that they develop a symbiosis. But there is only so much control that you have over these dragons. In the shot where you see the big silhouette of Vhagar above Arrax was a signature image that we wanted going into the sequence to show the size of him. In terms of how the motion base moved, Arrax is flappier and smaller, so it has more aggressive motions whereas Vhagar is a huge beast and the motions are a lot more general.”
A dramatic action sequence is when Prince Lucerys Velaryon and Arrax are chased by Aemond Targaryen and Vhagar.
There were no static 2D matte paintings as the camera always had to be fluid. “The trick was to always have atmosphere-like particles in the air,” Bickerton reveals. “I remember working on our first environment and asked, ‘Should we add some birds?’ And it worked. There were birds all over the place. They were small in frame but were a key element in bringing life to the shot. Miguel wanted it to be dirtier, dustier, grungier than Game of Thrones because we are taking place 130 years before, so there was a lot of smoke, and King’s Landing has a nastier look.” Bickerton was give an eight-terabyte drive of assets from Game of Thrones by HBO that included the Red Keep and King’s Landing. Explains Bickerton, “They had been built by different facilities for each season, so we had about five or six different variations of the Red Keep and King’s Landing. Our Visual Effects Art Director, Thomas Wingrove, brought in the different models, and we came up with our own fully-realized 3D environment because we wanted to be able to come back to it and know where everything was. In Game of Thrones, they tended to add in bits when needed for each episode.”
“[Showrunner/director] Miguel [Sapochnik] wanted it to be dirtier, dustier, grungier than Game of Thrones because we are taking place 130 years before, so there was a lot of smoke, and King’s Landing has a nastier look. They had been built by different facilities for each season, so we had about five or six different variations of the Red Keep and King’s Landing. Our Visual Effects Art Director, Thomas Wingrove, brought in the different models, and we came up with our own fully-realized 3D environment because we wanted to be able to come back to it and know where everything was. In Game of Thrones, they tended to add in bits when needed for each episode.”
—Angus Bickerton, Visual Effects Supervisor
A signature shot is of shadow of Vhagar flying above Arrax.
2D and 3D techniques were combined to create the disfigured face of King Viserys I Targaryen.
Around 2,800 visual effects shots were produced for the 10 episodes. “If you’re going to have character who is 1/10th the screen size of a dragon, then it’s a digital double,” Bickerton states. “We used digital doubles for some of the fast action; otherwise it’s an element of someone on a motion base, if it’s dragon-riding. We tried to shoot an element for everything. There was quite a lot of face replacement for action and storm sequences.” All of the actors were scanned to various degrees, depending on how much of their performance is needed. Comments Bickerton, “In the tournament at the beginning of Episode 101, there are numerous face replacements. We had to do CG for half the face of King Viserys I Targaryen in Episode 108, towards the end of his final days. We did a lot of 2D warping and distortion to make his neck thinner and get his face to be gaunt. The bit I love is the sheer diversity of the work. There are so many different environments and dragon characters. That’s what I like.”
The Martian terrain traveled by Oppy was given a reddish tint while the setting inhabited by Spirit had a bluish tint.
Considering the *batteries not included vibe, it is not surprising to learn that Amblin Entertainment was involved in producing the Prime Video documentary Good Night Oppy, which chronicles NASA’s successful development and launch of Mars rovers Opportunity and Spirit in 2003, with the former defying expectations by going beyond the 90-day mission and surviving for 15 years.
To re-enact what happened to the two rovers on the Red Planet, filmmaker Ryan White turned to ILM Visual Effects Supervisors Abishek Nair and Ivan Busquets to, in essence, produce an animated film to go along with present-day interviews and archival footage. “Ryan White wanted to make a real-life version of WALL·E [a small waste-collecting robot created by Pixar] in some ways, and mentioned during the project that E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was his favorite film growing up and wanted to bring that emotion into it,” Nair explains. “For us, it was trying to maintain that fine balance of not going too Pixar, doing justice to the engineers who worked on the rover missions and forming a connection so that the viewers feel the same thing that the engineers went through when they working with Opportunity and Spirit.”
Amongst the 34 minutes of full CG animation was the landing of the rovers on Mars.
“For us, it was trying to maintain that fine balance of not going too Pixar, doing justice to the engineers who worked on the rover missions and forming a connection so that the viewers feel the same thing that the [NASA] engineers went through when they working with Opportunity and Spirit.”
—Abishek Nair, Visual Effects Supervisor, ILM
Creating a sense of a face was important in having the rovers be able to emote. “Early on in the show, Ryan was interested in exploring a range of emotions for these rovers and was doing that in parallel in sound and visual effects,” Busquets states. “He was trying to come up with a library of plausible looks so that we were not making a caricature. Even when animating the rovers, we observed the limitations of the joints and what the range of movement is. We did cycles of, what does sad or older-looking-moving Oppy look like? It was all based on, ‘let’s use what’s in there.’ The most obvious example was using the pan cameras as eyeballs because from a physical position, they do resemble the eyeballs on a person.”
ILM created a view of Mars from outer space.
Data was provided by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “The rovers themselves are the most accurate versions of Opportunity and Spirit,” Nair observes. “We would send turntables of the rovers to the JPL and they would point out certain things that felt a little off, like how the robotic arm would bend and including the decals/details on the rover itself. We built up the rovers with some of the stickers that were on the prototypes and those were taken off when the rovers went to Mars. We had to keep all of those things in mind. It was a good symbiotic process. The engineers at JPL were excited that we were breathing life into the rovers.” The models for Opportunity and Spirit were the same but treated differently. “We respected the story, like when they needed to compensate for how Spirit was to be driven after one of the wheels broke,” Busquets states. “All of those animation cues were respected, so we did animate Spirit differently than Oppy. Then there are differences as to the environments that they were in, and those were kept realistic and true.”
“Early on in the show, [director] Ryan [White] was interested in exploring a range of emotions for these rovers and was doing that in parallel in sound and visual effects. He was trying to come up with a library of plausible looks so that we were not making a caricature. Even when animating the rovers, we observed the limitations of the joints and what is the range of movement. We did cycles of, ‘what does sad or older-looking-moving Oppy look like?’ It was all based on, ‘let’s use what’s in there.’ The most obvious example was using the pan cameras as eyeballs because from a physical position, they do resemble the eyeballs on a person.”
—Ivan Busquets, Visual Effects Supervisor, ILM
Both environments did not share the exact same color palette. “The Spirit side of the planet had more of bluish hue to it whereas the Oppy side was redder,” reveals Nair. “Also, whenever you see the split-screen, Oppy is on screen left and Spirit is on screen right. and that was maintained throughout the documentary. There was always this visual reference as to who was where, who is doing what and even the direction that they move. Oppy would always go left to right while Spirit was right to left. We built in these little cues to psychologically know that right now you’re looking at Spirit not Oppy. As the story progressed, Spirit had a broken wheel so that helped.”
Adding to the drama was having the rovers get stuck in sandpits and trying to get out.
“The Spirit side of the planet had more of bluish hue to it whereas the Oppy side was redder. Also, whenever you see the split-screen, Oppy is on screen left and Spirit is on screen right. and that was maintained throughout the documentary. There was always this visual reference as to who was where, who is doing what and even the direction that they move. Oppy would always go left to right while Spirit was right to left. We built in these little cues to psychologically know that right now you’re looking at Spirit not Oppy. As the story progressed Spirit had a broken wheel so that helped.”
—Abishek Nair, Visual Effects Supervisor, ILM
Four major dust variants were created for Spirit and Oppy. “As the shots progressed, we started running effects simulations and dust maps on it so we could turn them up or down depending on the shots themselves,” Nair notes. There was not a lot of room for creative licence. “Normally we would go with what makes for a more cinematic shot, but with this being a documentary we kept it grounded in reality as much as possible,” Busquets states. “A place where we did make a concession was when it came to the speed. The maximum speed of the rovers was something like two inches per second. It became obvious when we started animating that we were not going anywhere. How are we going to tell a story with that?”
A critical part of making the imagery believable was incorporating photographic aberrations such as lens flares.
Since visual effects was a new area for Ryan White, ILM produced storyboards and previs that also aided editorial. “The documentary style of filmmaking is different from feature film,” Nair observes. “We had to make sure that we get some fairly detailed storyboards going for key shots at least and rough storyboards for the rest that we would be doing which would then inform us in terms of the beats, length of the shots and how it’s sitting in the edit. When it came to the particular shot of Oppy getting her wheel stuck in the stand, we had some fairly detailed storyboards, but then we went through quite a bit of postvis animation to get the idea across of the wheel spinning. We also had to work with some clever camera angles that would tell the story. We were working within a timeframe and budget and trying to make sure that visually it was telling the story that was supposed to be told there. There were pockets of sand simulation that we did early on to show the wheel spinning and kicking out of the sand. We showed that to Ryan who was excited about it, and then we brought in all of those little animation cues of Oppy struggling trying to go in reverse and get out of that sandpit.”
The pan cameras on the rovers were treated as if they were eyes, which helped to give them a personality.
Sandstorms had to be simulated. “We had photographic reference of sandstorms on Mars, so we knew exactly what it would look like,” Nair explains. “We’ve done sandstorms before on various movies, but we had to make sure that these would actually happen on Mars: the little electrical storms that happen within them that have bolts of lightning. That’s where we could bring a little bit of drama into the whole thing by having the bolts of lightning and closeups of Oppy staring up at the sandstorm and lightning flashes on her face. There were tons of auxiliary particles flying around the area around her and tons of sand bleeding off her face and solar panels. We did run that through layers of simulations and then threw the whole kitchen sink at it and started peeling back to see what we could use and omit to bring the storytelling back into the whole thing.”
“The number of unique locations, from their landing sites to the journeys, to the different craters that they visit, the amount of nuance and rocks and different type of terrain, everybody involved felt there was something special about building something not based on concept art but scientific data. However, you want to make it as photographic and exciting as possible. There was a lot of pride I saw in the team in doing that.”
—Ivan Busquets, Visual Effects Supervisor, ILM
The edit was a work in progress. “What was challenging and unique about this project was being involved from an early stage and they hadn’t finished all of their interviews,” Busquets remarks. “Ryan had some ideas for the chapters that he wanted to cover. We helped to inform the edit as much as the edit helped to inform our work. It made things a bit slower to progress, and we had to rely on rough animation and previs to feed editorial.”
Four major dust variants were created for Spirit and Oppy.
No practical plates were shot for the 34 minutes of full CG animation. “We asked to be sent to Mars to shoot some plates and were told that it would be too expensive!” laughs Busquets. “We did get a ton of data from NASA including satellite images from orbiters that have been sent to Mars. It was the equivalent of Google Earth but at a lower resolution. All of the environments that you see in the documentary are based on the real locations the rovers visited.” ILM had to fill in the gaps and could not use the actual imagery because they were not high resolution enough for 4K. A cool moment to create is when Oppy takes a selfie. “It was a fun sequence to do, and we followed the same arc of the cameras so Oppy could actually take the photographs,” Nair comments. “We did have reference of the separate images that were stitched together. We got our snapshots within that particular shot very close to what was actually taken. In the documentary we made it black and white and grainier compared to the other shots.”
Electrical storms had to be incorporated inside of the sandstorms that occur on Mars.
One of the most complex shots was depicting the solar flares hitting the spacecraft as it travels to Mars. “As an idea, it was storyboarded in a simple manner, and when we started looking at it we figured out that it wasn’t going to show the scale and the distance that these flares would travel or the danger that the rovers were in,” Nair states. “Working the timing of the camera move to the sun with the burst of flare energy… The camera takes over from there, follows the flare energy hitting the spacecraft and swivels around. That whole thing took a bit to plan out. It was a leap of faith as well because Ryan didn’t want it to look like too Transformers in a way. We had to keep things still believable but at the same time play around a little bit and have some fun with the whole thing. It’s one of our longest shots in the show as well. As for the other challenges, it was a documentary format where the edit was fluid, and we had to make sure it would conform with our timeline and the scope of work that was left to do.”
The environmental work was extensive. “The number of unique locations, from their landing sites to the journeys, to the different craters that they visit, the amount of nuance and rocks and different type of terrain, everybody involved felt there was something special about building something not based on concept art but scientific data,” Busquets remarks. “However, you want to make it as photographic and exciting as possible. There was a lot of pride I saw in the team in doing that.”
Images courtesy of Marvel Studios and Digital Domain.
Production Special Effects Supervisor Daniel Sudick and his special effects teams built a 30- to 40-foot-section of the boat deck that was 15 to 20 feet up in the air.
Third acts are never easy as this is what the audience has been waiting for, and when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe there have been a plethora of epic battles making things even more difficult to come up with something that has not been seen before. In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the Wakandans take a ship out into the ocean and successfully lure the underwater-dwelling Talokanil into a massive confrontation while the newly crowned Black Panther does single combat with Namor in a desert environment. States Hanzhi Tang, VFX Supervisor at Digital Domain, “I knew this movie was important, and having met [director] Ryan Coogler on set, you want him to succeed as he’s the nicest person. I’ve known [Marvel Studios VFX Supervisor] Geoffrey Baumann for a long time, so we had already a good working relationship; he trusted us with trying to help him navigate whatever surprises that would come up.”
The rappelling of the Dora Milaje was influenced by a dance troupe.
A back-and-forth between Digital Domain and Wētā FX ensured that their shots were seamlessly integrated with each other.
“We started off in the Atlantic Ocean and shared some parts with Wētā FX, which had already figured out the underwater and deep ocean looks. Digital Domain kept to above the surface and a couple of shots where characters had to go in and out water. There was a back and forth between us so to synchronize with each other as to the camera and the location of the water plane. Then we would do everything from the water surface and upwards. Then one of us had to do the final composite and blend the two together. Luckily, when the camera hit that water plane it acts like a wipe.”
—Hanzhi Tang, VFX Supervisor, Digital Domain
“We started off in the Atlantic Ocean and shared some parts with Wētā FX, which had already figured out the underwater and deep ocean looks,” Tang explains. “Digital Domain kept to above the surface and a couple of shots where characters had to go in and out water.” For the some of the underwater shots, Wētā FX provided the virtual camera as a first pass. “There was a back and forth between us so to synchronize with each other as to the camera and the location of the water plane,” Hang details. “Then we would do everything from the water surface and upwards. Then one of us had to do the final composite and blend the two together. Luckily, when the camera hit that water plane it acts like a wipe.” A giant set piece was constructed for the boat. “A 30- to 40-foot section of the boat deck was built that was 15 to 20 feet up in the air,” reveals Tang. “It was built as a rig that could tilt up to 45 degrees, because there is a point in the movie where the boat gets attacked and almost rolls over. People could slide down the deck. [Production Special Effects Supervisor] Dan Sudick and his special effects team had built one big in-ground tank to film people in the water, and separately this deck. As far as the water interaction on the deck, it was all CG.”
The Talokanil were supposed to have bare feet, which were inserted digitally for safety reasons.
A major task was adding digitally the rebreather masks worn by the Talokanil.
Plates were shot for the foreground elements with various bluescreens placed in the background. “All the way back was a set extension that was blended into the foreground,” Tang remarks. “Everyone in the background is a digital double.” The rappelling of the Dora Milaje was influenced by a dance troupe. Describes Tang, “There is a vertical wall where everyone does dance moves on cables that was the inspiration for the Dora Milaje being suspended. The whole thing was shot horizontally with them dangling off of cables. It was incredible.” The skies were art directed. “There was a lot of picking and choosing of the type of day and clouds,” Tang comments. “It ended up being a combination of CG and matte-painted clouds. The style of the on-set lighting by Autumn Durald Arkapaw, the cinematographer, was soft, and she would wrap the lighting around characters and give them a lovely sheen on their skin.”
“A 30- to 40-foot section of the boat deck was built that was 15 to 20 feet up in the air. It was built as a rig that could tilt up to 45 degrees, because there is a point in the movie where the boat gets attacked and almost rolls over. People could slide down the deck. [Production Special Effects Supervisor] Dan Sudick and his team built one big in-ground tank to film people in the water, and separately this deck. As far as the water interaction on the deck, it was all CG.”
—Hanzhi Tang, VFX Supervisor, Digital Domain
Shuri transports a captured Namor to a desert environment where they have engage in single combat.
Blue-skin characters, such as the Talokanil, against bluescreen is always a fun challenge, Tang reports. “Greenscreen would have been worse with the amount of spill, given that it was meant to be a blue-sky reflection,” he states. “We ended up doing roto on everything. The set is 20 feet in the air, people are being sprayed down with water, and there are all of these cables that need to be painted out. When the Talokanil board, you have 20 stunt people climbing the boat, and there’s no perimeter fence around this thing. For safety reasons, everyone had to wear decent footwear, and these characters were meant to be barefoot. They did not do the rubber feet that Steve Rogers wears in Captain America: The First Avenger, so we ended up tracking and blending CG for feet replacements. We also had to track and replace rebreather masks because the Talokanil wear them when they’re out of the water. It fits over the mouth and the gills on the neck. Those were impractical to wear, be running around and trying to perform the stunts in.”
“All the way back [for the rappelling of the Dora Milaje sequence] was a set extension that was blended into the foreground. Everyone in the background is a digital double. There is a vertical wall where everyone does dance moves on cables that was the inspiration for the Dora Milaje being suspended. The whole thing was shot horizontally with them dangling off of cables. It was incredible.”
—Hanzhi Tang, VFX Supervisor, Digital Domain
Bluescreen made more sense than greenscreen as it provided the correct blue spill that would have been caused by the sky.
Namor (Tenoch Huerta) is captured and Shuri flies him off into the desert because he gains his power from the ocean. “They have a one-on-one fight, and there was a lot of set extensions and cleanup of the background,” Tang remarks. “We put the sky and the sun in the right place.” A flamethrower was utilized on set for the desert explosion. “But it wasn’t anywhere near the size of the actual explosion in the movie. It was used for exposure, color and scale reference of how that size flame appears through the camera,” Tang says. The flying shots of Namor were sometimes the most difficult to achieve, he adds. “In some of the shots we would have captured Tenoch Huerta on bluescreen, and he’ll do some closeup acting,” Tang observes. “We tried some wirework that looked too much like wirework and ended up doing a half-body replacement from the chest down. They captured a lot of shots with him in a tuning fork and being pulled around the set, so it was a lot of paint-out for the tuning fork and all of the gear on it. It’s suitable for waist-up shots. Tenoch just had the pair of shorts, which means there’s not much to hide, and when doing extensive paint-out on skin, you can end up with large patches that can be easily seen.”
Several sequences featuring the Giganotosaurus in Jurassic World Dominion made use of a animatronic head section on set. (Image courtesy of Universal Pictures and ILM)
For final shots, ILM would often retain the entire animatronic head of the dinosaur and add in the rest of the dinosaur body. (Image courtesy of Universal Pictures and ILM)
How do you put yourself into the shoes, or feet, of a Giganotosaurus? What about an advanced chimpanzee or a bipedal hippo god? And how do you tackle a curious baby tree-like humanoid? These are all computer-generated characters with very different personalities featured in films and shows released in 2022, and ones that needed to be brought to life in part by teams of animators. Here, animation heads leading the charge at ILM, Wētā FX, Framestore and Luma Pictures share how their particular creature was crafted and what they had to do to find the essence of that character.
When your antagonist is a Giganotosaurus
When Jurassic World Dominion Animation Supervisor Jance Rubinchik was discussing with director Colin Trevorrow how the film’s dinosaurs would be brought to the screen, he reflected on how the animals in the first Jurassic Park “weren’t villains, they were just animals. For example, the T-Rex is just curious about the jeep, and he’s flipping it over, stepping on it and biting pieces off of it. He’s not trying to kill the kids. I said to Colin, ‘Can we go back to our main dinosaur – the Giganotosaurus – just being an animal?’ Let’s explore the Giga being an animal and not just being a monster for monster’s sake. It was more naturalistic.”
With Trevorrow’s approval for this approach, Rubinchik began work on the film embedded with the previs and postvis teams at Proof Inc., while character designs also continued. This work fed both to the animatronic builds by John Nolan Studio and Industrial Light & Magic’s CG Giganotosaurus. “Early on, we did lots of walk cycles, run cycles and behavior tests. I personally did tests where the Giga wandered out from in between some trees and was shaking its head and snorting and looking around.”
Another aspect of the Giganotosaurus was that ILM would often be adding to a practical/animatronic head section with the remainder of the dinosaur in CG. For Rubinchik, it meant that the overall Giga performance was also heavily influenced by what could be achieved on set. Comments Rubinchik, “What I didn’t want to have were these practical dinosaurs that tend to be a little slower moving and restricted, simply from the fact they are massive hydraulic machines, that then intercut with fast and agile CG dinosaurs. It really screams, ‘This is what is CG and this is what’s practical.’
A full-motion CG Giganotosaurus crafted by ILM gives chase. (Image courtesy of Universal Pictures and ILM)
Animation Supervisor Jance Rubinchik had a hand in ensuring that the movement of animatronic dinosaurs made by John Nolan Studio, as shown here, were matched by their CG counterparts. (Image courtesy of Universal Pictures and ILM)
“Indeed,” Rubinchik adds, “sometimes as animators, you have all these controls and you want to use every single control that you have. You want to get as much overlap and jiggle and bounce and follow through as you can because we’re animators and that’s the fun of animating. But having something that introduced restraint for us, which was the practical on-set dinosaurs, meant we were more careful and subtler in our CG animation. There’s also a lot of fun and unexpected things that happen with the actual animatronics. It might get some shakes or twitches, and that stuff was great. We really added that stuff into Giga wherever we could.”
For Pogo shots in season 3 of The Umbrella Academy, on-set plates featured actor Ken Hall. (Image courtesy of Netflix and Wētā FX)
Voice performance for Pogo was provided by Adam Godley (right), while Wētā FX animators also contributed additional performance capture. (Image courtesy of Net-flix and Wētā FX)
The final Pogo shot. (Image courtesy of Netflix and Wētā FX)
“What I didn’t want to have were these practical dinosaurs that tend to be a little slower moving and restricted, simply from the fact they are massive hydraulic machines, that then intercut with fast and agile CG dinosaurs. It really screams, ‘This is what is CG and this is what’s practical.’ … But having something that introduced some restraint for us, which was the practical on-set dinosaurs, meant we were more careful and subtler in our CG animation. There’s also a lot of fun and unexpected things that happen with the actual animatronics. It might get some shakes or twitches, and that stuff was great. We really added that stuff into Giga wherever we could.”
—Jance Rubinchik, Animation Director, MPC
This extended even to the point of replicating the animatronic joint placements from the John Nolan Studio creatures into ILM’s CG versions. “All of the pivots for the neck, the head, the torso and the jaw were in the exact same place as they were in the CG puppet,” Rubinchik outlines. “It meant they would pivot from the same place. I was so happy with how that sequence turned out with all the unexpected little ticks and movements that informed what we did.”
Pogo reimagined
The advanced chimpanzee Pogo is a CG character viewers greeted in Seasons 1 and 2 of Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy as an assistant to Sir Reginald Hargreeves, and as a baby chimp. The most recent Season 3 of the show sees Pogo appear in an alternative timeline as a ‘cooler’ version of the character who even becomes a biker and tattoo artist. Wētā FX created each incarnation of Pogo, which drew upon the voice of Adam Godley, the on-set performance of Ken Hall and other stunt performers and stand-ins to make the final creature.
Having ‘lived’ with Pogo in his older, more frail form in the past seasons, Wētā FX Animation Supervisor Aidan Martin and his team now had the chance to work on a character who was capable of a lot more physically, including Kung Fu. “All of a sudden, Pogo’s been in the gym. He’s juiced up. He’s doubled his shoulder muscle mass and his arms are a lot bigger, so the way that he carries himself is completely different. His attitude has changed, too. He’s more gnarled and he’s a lot more jaded about the world,” Martin says.
From an animation point of view, Wētā FX animators took that new physicality into the performance and reflected it in postures and movements. “It was even things like the way he looks at somebody now,” Martin explains. “Early on in Season 1, when he looks at people, he’s very sincere. He was like a loving grandfather. Now, he’s a bit fed up with it all and he’s not looking at you with good intentions. He thinks you’re an idiot and he doesn’t have time for it. That’s where he’s coming from behind the mask.”
Pogo is a grittier character in this latest season, even working as a tattoo artist. (Im-age courtesy of Netflix and Wētā FX)
“All of a sudden, Pogo’s been in the gym. He’s juiced up. He’s doubled his shoulder muscle mass and his arms are a lot bigger, so the way that he carries himself is completely different. His attitude has changed, too. He’s more gnarled and he’s a lot more jaded about the world.”
—Aidan Martin, Animation Supervisor, Wētā FX
One of the VFX studio’s toughest tasks on this new Pogo remained the character’s eyes. “Eyeline is everything, especially with chimps,” says Martin, who also had experience on the Planet of the Apes films at Wētā FX. “When you’re trying to do a more anthropomorphized performance, chimps with their eyelines and brows do not work very well compared to humans because their eyes are just so far back and their brows sit out so far. For example, as soon as you have the head tilt down and then try to make them look up, you can lose their eyes completely. Balancing the eyeline and the head angle is really difficult, especially on chimps.”
“Even once you’ve got that working, getting the mouth shapes to read properly is also tricky,” Martin continues. “There are some really tricky shapes, like a ‘V’ and an ‘F,’ that are incredibly hard on a chimp versus a human. Their mouths are almost twice as wide as our mouths. Humans look really good when they’re talking softly, but getting a chimp to do that, it looks like they’re either just mumbling or they get the coconut mouth, like two halves clacking together, and everything’s just too big. We used traditional animation techniques here, basically a sheet of phoneme expressions for Pogo’s mouth.”
Going hyper (or hippo) realistic
Finding the performance for a CG-animated character often happens very early on in a production, even before any live action is shot. In the case of the Marvel Studios series Moon Knight’s slightly awkward hippo god Taweret, it began when Framestore was tasked with translating the casting audition of voice and on-set performer Antonia Salib into a piece of test animation.
Actor Antonia Salib performs the role of hippo god Taweret on a bluescreen set. (Image courtesy of Marvel and Framestore)
Final shot of Taweret by Framestore. (Image courtesy of Netflix and Wētā FX)
“The Production Visual Effects Supervisor, Sean Andrew Faden, asked us to put something together as if it was Taweret auditioning for the role,” relates Framestore Animation Supervisor Chris Hurtt. “We made this classic blooper-like demo where we cut it up and had the beeps and even a set with a boom mic. We would match to Antonia’s performance with keyframe animation just to find the right tone. We would later have to go from her height to an eight- or nine-foot-tall hippo, which changed things, but it was a great start.”
Salib wore an extender stick during the shoot (here with Oscar Isaac) to reach the appropriate height of Taweret. (Image courtesy of Marvel and Framestore)
Framestore had to solve both a hippo look in bipedal form and the realistic motion of hair and costume for the final character. (Image courtesy of Marvel and Frame-store)
“We looked at a lot of reference of real hippos and asked ourselves, ‘What can we take from the face so that this doesn’t just feel like it’s only moving like a human face that’s in a hippo shape?’ We found there were these large fat sacks in the corners that we could move, and it made everything feel a little more hippo-y and not so human-y. Probably the biggest challenge on her was getting Taweret to go from a human to a hippo.”
—Chris Hurtt, Animation Supervisor, Framestore
During filming of the actual episode scenes, Salib would perform Taweret in costume with the other actors and with an extender stick and ball markers to represent the real height of the character. As Hurtt describes, Framestore took that as reference and looked to find the right kind of ‘hippoisms’ on Salib. “We looked at a lot of reference of real hippos and asked ourselves, ‘What can we take from the face so that this doesn’t just feel like it’s only moving like a human face that’s in a hippo shape?’ We found there were these large fat sacks in the corners that we could move, and it made everything feel a little more hippo-y and not so human-y.”
“Probably the biggest challenge on her was getting Taweret to go from a human to a hippo,” adds Hurtt, who also praises the Framestore modeling, rigging and texturing teams in building the character. “The main thing for animation was that we had to observe what the muscles and the FACS shapes were doing on Antonia, and then map those to the character. Still, you’re trying to hit key expressions without it looking too cartoony.”
To help realize the motion of Taweret’s face shapes in the most believable manner possible, Framestore’s animators relied on an in-house machine learning tool. “The tool does a dynamic simulation like you would with, say, hair, but instead it would drive those face shapes,” Hurtt notes. “It’s not actually super-noticeable, but it’s one of those things if you didn’t have there, particularly with such a huge character, she would’ve felt very much like paper-mâché when she turned her head.”
The enduring, endearing allure of Groot
The Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxy films have borne several CG-animated characters; one of the most beloved being Baby Groot. He now stars in his own series of animated shorts called I Am Groot, directed by Kirsten Lepore, with visual effects and animation by Luma Pictures. The fully CG shorts started with a script and boarding process driven by Lepore, according to Luma Pictures Animation Director Raphael Pimentel.
Luma Pictures Animation Director Raphael Pimentel donned an Xsens suit (and Ba-by Groot mask) for motion capture reference at Luma Pictures during the making of I Am Groot. (Image courtesy of Luma Pictures)
The behavior settled on for Baby Groot, which had been featured in previous Marvel projects, was always ‘endearing.’ (Image courtesy of Marvel and Luma Pictures)
“There were scripts early on showing what the stories were going to be about. These quickly transitioned into boards. Then, Kirsten would provide the boards to us with sound. She would put them to music as well, which was important to get the vibe. These would then be turned over to us as an animatic of those boards with the timing and sound that Kirsten envisioned, which was pretty spot-on to the final result.”
Baby Groot’s mud bath in one of the shorts required the extensive cooperation be-tween the animation and FX teams at Luma Pictures. (Image courtesy of Marvel and Luma Pictures)
Baby Groot still delivers only one line: “I am Groot.” (Image courtesy of Marvel and Luma Pictures)
In terms of finding the ideal style of character animation for Groot in the shorts, Luma Pictures shot motion capture as reference for its animators, which was used in conjunction with video reference that Lepore also provided, and vid-ref shot by the animators themselves. The motion capture mainly took the form of Pimentel performing in an Xsens suit. “We went to Luma and identified the key shots that we wanted to do for every episode,” Pimentel recalls. “We would do one episode each day. As we were going through those key shots, we ended up shooting mocap for everything. Kirsten was there telling me the emotions that she wanted Groot to be feeling at that specific point in time. And we said, ‘Let’s keep going, let’s keep going.’ Next thing you know, we actually shot mocap for everything to provide reference for the animators.”
In one of the shorts, “Groot Takes a Bath,” a mud bath results in the growth of many leaves on the character, which he soon finds ways to groom in different styles. This necessitated a close collaboration between animation and effects at Luma. “That was a technical challenge for us,” Pimentel discusses. “In order for Kirsten to see how the leaves were behaving, she would usually have to wait until the effects pass. We built an animation rig that was very robust that would get the look as close to final as possible through animation.”
The final behavior settled on for Baby Groot in the shorts was “endearing,” Pimentel notes. Despite Groot’s temper tantrums and ups and downs, he was still kept sweet at all times. From an animation standpoint, that meant ensuring the character’s body and facial performances stayed within limits. “It’s easy to start dialing in the brows to be angry, but we had to keep the brows soft at all times. And then his eyes are always wide to the world. Regardless of what’s happening to him, his eyes are always wide to the world, much like a kid is.”
Les membres du VES sont invites a l’évènement CAFÉ - Conférence, Animation, FX et Expertise
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Félicitations à tous les candidats de la 2e édition de la révision de portfolio de *#VESMontreal (+40 soumissions de projets #2D #3D #VFX #Animation), nos 9 lauréats de toutes les universités #NAD #UQAC #LOSTBOYS #ISARTDIGITAL #RUBIKA Merci à nos merveilleux invités, commanditaires de cet événement spécial, bénévoles et participants! RDV l’année prochaine pour notre 3e édition!
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Congratulations to all *VES Montreal portfolio review 2nd edition* candidates (+40 projects submissions #2D #3D #VFX #Animation), our 9 winners from all Universities #NAD #UQAC #LOSTBOYS #ISARTDIGITAL #RUBIKA Thank you to our amazing guests, special event sponsors, volunteers and attendees! See you next year for our 3rd edition!
INVITATION SOIREE RÉSEAUTAGE COCKTAIL INDUSTRIE VFX / ANIMATION vendredi 22 avril 2022 | 19h00 EST | EN PRESENTIEL | NAD University
Marine Lelièvre, VES Montréal, vous invite à une soirée de réseautage VFX-Animation en présentiel au NAD, incluant un panel, un cocktail et une activité spéciale de révision de portfolio en temps réel par son panel d’experts avec François Schneider - Creative Supervisor / ReDefine, David Francois - Digital Compositor Lead / Reel FX, Brent George - Realization Director - Compulsion Games & Co-Founder Agora Community.
Places limitées, soumission de votre portfolio avant le 15 avril.
INVITATION NETWORK EVENT COCKTAIL VFX INDUSTRY Friday April 22, 2022 | 7:00PM EST | IRL | NAD University
Marine Lelievre will be hosting a VFX-Animation networking event in person at NAD university, featuring a cocktail and live portfolio review by her panel of experts with François Schneider - Creative Supervisor / ReDefine, David Francois - Digital Compositor Lead / Reel FX, Brent George - Realization Director - Compulsion Games & Co-Founder Agora Community.
Limited seats, submit your demo reels before April 15.
Enjoy these video replays brought to you by the VES Montreal Section. Keep coming back for more uploads to enjoy!
CopyCat met l'apprentissage automatique au service des artistes en leur permettant de former des effets personnalisés qui ne sont limités que par leur imagination. La sortie de Foundry de NukeX 13.0 est le premier outil du genre à libérer l'apprentissage automatique en tant qu'extension flexible du processus créatif.
CopyCat puts machine learning to work for artists by letting them train customized effects that are limited only by their imagination. Foundry’s release of NukeX 13.0 is the first tool of its kind to unleash machine learning as a flexible extension of the creative process.
Marine Lelievre, Co-Présidente VES Montréal présentera un panel de conférenciers invités provenant de studios d’effets visuels et d’animation, modéré par Pierre-Luc Labbée, Président de rhum - humans and resource. Les gestionnaires embaucheurs seront interrogés notamment sur leur processus de décision en matière d'embauche, des compétences techniques aux compétences humaines. Une session de questions / réponses à ne pas manquer suivra !
Marine Lelievre, VES Montreal Co-Chair will be hosting a panel of guest speakers from VFX/Animation studios, moderated by Pierre-Luc Labbée, rhum - humans and resource’ President, which will dive deep into their decision-making process when it comes to hiring, from technical to human skills.
CopyCat puts machine learning to work for artists by letting them train customized effects that are limited only by their imagination. Foundry’s release of NukeX 13.0 is the first tool of its kind to unleash machine learning as a flexible extension of the creative process.
The live online panel includes Academy Award nominated Director Jeff Fowler, Producer Toby Ascher, VES Award and Academy Award nominated Visual Effects Supervisor Ged Wright and Co-Producer, Lead Designer at Blur Studios and Storyboard Supervisor Tyson Hesse, moderated by VES Montreal Board Member Frederick Lissau. The discussion delves into the making of the Visual Effects of Paramount Pictures hit sequel, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 which has grossed over $400 Million worldwide.
Frederick Lissau, membre du Conseil d’administration de VES Montréal, se penchera sur la suite à succès de Paramount Pictures SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, et la production de ses effets visuels, qui a rapporté plus de 400 millions de dollars dans le monde.
Nos invités spéciaux comprennent le réalisateur du film – Jeff Fowler ; le producteur – Toby Ascher, le superviseur des effets visuels – Ged Wright, et le co-producteur – Tyson Hesse.
Production virtuelle 101 et conversation sur écran vert
Nous sommes heureux de vous inviter à notre premier événement industriel de l'année, la compagnie MELS organise une conversation sur la production virtuelle 101 et sur les écrans verts. 16 mars - 19h.
Inscrivez-vous à l'événement: http://bit.ly/VESMELSVP Cette évènement est ouvert a tous. Pensez a en parler avec vos colleges.
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La Campagne d'adhésion au VES du printemps 2021 accepte désormais les candidatures
En ces temps difficiles, nous voulons exhorter tous les membres du VES à être à la recherche de collègues de premier ordre dans l'industrie des effets visuels ayant au moins cinq (5) ans d'expérience professionnelle. Si vous connaissez un bon candidat, proposez-lui de lui écrire une approbation et dites-lui de faire une demande d'adhésion sur le site Web de VES.
Grâce à la récente modification des statuts de VES, chaque membre actuel peut approuver jusqu'à deux (2) candidats pour chaque période de candidature, printemps et automne, pour un maximum de quatre (4) approbations par année civile. Cliquez ici pour obtenir des directives sur ce que le comité d'adhésion de VES souhaite voir dans une lettre d'approbation détaillée et complète.
La date limite pour le cycle d'adhésion du printemps est le lundi 15 mars 2021.
Pour participer à la réunion du conseil, qui est ouverte à tous les membres, ou si vous avez des questions et / ou des suggestions, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter via montreal@vesglobal.org
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We are happy to invite you to our Friday Hangout March 12th - 7pm. Join us for some casual chat and networking.
Virtual production 101 & Green screen conversation
We are happy to invite you to our first industry event of the year MELS is hosting a Virtual production 101 & Green screen conversation. March 16th - 7pm.
Register for the event: http://bit.ly/VESMELSVP This event is open to everyone. Consider discussing it with your colleges.
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Spring 2021 VES Membership Drive - Now Accepting Applications
In these difficult and challenging times we want to urge all VES members to be on the lookout for top-notch visual effects industry colleagues with at least five (5) years' professional experience. If you know a good candidate, offer to write them an endorsement and recommend that they apply for membership on the VES website.
Thanks to the recent change to the VES Bylaws, every current member may endorse up to two (2) applicants for each application period, Spring and Fall, for up to a total of four (4) endorsements per calendar year. Click here for guidelines on what the VES Membership Committee wants to see in a detailed and comprehensive letter of endorsement.
The deadline for the Spring membership cycle is Monday, March 15, 2021.
To join the board meeting, which is open to all members, or if you have any questions and/or suggestions, please feel free to contact us via montreal@vesglobal.org
Avant tout, et au nom de l’ensemble du conseil d’administration du chapitre VES Montréal nous espérons, que vous êtes tous en bonne santé et en sécurité dans ce contexte particulièrement difficile.
De plus, nous avons effectué des recherches et constitué une liste de ressources spécifiques, pour vous faciliter la vie au quotidien (vous la trouverez plus bas).
Alors, pour aider l'industrie des effets visuels du chapitre Montréal à se rapprocher, nous avons mis en place un serveur Discord, auquel vous pouvez vous joindre ici: https://discord.gg/crc66xD.
Ressources gouvernementales
Informations générales de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (FR)
Informations générales du Gouvernement du Canada (FR)
Informations générales du Gouvernement du Québec (FR)
Informations générales de la ville de Montréal (FR)
Ressources financières
Plan d'intervention économique du Canada pour répondre à la COVID-19 (FR)
Crash Course propose de multiples cours allant de l’astronomie à l’anatomie via YouTube (EN)
Le programme d'alphabétisation des enfants de la Fondation SAG-AFTRA diffuse des vidéos mettant en vedette des acteurs célèbres lisant des livres pour enfants (EN)
#SAVEWITHSTORIES offre aussi des vidéos mettant en vedette des acteurs célèbres lisant des livres pour enfants (EN)
Audible: livres audios gratuits pour les enfants (EN)
Divertissement
Netflix Party vous permet d'assister à une soirée cinéma à distance (EN)
2020 TCM Classic Film Festival: Edition familiale (EN)
Mail Chimp propose les courts métrages de SXSW 2020 (EN)
We hope you are all healthy and safe during these unprecedented and troubling times. As we all try our best to navigate through our days, balancing family and work obligations, we have rounded up some resources to help those in need and tips to keep you and your family connected and informed.
Additionally, to help the visual effects industry in Montreal to grow closer together we have set up a Discord server for you to join: https://discord.gg/crc66xD.
Government Resources
General Information from the World Health Organisation (EN/FR)
General information from the Canadian Government (EN/FR)
General information from the Quebec Government (EN/FR)
General information from the City of Montreal (EN/FR)
VES Members and up to Four (4) Guests are Invited to an Opening Weekend Screening of Universal Pictures’ and Illumination Entertainment’s THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE
Masks or face coverings are encouraged, but not mandatory. Please observe social distancing whenever possible.
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
VES Members and up to Four (4) Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ COCAINE BEAR
Masks or face coverings are encouraged, but not mandatory. Please observe social distancing whenever possible.
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
Collecte de membres de la section VES Montréal Événement Pubnight.
Faisons grandir notre communauté et reconnaissons les personnes talentueuses.
Les membres VES sont invités et encouragés à amener jusqu’à deux non-membres à notre événement Pubnight.
Rencontrons tous ces talents et discutons de ce que VES peut offrir en termes de réseautage, de formation continue et de communauté, y compris des projections et d’autres événements sociaux.
VES Montreal Section membership drive Pubnight event.
Let’s grow our community and recognize talented people.
VES members are invited and incouraged to bring up to two non members to our Pubnight event.
Let’s meet all that talent and have a talk about what VES can offer in terms of networking, continued education and community, including screenings and other social events.
VES Members and up to Four (4) Guests are Invited to an Opening Weekend Screening of Marvel Studios’ and Walt Disney Pictures’ ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA
Masks or face coverings are encouraged, but not mandatory. Please observe social distancing whenever possible.
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
VES Members and up to Four (4) Guests are Invited to a Screening of Searchlight Pictures’ THE MENU
Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 11:30AM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
VES Members and up to Four (4) Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ STRANGE WORLD
Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 10:30AM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
WHERE REALTIME TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTIONIZES VISUAL STORYTELLING and will be hosted at MELS, By AMD, Nvidia, Foundry and MELS.
This is an open for all event, but due to the security we need every name in on the list.
If your name is not on the list you dont get it.
This means that you cant book for your friends on the eventbride, the non ves members you would like to join, will have to signup themselfs.
The VES MEMBER NUMBER field on the eventbride is also not madetory, but if you are a member I suggest you add it.
There will be busses going from Square Victoria, starting with the first pick up at 6:30pm until the end of the event.
WHERE REALTIME TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTIONIZES VISUAL STORYTELLING et sera hébergé au MELS, par AMD, Nvidia, Foundry et MELS.
Ce sera une soirée avec un couple d’orateurs, – ceux-ci seront annoncés bientôt
Après les exposés et les présentations, il y aura un mixer
Il s’agit d’un événement ouvert à tous, mais pour des raisons de sécurité, nous avons besoin de tous les noms sur la liste.
Si votre nom n’est pas sur la liste, vous ne l’aurez pas.
Cela signifie que vous ne pouvez pas réserver pour vos amis sur l’eventbride, les membres non ves que vous souhaitez rejoindre devront s’inscrire eux-mêmes.
Le champ VES MEMBER NUMBER sur l’eventbride n’est pas non plus obligatoire, mais si vous êtes membre, je vous suggère de l’ajouter.
Il y aura des bus partant du Square Victoria, à partir du premier ramassage à 18h30 jusqu’à la fin de l’événement.
diffusion en direct lorsque l’événement est en cours – https://fb.me/e/39VssmwXb
Presenters / Présentatrices
Marieke van Neutigem
Title: Pipeline Supervisor
Company: DNEG
Bio:
Marieke van Neutigem is a Pipeline Supervisor at DNEG Animation.
Graduating with a degree in game development she joined the industry in the rigging department at Trixter, working on projects including “Captain Marvel”, before joining the pipeline team at DNEG Animation.Marieke is currently supervising on “Nimona”, her previous projects include “Entergalactic”, “Ron’s Gone Wrong”, and the short film “Mr. Spam Gets a New Hat” produced using Unreal Engine.
Damien Fagnou
Title: Vice President of Omniverse Engineering
Company: NVIDIA
Bio:
Damien Fagnou is currently vice president of Omniverse engineering at NVIDIA, working in the NVIDIA Omniverse group focused on its Developer Platform, where he brings together his expertise in software and VFX production to help build the Omniverse Kit Application platform. Before that, Damien was the senior vice president of technology for Technicolor, where he oversaw technology and software strategy for the VFX group, including MPC Film, for which he was the CTO for many years, working directly on the Oscar-winning films “The Jungle Book” and “1917.” During that time MPC also created the VFX for the groundbreaking “Lion King” remake. With almost 20 years of experience in VFX, many-time GTC contributor Damien looks forward to contributing to the future of graphics software at NVIDIA, built around compute, raytracing, and AI.
Marc Petit
Title: VP and General Manager, Unreal Engine at Epic Games
Company: Epic Games
Bio:
Marc Petit is VP and general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games, where he oversees growth across markets using real-time technology, including architecture, engineering and construction (AEC); automotive and manufacturing; computer and video games; education; media and entertainment (M&E); product design and visualization; and simulation and training.
Prior to joining Epic Games in mid-2016, Marc was a partner and Entrepreneur-In-Residence at XPND Capital, a Montreal-based investment fund where he co-founded and launched Taxelco, a sustainable urban transportation company. Between 2002 and 2013, Marc ran Autodesk’s Media & Entertainment business unit steering development and marketing of the industry’s leading 3D animation and VFX software products. Marc started his career at TDI in 1988, and joined Softimage in 1991 where he ran 3D Products and oversaw the design and development of Softimage XSI.
Mathieu Mazerolle
Title: Director of Product – New Technology
Company: Foundry
Bio:
Mathieu Mazerolle has over 25 years of engineering and product experience in the VFX, cloud and gaming industries. He is currently the Director of Product, New Technology, at Foundry. With a 20-year heritage and a portfolio of award-winning products, Foundry advances the art and technology of visual experience. Prior to Foundry, Mathieu has worked for Amazon Web Services, Electronic Arts, Autodesk, Digital Domain, and Ubisoft.
James Knight
Title: Global Media & Entertainment/VFX Director
Company: AMD
Bio:
James Knight is the Global Director of Media and Entertainment at AMD (Advanced Micro Devices). He leads a team that supervises alliances with video streaming, VFX, virtual production, and post-production computing applications. Knight and his team also work directly with the worlds most prominent media brands, studios, and content streaming platforms. Knights work spans two decades in production, post-production, visual effects, and virtual production.
He is a member of the Visual Effects Society (VES), a member of the British Academy of Los Angeles (BAFTA), where he served on the board from 2010-2016, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Richard Cormier
Title: Vice President Digital Creative Services/Executive Producer – Virtual production
Company: MELS
Robert Magee
Title: Senior Product Marketing Manager
Company: SideFX
Bio:
Robert Magee is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at SideFX who has been working with Houdini for over 20 years. He has created lots of learning material and demos designed to help artists understand how going procedural with Houdini can benefit their work
Moderator
Philipp Wolf
Title: Co-Chair
Company: VES Montreal
Bio:
Philipp Wolf (He/Him) is Executive-In-Charge, Corporate Strategy at DNEG based in Montreal with an impressive line of projects spanning more than a decade. His recent projects include Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ and Rian Johnson’s ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’.An active force in the industry, Philipp is a Member of the VES Board of Directors as well as Co-Chair of the VES Montreal Section and Co-Chair of the VES Health & Wellbeing committee. He is also Co-Chair of the Animation and VFX committee at the Producers Guild of America, a Board Member of Access: VFX Montreal and Counselor of the RealTime Conference.
VES Members and up to Four (4) Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ HALLOWEEN ENDS
Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 10:30AM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
Click Here to RSVP
Montreal’s Annual Fall Cocktail Celebration Hosted by Autodesk
Montreal’s Annuel Fall Cocktail Accueilli Par Autodesk Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 7:00PM Jeudi, 13 Octobre, 2022 á 7:00PM
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Events are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable for any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees, and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
Afin d’empêcher la propagation du COVID-19, nous vous demandons, à vous ou à vos invités, de ne pas assister aux événements VES si vous présentez des symptômes ou si vous avez été exposé au virus.
Les événements sont surréservés pour compenser les non-présentations. Les places sont limitées et seront disponibles selon le principe du premier arrivé, premier servi. Un RSVP ne garantit pas une place assise.
En vous inscrivant à cette projection/événement sur place et en personne parrainé par la VES (Visual Effects Society), vous acceptez volontairement tous les risques inhérents potentiels associés à la COVID-19. VES ne peut être tenu responsable des conséquences pouvant découler dudit risque. Par conséquent, l’inscription à cette projection/événement implique le consentement implicite de vous-même et de votre parti et indemnise et dégage par la présente VES, ses administrateurs, ses employés et toute autre personne affiliée de tout impact médical ou financier négatif pouvant résulter de notre participation.
VES Members and up to 4 Guests are Invited to a Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ DON’T WORRY DARLING
Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
VES Members and up to 4 Guests are Invited to a Screening of VVS Films’ MEDIEVAL
Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.MEDIEVAL
VES Members and up to 4 Guests are Invited to an Opening Weekend Screening of Universal Pictures’ BEAST
Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and
The live online panel will include Academy Award nominated Director Jeff Fowler, Producer Toby Ascher, VES Award and Academy Award nominated Visual Effects Supervisor Ged Wright and Co-Producer, Lead Designer at Blur Studios and Storyboard Supervisor Tyson Hesse, moderated by VES Montreal Board Member Frederick Lissau. The discussion will delve into the making of the Visual Effects of Paramount Pictures hit sequel, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 which has grossed over $400 Million worldwide.
La face cachée des effets visuels de SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2
Frederick Lissau, membre du Conseil d’administration de VES Montréal, se penchera sur la suite à succès de Paramount Pictures SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, et la production de ses effets visuels, qui a rapporté plus de 400 millions de dollars dans le monde.
Nos invités spéciaux comprennent le réalisateur du film – Jeff Fowler ; le producteur – Toby Ascher, le superviseur des effets visuels – Ged Wright, et le co-producteur – Tyson Hesse.
VES Members and up to 4 Guests are Invited to an Opening Weekend Screening of Sony Pictures’ BULLET TRAIN
Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
VES Members and up to 4 Guests are Invited to an Opening Weekend Screening of Universal Pictures’ NOPE
Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
VES Members and up to 4 Guests are Invited to an Opening Weekend 3D Screening of Sony Pictures’ WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
VES Members and up to 4 Guests are Invited to an Opening Weekend 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER
Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
VES Members and up to 4 Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Pixar Animation Studios LIGHTYEAR
Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #2 (Salle Fernand Séguin)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
VES Members and up to 4 Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Universal Pictures’ JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION
Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #2 (Salle Fernand Séguin)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
Les membres du VES sont invites a l’évènement CAFÉ – Conférence, Animation, FX et Expertise du mardi 7 juin au mercredi 8 juin.
Vous pouvez bénéficier d’une reduction en entrant le code sur les liens sous dessous
Voici le lien pour la réduction de 50% pour 50 billets :
50 billets à 50% pour billets-conférences (Virtuels, réguliers et étudiants) Code : CAFE-LDR-CONF-VY5TS URL : www.eventbrite.ca/e/332066207967/?discount=CAFE-LDR-CONF-VY5TS
Pour rappel, je te mets aussi le lien de la réduction de 25% ci-après :
Code 25% de rabais sur tous les billets (BCTQ) Code : CAFE-BCTQ-25-99IQ5 URL : www.eventbrite.ca/e/332066207967/?discount=CAFE-BCTQ-25-99IQ5
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The VES member are invited to the CAFÉ – Conférence, Animation, FX et Expertise from Tuesday June 7th to Wednesday June 8th.
You can benefit from a reduction by entering the code on the links below
Here is the link for the 50% discount for 50 tickets:
50 tickets at 50% off for conference tickets (virtual, regular and student)
As a reminder, I also put the link of the 25% discount below: Code 25% discount on all tickets (BCTQ)
Code : CAFE-BCTQ-25-99IQ5 URL : www.eventbrite.ca/e/332066207967/?discount=CAFE-BCTQ-25-99IQ5
INVITATION SOIREE RÉSEAUTAGE COCKTAIL INDUSTRIE VFX / ANIMATION vendredi 22 avril 2022 | 19h00 EST | EN PRESENTIEL | NAD University
Marine Lelièvre, VES Montréal, vous invite à une soirée de réseautage VFX-Animation en présentiel au NAD, incluant un panel, un cocktail et une activité spéciale de révision de portfolio en temps réel par son panel d’experts avec François Schneider – Creative Supervisor / ReDefine, David Francois – Digital Compositor Lead / Reel FX, Brent George – Realization Director – Compulsion Games & Co-Founder Agora Community.
Places limitées, soumission de votre portfolio avant le 15 avril.
INVITATION NETWORK EVENT COCKTAIL VFX INDUSTRY Friday April 22, 2022 | 7:00PM EST | IRL | NAD University
Marine Lelievre will be hosting a VFX-Animation networking event in person at NAD university, featuring a cocktail and live portfolio review by her panel of experts with François Schneider – Creative Supervisor / ReDefine, David Francois – Digital Compositor Lead / Reel FX, Brent George – Realization Director – Compulsion Games & Co-Founder Agora Community.
Limited seats, submit your demo reels before April 15.
VES Members and up to 4 Guests are Invited to an Opening Weekend Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE. Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
Les membres du VES sont invites à rejoindre plusieurs événements et conférences web durant le mois de mars.
Vous trouverez ci-dessous une liste complète ainsi que des les liens.
ANIMATION ROUNDTABLE animé par Fortunato Frattasio avec comme invité le superviseur d’animation de Dneg Bartek Kujbida
Mardi 24 Mars 2022 à 19:00 EDT zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83279725172
S’il vous plaît RSVP avec une question que vous aimeriez poser aux invités à: montreal@vesglobal.org
VES members are invited to join different events and webinar during the month of March.
Check below for an exhaustive list below.
ANIMATION ROUNDTABLE hosted by Fortunato Frattasio and the guest Dneg animation Supervisor Bartek Kujbida
Thursday March 24 at 7:00PM EDT zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83279725172
Please RSVP with One question that you would like us at: montreal@vesglobal.org
VES Members and up to 4 Guests are Invited to a Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ THE BATMAN. Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #1 (Salle Principale)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ fields***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
Due to Governmental Restrictions the VES Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS has been cancelled.
This screening is cancelled
Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 12:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #2 (Salle Fernand- Séguin)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
Join us in celebrating the holidays at our annual VES Mega Party at Don B Comber’s! Special VIP entrance and drinks for VES Members and your guest. Mix and mingle while enjoying live music with DJ Franssu.
Vaccination passport with Photo ID required and all attendees must abide by all COVID 19 requirements.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from your participation.
Please Login to RSVP Below VES Members: Please enter your first and last name in the “Attendee 1″ field and your guest(s) as subsequent attendees.
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Le party annuel des Fêtes de VES Montréal est de retour!
Joignez-vous à nous pour célébrer les fêtes lors de notre méga-party VES annuel au bar Don B Comber’s! Entrée VIP et consommations gratuites pour les membres VES et vos invités. Une belle opportunité de réseautage tout en profitant de la musique live avec DJ Franssu.
Passeport de vaccination avec photo d’identité requis. Tous les participants doivent se conformer aux exigences sanitaires de la COVID 19.
En vous inscrivant à cet événement sur place, en personne, parrainé par VES (Visual Effects Society), vous acceptez tous les risques inhérents potentiels associés à la COVID-19. VES ne pourra être tenu responsable des conséquences pouvant découler de ce risque. Par conséquent, l’inscription à cet événement implique votre consentement implicite ainsi que celui de vos invités et par la présente indemnise et dégage VES, ses administrateurs, ses employés et toute autre personne affiliée de tout impact médical ou financier défavorable pouvant résulter de votre participation.
Veuillez répondre ci-dessous Membres VES : veuillez entrer votre nom et prénom dans le champ « Participant 1 » et vos invités dans les champs suivants
Nous sommes très heureux de vous inviter à notre premier événement de réseautage en personne de l’année. Nous nous sommes associés à la Microbrasserie 4 Origines.
Jeudi 21 octobre – à partir de 19h30
Microbrasserie 4 Origines
1304, rue Saint-Patrick, Montréal H3K 1A4
Bière : Gratuite jusqu’à épuisement de la note
Nourriture : camion de nourriture de Burly Boys qui sert des sandwichs et des salades, mais vous pouvez également commander dans d’autres restaurants locaux
Musique live : le guitariste Bud Rice se produira à partir de 19h30. ce soir-là
S’il vous plaît RSVP en utilisant le lien suivant, nous avons 50 places disponibles.
Veuillez noter que les membres doivent être inscrits à l’événement sur notre site Web pour pouvoir assister à l’événement et recevoir des tickets boissons.
Afin de prévenir la propagation du COVID-19, nous vous demandons de ne pas assister aux événements VES si vous présentez des symptômes ou si vous avez été exposé au virus.
Les événements sont surbookés pour compenser les non-présentations. Les places sont limitées et seront disponibles selon le principe du premier arrivé, premier servi.
En vous inscrivant à cette projection/événement en personne sur place parrainé par VES (Visual Effects Society), vous acceptez volontiers tous les risques inhérents potentiels associés à COVID-19. VES ne pourra être tenu responsable des conséquences pouvant découler de ce risque. Par conséquent, l’inscription à cette projection / événement implique le consentement implicite de vous-même et de votre parti et par la présente indemnise et dégage VES, ses administrateurs, ses employés et toute autre personne affiliée de tout impact médical ou financier négatif pouvant résulter de notre participation.
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We are very excited to invite you to our first in-person networking event of the year. We have teamed up with Microbrasserie 4 Origines.
Thursday October 21st – starting at 7:30 pm
4 Origins microbrewery
1304 Saint-Patrick St., Montreal H3K 1A4
Beer: Free until our tab lasts
Food: Food truck from Burly Boys that serves sandwiches and salads, though you are also welcome to order from other local restaurants
Live music: guitarist Bud Rice will be performing as of 7:30 p.m. that evening
Please RSVP using the following link we have 50 spots available.
Please note that members must be registered for the event on our website to gain to attend the event and receive drink tickets.
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you to not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
The events are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Space is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening / event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening / event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
VES Members and up to 3 Guests are Invited to a Screening of United Artists’ NO TIME TO DIE. Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require all attendees must be fully vaccinated show proof in the form of their vaccine passports and photo ID and that masks must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 1:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #2 (Salle Fernand- Séguin)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ field***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
VES Members and up to 3 Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS. Theater rules and Montreal safety guidelines require that face coverings must be worn at all times in indoor public settings (except while actively enjoying food and drinks).
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up)
Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 2:00PM Cinémathèque Québécoise Screening Room #2 (Salle Fernand- Séguin)
335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K1 Click here for a map.
***VES members please register your name in the “Attendee 1″ field***
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
By signing up for this on-site, in-person screening/event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this screening/event infers implied consent of yourself and your party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
Fortunato Frattasio présentera le 17 septembre 2021 de 19:00 à 20:30 un événement qui donnera la possibilité aux étudiants de rencontrer et de poser des questions interessantes aux professionnels de l’industrie. Ainsi que de réseauter avec leur pairs et futurs collègues.
Réservez et posez une question a l’invité à: montreal@vesglobal.org
lien Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86736716568#success
Fortunato Frattasio will present on September 17, 2021 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. an event that will give students the opportunity to meet and ask interesting questions to industry professionals. As well as to network with their peers and future colleagues.
Book and ask a question to the guest at: montreal@vesglobal.org
lien Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86736716568#success
VES Montréal vous invite pour une soirée de réseautage informelle au parc vendredi 30 juillet ! (18:45 – 20:00 Evènement en présentiel)
Nous sommes désormais en zone verte, alors nous aimerions inviter ceux d’entre vous, qui se sentent à l’aise à nous rejoindre au parc le vendredi 30 juillet (18:45 – 20:00), dans le cadre de nos séances de réseautage et de rencontre occasionnelles.
C’est tout simplement une façon de se retrouver enfin et pouvoir échanger à nouveau en présentiel de facon reguliere !
Si vous souhaitez venir, veuillez-vous inscrire à l’adresse suivante : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ves-montreal-informal-park-gathering-registration-163778599199
Nous avons hâte de vous revoir !
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VES Montreal invites you for an informal networking evening at the park on Friday July 30! (6pm45 – 8pm Face-to-face event)
With our return to a status of being a green zone we’d like to invite those of you who feel comfortable to head out to the park on Friday as part of our ongoing casual networking/meet sessions.
This is simply a way for us to provide a pre-arranged time/place to drop in and say hi to people they might not have seen in a while.
Considérations liées à la COVID-19
Afin de prévenir la propagation du COVID-19, nous vous demandons, à vous ou à vos invités, de ne pas assister aux événements VES si vous présentez des symptômes ou si vous avez été exposé au virus.
Nous respecterons les directives actuelles pour les rassemblements extérieurs (voir https://www.quebec.ca/sante/problemes-de-sante/a-z/coronavirus-2019/systeme-alertes-regionales-et-intervention-graduelle/palier-1-vigilance-zone-verte/ )
En vous inscrivant à cet événement en personne parrainé par VES (Visual Effects Society), vous acceptez volontiers tous les risques inhérents potentiels associés à COVID-19. VES ne pourra être tenu responsable des conséquences pouvant découler de ce risque. Par conséquent, l’inscription à cet événement implique le consentement implicite de moi-même et de mon parti et indemnise et dégage VES, ses administrateurs, ses employés et toute autre personne affiliée de tout impact médical ou financier indésirable pouvant résulter de notre participation.
COVID-19 Considerations
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we ask that you or your guests do not attend VES events if you are experiencing any symptoms or if you have been exposed to the virus.
We will be complying with current guidelines for outdoor gatherings (see https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/progressive-regional-alert-and-intervention-system/level-1-vigilance-green/ )
By registering for this in-person event sponsored by VES (Visual Effects Society), you willingly accept any potential inherent risks associated with COVID-19. VES cannot be held liable from any consequences that may transpire from said risk. Therefore, signing up for this event infers implied consent of myself and my party and hereby indemnifies and holds harmless VES, its directors, its employees and any other affiliated persons from any adverse medical or financial impact that may result from our participation.
Marine Lelievre vous invite à une soirée réseautage spéciale RÉVISION DE PORTFOLIO EN TEMPS RÉEL! Places limitées, inscription et soumission de votre portfolio avant le 5 Juillet 2021 pour obtenir les meilleurs conseils de nos invités.
Marine Lelievre will be hosting a networking event featuring a LIVE VFX PORTFOLIO REVIEW! Limited seats, Register & submit your demo Reels before July 5, 2021 to get our guest experts the best live constructive feedback.
Pour participer à la réunion du conseil, qui est ouverte à tous les membres, ou si vous avez des questions et / ou des suggestions, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter via montreal@vesglobal.org
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To join the board meeting, which is open to all members, or if you have any questions and/or suggestions, please feel free to contact us via montreal@vesglobal.org
CopyCat puts machine learning to work for artists by letting them train customized effects that are limited only by their imagination. Foundry’s release of NukeX 13.0 is the first tool of its kind to unleash machine learning as a flexible extension of the creative process.
Rejoignez Mathieu Mazerolle, directeur des produits pour les nouvelles technologies chez Foundry, pour une discussion sur la vision de Foundry en matière d’apprentissage automatique et sur la manière dont CopyCat aide les flux de travail des artistes. DJ Matias, spécialiste créatif chez Foundry, montrera également des exemples pratiques des possibilités illimitées que CopyCat offre aux artistes et vous apprendra comment créer votre propre réseau de neurones.
Join Mathieu Mazerolle, Director of Product for New Technology at Foundry, for a discussion about Foundry’s vision for machine learning and how CopyCat assists artist workflows. DJ Matias, Creative Specialist at Foundry, will also show practical examples of the limitless possibilities that CopyCat offers artists and teach you how to build your own neural network.
Cette session intéressera particulièrement les directeurs techniques créant des outils et des pipelines pour les studios d’effets visuels, ainsi que les artistes intéressés par les flux de travail assistés par ML pour les effets visuels.
This session will be of particular interest to technical directors building tools and pipelines for visual effects studios, as well as artists interested in ML-assisted workflows for visual effects.
Orateurs/Speakers:
DJ Matias – Creative Specialist
Matthieu Mazerolle – Director of Product – New Technology
Rejoignez-vous à nous pour souhaiter la bienvenue à nos nouveaux membres de la section de Montréal lors de cet événement de réseautage du vendredi.
Join us in welcoming our newest Members to the Montreal Section in this Fridays networking event.
Nous sommes très heureux que les professionnels suivants rejoignent la société :
We are very excited to have the following professionals join the society:
Eve Chauvet
Peter Dominik
Mahmoud Ellithy
Laura Jones
Lee Sullivan
Sebastien Terme
Benoit Terminet Schuppon
Andrea Weidlich
Pour participer à la réunion du conseil, qui est ouverte à tous les membres, ou si vous avez des questions et / ou des suggestions, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter via montreal@vesglobal.org
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To join the board meeting, which is open to all members, or if you have any questions and/or suggestions, please feel free to contact us via montreal@vesglobal.org
Nous sommes heureux de vous inviter à notre Rendez-vous du vendredi 14 mai – 19 h. Rejoignez-nous pour une discussion informelle et du réseautage.
Inscrivez-vous à l’événement: http://bit.ly/VESFridayHangoutMay2021
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We are happy to invite you to our Friday Hangout May 14th – 7pm. Join us for some casual chat and networking.
Register for the event: http://bit.ly/VESFridayHangoutMay2021
Dans la tête des gestionnaires embaucheurs en VFX & Animation… Inside the brain of VFX & Animation hiring managers…
April 20, 2021 – 7:00PM ET (Zoom)
Marine Lelievre, Co-Présidente VES Montréal présentera un panel de conférenciers invités provenant de studios d’effets visuels et d’animation, modéré par Pierre-Luc Labbée, Président de rhum – humans and resource. Les gestionnaires embaucheurs seront interrogés notamment sur leur processus de décision en matière d’embauche, des compétences techniques aux compétences humaines. Une session de questions / réponses à ne pas manquer suivra !
Marine Lelievre, VES Montreal Co-Chair will be hosting a panel of guest speakers from VFX/Animation studios, moderated by Pierre-Luc Labbée, rhum – humans and resource’ President, which will dive deep into their decision-making process when it comes to hiring, from technical to human skills.
Speakers:
*Hosted by Marine Lelievre, Co-Chair VES Montreal
*Moderated by Pierre-Luc Labbée, President Of rhum – humans and resource
*Ted Ty, Global Head of Character Animation at DNEG
*Sonia Marques, Executive Producer at Squeeze animation studio
*Jennifer Fairweather, Executive Producer at DNEG
Production virtuelle 101 et conversation sur écran vert
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Nous sommes heureux de vous inviter à notre premier événement industriel de l’année, la compagnie MELS organise une conversation sur la production virtuelle 101 et sur les écrans verts. 16 mars – 19h.
Inscrivez-vous à l’événement: http://bit.ly/VESMELSVP
Cette évènement est ouvert a tous. Pensez a en parler avec vos colleges.
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Virtual production 101 & Green screen conversation
We are happy to invite you to our first industry event of the year MELS is hosting a Virtual production 101 & Green screen conversation. March 16th – 7pm.
Register for the event: http://bit.ly/VESMELSVP
This event is open to everyone. Consider discussing it with your colleges.
The VES Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ TENET in Montreal has Been Cancelled. Due to new governmental restrictions in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Cinémathèque Québécoise will be closed for the next 28 days.
RSVPs are closed Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 1:00PM
Le sommet international du jeux vidéo à Montréal vous propose un rabais exclusif ! 25 et 26 septembre et 12 et 13 novembre 2020 (Edition en ligne) (Conférences, recrutement, réseautage, rendez-vous d’affaires…) https://megamigs.com/fr/
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MEGAMIGS, l’événement numéro un dans le secteur du jeu vidéo au Canada proposera cette année une formule éclatée. Les 25 et 26 septembre 2020 – Formations et carrières – incluant du recrutement de tous les niveaux, du recrutement international et en plus une vitrine de l’écosystème des programmes académiques Les 12 et 13 novembre – Développement des affaires, conférenciers et …
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MEGAMIGS, La seule conférence au Canada depuis plus de 15 ans consacrée à l’ensemble de l’industrie des jeux vidéo. MEGAMIGS 2020 sera une édition toute particulière avec notre format en ligne et diffusée en deux temps, soit les 25 et 26 septembre et les 12 et 13 novembre ! Septembre pour l’axe formations et carrières et novembre quant à lui sera axé sur le développement des affaires et la visibilité médias. Le tout avec une programmation diffusée en direct, une plateforme de réseautage ainsi qu’une variété d’activités sur notre application. Et bien d’autres choses ! L’événement réunit chaque année des centaines de créateurs de jeux vidéo des quatre coins du globe.
Montreal international video game summit exclusive special rebate! Sept. 25-26 & Nov.12-13 2020 (Online edition) (session, careers, networking, B2B plateform…) https://megamigs.com/en/
MEGAMIGS, the number one event in the video game industry in Canada, will offer a new formula this year. September 25 and 26, 2020 – Training and careers – including recruitment at all levels, international recruitment and in addition a showcase of the ecosystem of academic programs November 12 and 13 – Business development, lecturers and …
MEGAMIGS, the only conference in Canada for more than 15 years dedicated to the entire video game industry. MEGAMIGS 2020 will be a very special edition with our online format and will be broadcast in two parts, on September 25-26 and November 12-13! September for the training and careers section and November for the business development and media visibility section. All this with live programming, a networking platform and a variety of activities on our application. And much more! The event brings together hundreds of video game creators from around the world every year.
VES members are invited to join online for the new ACM SIGGRAPH Webinar series on Thursday, May 21 at 2:00 PM (EDT). The panel is about challenges of working from home in VFX.
The VES Montreal Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Pixar Animation Studios’ ONWARD has been cancelled. In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID19, all VES Montreal events for the next 30 days are cancelled.
RSVPs are closed Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 12:30PM
VES Montréal invite tous les personnes dans l’industrie VFX à la Mega Party Annuelle au Theatre Plaza va être en feu! Préparez-vous à faire la fête avec les plus remarquables acteurs des effets visuels et de l’animation de MTL.
Voici quelques points importants:
* DJ Franssu en tête d’affiche
* Espace fête de deux étages
* Choisissez votre scène: Piste de danse et / ou regarder par-dessus tout sur la mezzanine
* Cocktail d’entrée pour les premiers arrivées
* Deux bars
* Snacks: Vous pourrez goûter au produit de Uniburgers (option Végétarien est inclus).
* Le populaire photomaton VES
* Prix à gagner!
* Bracelets VIP
Admission générale et options de billets pour membres VES (VIP) consulter l’email envoyé il y a quelques jours.
Quelles sont mes options de transport / stationnement pour aller à l’événement?
Metro Beaubien / Bus / Uber / Street Parking
Que puis-je apporter à l’événement?
collègues, conjoints et amis
Puis-je contacter l’organisateur pour toute question?
Oui, et nous ferons de notre mieux pour vous répondre rapidement
Dois-je apporter mon billet imprimé à l’événement?
Oui, et / ou option numérique sur votre application Eventbrite
Merci aux généreux commanditaires et membres de notre organisation. Venez nous rejoindre pour une soirée amusante!
** S’il vous plaît confirmer votre présence pour cet événement tôt. Le nombre de billet est limité ! **
VES Montreal is inviting you to our annual Mega Party at The Theatre Plaza and it will be pumping! Get ready to party to some of the hottest dance tracks and rubbing shoulders with MTL’s most notable visual effects and animation movers and shakers.
Here are some of the highlights:
* Headlining DJ Franssu who spinning today’s hottest dance music
* Two story party space equipped with state-of-the-art sound and lighting
* Choose your scene: Dance Floor and/or looking over it all with Loft Seating
* Early Cocktail – First 100 Arrivals
* Two Premium Cash Bars
* Snacks: Uniburgers before the raffle so everyone can grab a bite (veggie option included).
* The popular VES Photo Booth
* Prizes to Win!
* VIP Wristbands
General Admission and (VIP) VES Member Ticket Options. Check your previous email wit the General Admission and (VIP) VES Member Ticket Options
FAQ’s:
What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?
Metro Beaubien / Bus / Uber / Street Parking
What can I bring into the event?
Co-Workers, Spouses and Friends!
Can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Yes, and will do our best to answer in a timely manner
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
Yes, and/or digital option on your Eventbrite App
Thanks to the generous sponsors and members of our organization. Come join us for a fun filled night!
** Please RSVP for this event early as it will sell out! **
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening ofColumbia Pictures’ MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL Please RSVP below Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 8:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Screening of Universal Pictures’ and Illumination Entertainment’s THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 Please RSVP below Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 8:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a Pre-Release 3D Screening ofDisney•Pixar’s TOY STORY 4 Please RSVP below Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 2:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening ofWarner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Entertainment’s GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS Please RSVP below Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 8:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
June 12th – doors open 7:00PM (CEST) and there will be beer and pizza!
ZOOM stream starts at 7:30PM (CEST)
Masterclass starts at 8:00PM (CEST)
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The VES invites you to our 3rd MEGABRAIN Masterclass where you can learn and share your knowledge with colleagues in the VFX industry. The idea is not to simply present show reels – but to teach actual techniques that help every artist to improve their skillset. This event will take place on June 12th 7:00PM at multiple locations and will also be streamed via ZOOM.
RSVP for your specific location on the appropriate event pages please:
Efficient facial rigging tools for emotionally believable digital humans
presented by Volker Helzle – Head of Research & Development at Filmakademie
Live from Munich Using Machine-learning to classify a VFXElements Library
presented by Jonas Kluger – Pipeline TD at ARRI
Live from Berlin Camera Technology: Sensors, Noise Properties, and Raw Processing
presented by Charles Poynton, PhD
We are overbooking to compensate for no-shows.
Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis.
An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES-Members and their registered guests only (except for Ludwigsburg and Cologne). No admission without registration – also at the streaming locations!
The event will also be recorded for everyone who can’t make it.
The event will be streamed live from (and to) Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg. For the first time we also provide direct access to the ZOOM stream for ALL VES MEMBERS around the world!
VES Germany is a proud Partner of the FMX Conference in Stuttgart.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Paramount Pictures’ ROCKETMAN Please RSVP below Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 8:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a Screening of Screen Gems’ and Sony Pictures Entertainment’s BRIGHTBURN Please RSVP below Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 8:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Entertainment’s POKEMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU Please RSVP below Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 8:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ AVENGERS: ENDGAME Please RSVP below Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 8:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Paramount Pictures’ PET SEMATARY
Please RSVP below Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 8:00PM
Difuze Inc. Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ DUMBO
Please RSVP below Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Paramount Pictures’ WONDER PARK
Please RSVP below Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to an Opening Weekend 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ CAPTAIN MARVEL followed by a Q&A with the Filmmakers.Panelists will include Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck as well as Additional Visual Effects Supervisor Janelle Croshaw Ralla, moderated by Bill Taylor, VES, ASC. (Panelists will be announced as they are confirmed.) Please RSVP below Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 2:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESCAPTAINMARVEL, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to an Opening Weekend 3D Screening of DreamWorks Animation’s and Universal Pictures’ HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD
Please RSVP below Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 3:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of 20th Century Fox’s ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL
Please RSVP below Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART
Please RSVP below Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to an Opening Night 3D Screening of Paramount Pictures’ BUMBLEBEE
Please RSVP below Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Sony Pictures Animation’s SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
Please RSVP below Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a Pre-Release Screening of Universal Pictures’ MORTAL ENGINES followed by a Q&A with Visual Effects Supervisor Ken McGaugh, Animation Supervisor Dennis Yoo, Visual Effects Supervisor Luke Millar and Visual Effects Supervisor Kevin Smith moderated by VES Board member Jeff Kleiser. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 2:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESMORTALENGINES, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Screening of Netflix’s MOWGLI followed by a Q&A with Director Andy Serkis, Animation Supervisor Max Solomon and Members of the Visual Effects Team T.B.A. moderated by VES Board member Richard Winn Taylor II, VES. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 2:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESMOWGLI, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Universal Pictures’ and Illumination Entertainment’s DR. SEUSS’ THE GRINCH
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Paramount Pictures’ OVERLORD
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a Pre-Release Screening of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
Please RSVP below Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 3:30PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Columbia Pictures’ THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 8:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 8:00PM
Difuze Montreal’s Covitec Screening Room
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
Please RSVP below Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ FIRST MAN
Please RSVP below Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Annapurna Pictures’ THE SISTERS BROTHERS
Please RSVP below Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS followed by a Q&A with VFX Supervisor Francois Lambert (Hybride)
Please RSVP below Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s THE PREDATOR
Please RSVP below Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of STX Entertaiment’s PEPPERMINT
Please RSVP below Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Columbia Pictures’ ALPHA
Please RSVP below Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to an Opening Night Screening of STX Entertainment’s THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS followed by a live interactive Q&A with Director Brian Henson, Actors and Puppeteers Bill Barretta and Drew Massey with Visual Effects Producer Melissa Brockman, Compositing Supervisor Caleb Knueven and CG Supervisor Efram Potelle moderated by VES Chair Mike Chambers. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
This film is Rated 18A, and is not intended for children. Click here to watch the trailer.
Please RSVP below Friday, August 24, 2018 at 10:00PM Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESHAPPYTIME, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Focus Features’ BLACKkKLANSMAN
Please RSVP below Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a Screening of Paramount Pictures’ MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT
Please RSVP below Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Sony Pictures’ THE EQUALIZER 2
Please RSVP below Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Universal Pictures’ SKYSCRAPER
Please RSVP below Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
Please RSVP below Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ and Blumhouse Pictures’ THE FIRST PURGE
Please RSVP below Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Sony Pictures’ SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO followed by a Q&A with Visual Effects Supervisors Derek Wentworth and Alexandre Lafortune.
Please RSVP below Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a Special Fathers’ Day 3D Screening of Universal Pictures’ and Amblin Entertainment’s JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM followed by a Live Interactive Q&A with Director J.A. Bayona, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor David Vickery, ILM Animation Director Jance Rubinchik and ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Alex Wuttke with moderation by VES London Section Secretary Gavin Graham (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Sunday, June 17, 2018 at 2:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in London) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESJURASSIC, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a Special Fathers’ Day Opening Weekend Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Pixar Animation Studios’ INCREDIBLES 2
Please RSVP below Sunday, June 17, 2018 at 11:00AM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of WME Endeavor’s HOTEL ARTEMIS
Please RSVP below Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Opening Weekend Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Lucasfilm Ltd’s SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY followed by a live interactive Q&A with Overall Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Bredow, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Pat Tubach, ILM Roto/Paint Supervisor Beth D’Amato and Hybride Visual Effects Supervisor Joseph Kasparian with moderation by VES Board member David Tanaka. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 3:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in San Francisco) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESSOLO, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s DEADPOOL 2
Please RSVP below Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Focus Features’ TULLY
Please RSVP below Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR followed by a Live Interactive Q&A with Visual Effects Producers Jen Underdahl and Lisa Marra, Weta Digital Visual Effects Supervisor Matt Aitken, Industrial Light + Magic Visual Effects Supervisor Russell Earl and Digital Domain Visual Effects Supervisor Kelly Port with moderation by VES Board member Jeff Kleiser. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 3:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESINFINITYWAR, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Paramount Pictures’ A QUIET PLACE
Please RSVP below Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Amblin Entertainment’s READY PLAYER ONE followed by a live interactive Q&A with Co-Producer and Visual Effects Producer Jennifer Meislohn, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Grady Cofer, Digital Domain Visual Effects Supervisor Matthew Butler and Digital Domain Previsualization Supervisor Scott Meadows as well as Digital Domain Virtual Production Supervisor Gary Roberts, moderated by VES Board member Charlie Iturriaga. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 3:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in San Francisco) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESRPO, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Universal Pictires’ PACIFIC RIM UPRISING
Please RSVP below Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ A WRINKLE IN TIME followed by a Live Interactive Q&A with Visual Effects Supervisor Rich McBride and Previs Supervisor Chris Batty with moderation by VES Board member Lisa Cooke.
Please RSVP below Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 3:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in San Francisco) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESWRINKLE, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s RED SPARROW
Please RSVP below Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER
Please RSVP below Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Columbia Pictures’ ONLY THE BRAVE
Please RSVP below Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ PADDINGTON 2 followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Panelists will include Visual Effects Supervisor Carlos Monzon and Animation Supervisor Laurent Laban, moderated by VES Montreal Section Chair Chloe Grysole. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to an Opening Weekend Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Lucasfilm Ltd.’s STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI plus a live interactive Q&A.
Panelists will include Writer/Director Rian Johnson, ILM San Francisco Visual Effects Supervisor Eddie Pasquarello, ILM Vancouver Visual Effects Supervisor Dan Seddon, Cinematographer Steve Yedlin, ASC and Editor Bob Ducsay with moderation by VES Chair Mike Chambers. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESLASTJEDI, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Fox Searchlight’s THE SHAPE OF WATER
Please RSVP below Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Focus Features’ DARKEST HOUR
Please RSVP below Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Studios’ and Pixar Animation Studios’ COCO
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ THOR: RAGNAROK
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Paramount Pictures’ SUBURBICON
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ THE SNOWMAN
Please RSVP below Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening & Q&A Sesssion Of Warner Bros. Pictures’ BLADE RUNNER 2049
Richard Hoover, VFX Supervisor (Framestore) will be on hand to answer questions after the screening,
Please RSVP below Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ AMERICAN MADE
Please RSVP below Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening Of 20th Century Fox’s KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE
Please RSVP below Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening Of Focus Features’ VICTORIA & ABDUL
Please RSVP below Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening Of Paramount Pictures’ MOTHER!
Please RSVP below Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Montreal est heureux d’annoncer que les membres du VES sont maintenant admissibles à une réduction de 25% sur tous les laissez-passer à la conférence effectsMTL17 les 6 et 7 septembre. Veuillez contacter Marie Gislais pour obtenir votre code promotionnel.
VES Montreal is happy to announce that VES members are now eligible for a 25% discount on all passes to the effectsMTL17 conference on September 6th & 7th. Please contact Marie Gislais to obtain your promo code.
VES Montreal est heureux d’annoncer que les membres du VES sont maintenant admissibles à une réduction de 25% sur tous les laissez-passer à la conférence effetsMTL17 les 6 et 7 septembre. Veuillez contacter Marie Gislais pour obtenir votre code promotionnel.
VES Montreal is happy to announce that VES members are now eligible for a 25% discount on all passes to the effectsMTL17 conference on September 6th & 7th. Please contact Marie Gislais to obtain your promo code.
Members are invited (+1 guest) to our annual Fall Cocktail on September 5th at the offices of Autodesk (10 Duke, Montreal) from 6pm to 9pm. We’re hosting it this year as part of the start of the effects MTL17 conference! This should be our most well attended event yet!
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Lionsgate’s and Millennium Films’ THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD
Please RSVP below Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening Of The Weinstein Company’s WIND RIVER
Please RSVP below Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening Of Focus Features’ ATOMIC BLONDE
Please RSVP below Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of STX Entertainment’s VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
Please RSVP below Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to an Opening Weekend Screening of 20th Century Fox’s WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, plus a live interactive Q&A with the filmmakers.
Panelists will include Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Letteri and Director Matt Reeves with moderation by VES Board member Jeff Kleiser. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 3:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESWARFORTHEPLANET, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening Of Columbia Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
Please RSVP below Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Universal Pictures’ and Illumination Entertainment’s DESPICABLE ME 3
Please RSVP below Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Paramount Pictures’ TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT
Please RSVP below Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Pixar Animation Studios’ CARS 3
Please RSVP below Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Universal Pictures’ THE MUMMY
Please RSVP below Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ WONDER WOMAN
Please RSVP below Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
Please RSVP below Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s ALIEN: COVENANT2
Please RSVP below Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD
Please RSVP below Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 2
Please RSVP below Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Pre-Release Screening of Universal Pictures’ THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS
Please RSVP below Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Paramount Pictures’ GHOST IN THE SHELL
Please RSVP below Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Lionsgate’s POWER RANGERS
Please RSVP below Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’KONG: SKULL ISLAND
Please RSVP below Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s LOGAN
Please RSVP below Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to an Opening Weekend Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Lucasfilm Ltd.’s ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY plus a Q&A.
Panelists will include Executive Producer and Visual Effects Supervisor John Knoll and Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel with moderation by VES 1st Vice Chair Jeffrey A. Okun, VES. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 3:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
PLEASE ARRIVE BETWEEN 2:15 AND 2:30 TO ALLOW TIME FOR PHOTO OPS WITH SPECIAL VIP GUESTS
THIS will ALSO be FRANK D’IORIO’s (Montreal chair) LAST BIG 2016 QUIZZ GIVEAWAY EXTRAVAGANZA. over 2,000$ in prizes from his own PERSONAL STAR WARS COLLECTION. Prizes will be won in a VERY SPECIAL WAY – HALF BEFORE and HALF AFTER THE Q&A – INCLUDING the FINAL MEMBERS ONLY GRAND PRIZE Valued 700$.
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESROGUEONE, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Pre-Release Screening of Columbia Pictures’ PASSENGERS, plus a live interactive Q&A with the filmmakers.
Panelists will include Visual Effects Supervisor Pete Dionne, Co-Producer Greg Baxter, Film Editor Maryann Brandon and Production Designer Guy Hendrix Dyas with moderation by VES Board member Jeff Kleiser. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 3:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESPASSENGERS, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Members and Their Guests in Montreal are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Animation Studios’MOANA
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Members and Their Guests in Montreal are Invited to a VIP Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
FOLLOWED BY LIVE in house Q&A with MPC Supervisors
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Members and Their Guests in Montreal are Invited to a Screening of Paramount Pictures’ ARRIVAL
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Members and Their Guests in Montreal are Invited to a 3D Screening of Marvel Studios’ and Walt Disney Pictures’ DOCTOR STRANGE
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Members and Their Guests in Montreal are Invited to a 3D Screening of 20th Century Fox’s and DreamWorks Animation’sTROLLS
Please RSVP below Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Members and Their Guests in Montreal are Invited to a Pre-Release Screening of Columbia Pictures’ INFERNO
Please RSVP below Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Members and Their Guests in Montreal are Invited to a Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ THE ACCOUNTANT
Please RSVP below Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Members and Their Guests in Montreal are Invited to a 3D Screening of 20th Century Fox’s MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN
Please RSVP below Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Members and Their Guests in Montreal are Invited to a Screening of Lionsgate’s and Summit Entertainment’s DEEPWATER HORIZON
Please RSVP below Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Synopsis:
On April 20th, 2010, one of the world’s largest man-made disasters occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. Directed by Peter Berg (LONE SURVIVOR), this story honors the brave men and women whose heroism would save many on board, and change everyone’s lives forever. Click here to watch the trailer
VES Members and Their Guests in Montreal are Invited to a Screening of Sony Pictures’ and MGM’s THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Please RSVP below Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Atomic Fiction, Autodesk and Rodeo Visual Effects Company invite you to
Montreal’s Annual Fall Membership Drive cocktail party.
Open to all members and their guests
A great evening to connect with your friends, fellow artists and if you haven’t done so already… the perfect place to find your 2 sponsors.
When you leave the party, you will have everything you need to fill out your membership application to join VES Montreal’s 100+ members.
Free Drinks and Food and cool Door Prizes. Doors open at 6pm.
Autodesk 10 Duke Street.
Thank you to all our sponsors
Cinesite Studios, Mels, Framestore, MPC, Quantum and Scalar
for more information or questions… montreal@vesglobal.org
Please RSVP below Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ SUICIDE SQUAD
Please RSVP below Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ JASON BOURNE
Please RSVP below Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Pramount Pictures’ STAR TREK BEYOND, plus a Q&A with the visual effects team.
Panelists will include Kelvin Optical Visual Effects Supervisor Stefano Trivelli, Visual Effects Producer Ron Ames, Atomic Fiction Visual Effects Supervisor Ryan Tudhope with moderation by VES Fellow and Founders Award winner Bill Taylor, VES. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 3:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESSTARTREK, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Columbia Pictures’ GHOSTBUSTERS
Please RSVP below Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ THE BFG
Please RSVP below Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of 20th Century Fox’s INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE
Please RSVP below Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of 20th Century Fox’s INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE
Please RSVP below Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 2D Screening of Pixar Animation Studios’ and Walt Disney Pictures’ FINDING DORY
Please RSVP below **DATE CHANGE**
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 2D Screening of Pixar Animation Studios’ and Walt Disney Pictures’ FINDING DORY
Please RSVP below **DATE CHANGE**
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Universal Pictures’ WARCRAFT
Please RSVP below Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Universal Pictures’ WARCRAFT
Please RSVP below Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Please RSVP below Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Please RSVP below Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of 20th Century Fox’s X-MEN: APOCALYPSE
Please RSVP below Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of 20th Century Fox’s X-MEN: APOCALYPSE
Please RSVP below Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
Please RSVP below Wednesday, MAy 11, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR
Please RSVP below Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ THE JUNGLE BOOK
Please RSVP below Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ THE JUNGLE BOOK
Please RSVP below Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
Please RSVP below Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ZOOTOPIA
Please RSVP below Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ZOOTOPIA
Please RSVP below Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s DEADPOOL
Please RSVP below Wednesday, Febuary 17, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s DEADPOOL
Please RSVP below Wednesday, Febuary 17, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Columbia Pictures’ THE 5TH WAVE
Please RSVP below Thursday, Febuary 4, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Columbia Pictures’ THE 5TH WAVE
Please RSVP below Thursday, Febuary 4, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s and Regency Enterprises’ THE REVENANT
with SPECIAL SURPRISE VIP Guests
Please RSVP below Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s and Regency Enterprises’ THE REVENANT
with SPECIAL SURPRISE VIP Guests
Please RSVP below Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, plus a Q&A with the visual effects team.
Panelists will include Visual Effects Supervisors Roger Guyett and Pat Tubach, Special Effects Supervisor Chris Corbould and Creature Effects Supervisor Neal Scanlan with moderation by VES Chair Mike Chambers. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 3:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESSTARWARS, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, plus a Q&A with the visual effects team.
Panelists will include Visual Effects Supervisors Roger Guyett and Pat Tubach, Special Effects Supervisor Chris Corbould and Creature Effects Supervisor Neal Scanlan with moderation by VES Chair Mike Chambers. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 3:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESSTARWARS, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
It’s the end of the year and time to celebrate a fantastic 2015
If you are from out of town and will be visiting Montreal NEXT Wednesday – RSVP to MONTREAL@VISUALEFFECTSSOCIETY.COM with the subject MEGA PARTY 2015.
Yes you heard us well… Join us on Wednesday December 9, at Theatre de la Plaza for Drinks, Laughter, Prizes, Music, Dancing and did I mention LOTS of Drinks ? 🙂
Celebrate the talent of Montreal’s VFX, TV and Game professionals at one of the great remaining art deco theaters of Montreal. Catch up with old colleagues and make new friends.
Party is open to ALL artist and production of Montreal and their family and friends. Not ONLY for VES Members. The theatre has capacity of 600 so plenty of room for everybody.
Over 20 prizes handed out during the night to VES Members and non-Members alike… Best Buy, and iTunes gift cards, Mont Tremblant Ski and Spa packages, Cineplex Tickets, Star Wars surprises and more. Free drinks to be won all night long. Along with a LIVE in house VES PhotoBooth – It’s gonna be a fun night to remember and share with your online friends via social media.
Huge thanks to all of this year’s sponsors… Atomic Fiction – Cinesite – Dioramaworkshop.com – Effects 16 – The Foundry – Framestore – Mikros – Mokko – MPC – Raynault VFX – Rodeo Visual Effects Company, Scalar and Ubisoft.
Doors open at 7:00PM – 6505 Rue St-Hubert, Corner Beaubien (Beaubien Metro) till 2:00AM.
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C’est la fin de l’année et le temps de célébrer un fantastique 2015 !!!
Si vous visitez Montreal la semaine prochaine, et voulez nous rejoindre mercredi, faite nous un RSVP par courriel a MONTREAL@VISUALEFFECTSSOCIETY.COM et comme sujet: MEGA PARTY 2015.
Rejoignez-nous la semaine prochaine, le mercredi 9 Décembre au Théâtre de la Plaza pour des boissons, des rires, prix, musique, danse et ai-je mentionné bierre gratuite a gagner ? :)
Célébrer le talent de VFX Cinéma, TV et de jeux vidéos avec les profesionnels de Montréal à l’un des grands théâtres art déco de Montréal. Jaser avec de vieux collègues et faite de nouveaux amis.
Party est ouvert à tous les artistes et la production de Montréal et de leur famille et leurs amis. Le théâtre a une capacité de 600 alors beaucoup de place pour tout le monde.
Plus de 20 prix remis lors de la nuit aux Membres VES ainsi qu’au NON membres … cartes-cadeaux Best Buy, et iTunes, des forfaits ski Mont-Tremblant et massage, billets Cineplex, Surprises STAR WARS et plus encore. Des boissons gratuites à gagner toute la nuit. Ça va être une nuit de plaisir à se rappeler.
Un grand merci à tous les commanditaires de cette année … Atomic Fiction – Cinesite – Dioramaworkshop.com – Effects 16 – The Foundry – Framestore – Mikros – Mokko – MPC – Raynault VFX – Rodeo Visual Effects Company, Scalar et Ubisoft.
Les portes ouvrent à 19 heures – 6505 Rue St-Hubert, coin Beaubien (métro Beaubien) jusqu’à 2 heures du matin.
It’s the end of the year and time to celebrate a fantastic 2015
If you are from out of town and will be visiting Montreal NEXT Wednesday – RSVP to MONTREAL@VISUALEFFECTSSOCIETY.COM with the subject MEGA PARTY 2015.
Yes you heard us well… Join us on Wednesday December 9, at Theatre de la Plaza for Drinks, Laughter, Prizes, Music, Dancing and did I mention LOTS of Drinks ? 🙂
Celebrate the talent of Montreal’s VFX, TV and Game professionals at one of the great remaining art deco theaters of Montreal. Catch up with old colleagues and make new friends.
Party is open to ALL artist and production of Montreal and their family and friends. Not ONLY for VES Members. The theatre has capacity of 600 so plenty of room for everybody.
Over 20 prizes handed out during the night to VES Members and non-Members alike… Best Buy, and iTunes gift cards, Mont Tremblant Ski and Spa packages, Cineplex Tickets, Star Wars surprises and more. Free drinks to be won all night long. Along with a LIVE in house VES PhotoBooth – It’s gonna be a fun night to remember and share with your online friends via social media.
Huge thanks to all of this year’s sponsors… Atomic Fiction – Cinesite – Dioramaworkshop.com – Effects 16 – The Foundry – Framestore – Mikros – Mokko – MPC – Raynault VFX – Rodeo Visual Effects Company, Scalar and Ubisoft.
Doors open at 7:00PM – 6505 Rue St-Hubert, Corner Beaubien (Beaubien Metro) till 2:00AM.
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C’est la fin de l’année et le temps de célébrer un fantastique 2015 !!!
Si vous visitez Montreal la semaine prochaine, et voulez nous rejoindre mercredi, faite nous un RSVP par courriel a MONTREAL@VISUALEFFECTSSOCIETY.COM et comme sujet: MEGA PARTY 2015.
Rejoignez-nous la semaine prochaine, le mercredi 9 Décembre au Théâtre de la Plaza pour des boissons, des rires, prix, musique, danse et ai-je mentionné bierre gratuite a gagner ? :)
Célébrer le talent de VFX Cinéma, TV et de jeux vidéos avec les profesionnels de Montréal à l’un des grands théâtres art déco de Montréal. Jaser avec de vieux collègues et faite de nouveaux amis.
Party est ouvert à tous les artistes et la production de Montréal et de leur famille et leurs amis. Le théâtre a une capacité de 600 alors beaucoup de place pour tout le monde.
Plus de 20 prix remis lors de la nuit aux Membres VES ainsi qu’au NON membres … cartes-cadeaux Best Buy, et iTunes, des forfaits ski Mont-Tremblant et massage, billets Cineplex, Surprises STAR WARS et plus encore. Des boissons gratuites à gagner toute la nuit. Ça va être une nuit de plaisir à se rappeler.
Un grand merci à tous les commanditaires de cette année … Atomic Fiction – Cinesite – Dioramaworkshop.com – Effects 16 – The Foundry – Framestore – Mikros – Mokko – MPC – Raynault VFX – Rodeo Visual Effects Company, Scalar et Ubisoft.
Les portes ouvrent à 19 heures – 6505 Rue St-Hubert, coin Beaubien (métro Beaubien) jusqu’à 2 heures du matin.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Screening of 20th Century Fox’s THE PEANUTS MOVIE
Please RSVP below Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 8:00PM Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Screening of 20th Century Fox’s THE PEANUTS MOVIE
Please RSVP below Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 8:00PM Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of MGM’s, Columbia Pictures’ and Eon Productions’ SPECTRE
Please RSVP below Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of MGM’s, Columbia Pictures’ and Eon Productions’ SPECTRE
Please RSVP below Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ CRIMSON PEAK
Please RSVP below
Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ CRIMSON PEAK
Please RSVP below
Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ PAN
Please RSVP below
Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ PAN
Please RSVP below
Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of 20th Century Fox’s THE MARTIAN
Please RSVP below
Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of 20th Century Fox’s THE MARTIAN
Please RSVP below
Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Universal Pictures’ EVEREST
Please RSVP below
Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Universal Pictures’ EVEREST
Please RSVP below
Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Please RSVP below
Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Where:
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live
Platinum Ballroom D
900 West Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
[map]
The Visual Effects Society and the VES Los Angeles Section invite you to celebrate SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles.
Unwind from all the action of the conference and enjoy a beverage and some nibbles with fellow VES movers and shakers from around the globe! DJ Don Gatito will also be spinning some old skool vinyl for the party. Open to all VES members and a guest.
Where:
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live
Platinum Ballroom D
900 West Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
[map]
The Visual Effects Society and the VES Los Angeles Section invite you to celebrate SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles.
Unwind from all the action of the conference and enjoy a beverage and some nibbles with fellow VES movers and shakers from around the globe! DJ Don Gatito will also be spinning some old skool vinyl for the party. Open to all VES members and a guest.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Paramount Pictures’ MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE ROGUE NATION
Please RSVP below
Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Paramount Pictures’ MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE ROGUE NATION
Please RSVP below
Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Columbia Pictures’ PIXELS
Please RSVP below
Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Columbia Pictures’ PIXELS
Please RSVP below
Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ ANT-MAN
Please RSVP below
Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Paramount Pictures’TERMINATOR GENISYS
Please RSVP below
Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Paramount Pictures’TERMINATOR GENISYS
Please RSVP below
Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 2D Screening of Disney’s and Pixar’s INSIDE OUT
Please RSVP below
Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 2D Screening of Disney’s and Pixar’s INSIDE OUT
Please RSVP below
Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ JURASSIC WORLD
Please RSVP below
Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ JURASSIC WORLD
Please RSVP below
Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ SAN ANDREAS
Please RSVP below
Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ SAN ANDREAS
Please RSVP below
Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ TOMORROWLAND
Please RSVP below
Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ TOMORROWLAND
Please RSVP below
Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Please RSVP below
Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Please RSVP below
Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Families are Invited to a 3D Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, plus a live interactive Q&A with the visual effects team
Panelists will include Overall Visual Effects Supervisor Christopher Townsend, Additional Visual Effects Supervisor Geoffrey Baumann, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Ben Snow, ILM Animation Supervisor Marc Chu, Trixter Animation Supervisor Simone Kraus and moderated by VES Chair Mike Chambers. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below
Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 3:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in Los Angeles) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESAVENGERS2, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Mongrel Media’s EX MACHINA
Please RSVP below
Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Mongrel Media’s EX MACHINA
Please RSVP below
Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES Montreal Members and Their Families are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ FURIOUS 7
Please RSVP below Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine West, Montreal, QC H3H 1M6
(Time your arrivals for the Quiz at 7:45PM)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
Les membres du VES sont invites a l’évènement CAFÉ - Conférence, Animation, FX et Expertise
Vous pouvez bénéficier d'une reduction en entrant le code sur les liens sous dessous
Voici le lien pour la réduction de 50% pour 50 billets :
50 billets à 50% pour billets-conférences (Virtuels, réguliers et étudiants)
Code : CAFE-LDR-CONF-VY5TS
URL : www.eventbrite.ca/e/332066207967/?discount=CAFE-LDR-CONF-VY5TS
Pour rappel, je te mets aussi le lien de la réduction de 25% ci-après :
Code 25% de rabais sur tous les billets (BCTQ)
Code : CAFE-BCTQ-25-99IQ5
URL : www.eventbrite.ca/e/332066207967/?discount=CAFE-BCTQ-25-99IQ5
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The VES member are invited to the CAFÉ - Conférence, Animation, FX et Expertise
You can benefit from a reduction by entering the code on the links below
Here is the link for the 50% discount for 50 tickets:
50 tickets at 50% off for conference tickets (virtual, regular and student)
Code : CAFE-LDR-CONF-VY5TS
URL : www.eventbrite.ca/e/332066207967/?discount=CAFE-LDR-CONF-VY5TS
As a reminder, I also put the link of the 25% discount below: Code 25% discount on all tickets (BCTQ)
Code : CAFE-BCTQ-25-99IQ5
URL : www.eventbrite.ca/e/332066207967/?discount=CAFE-BCTQ-25-99IQ5
CopyCat met l'apprentissage automatique au service des artistes en leur permettant de former des effets personnalisés qui ne sont limités que par leur imagination. La sortie de Foundry de NukeX 13.0 est le premier outil du genre à libérer l'apprentissage automatique en tant qu'extension flexible du processus créatif.
CopyCat puts machine learning to work for artists by letting them train customized effects that are limited only by their imagination. Foundry’s release of NukeX 13.0 is the first tool of its kind to unleash machine learning as a flexible extension of the creative process.
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