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- CONQUERING THE STREAMING HIGH SEAS WITH VIKINGS: VALHALLA SEASON 3 October 15, 2024By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of MPC and Netflix. Setting sail on the third season of the spin-off series Vikings: Valhalla was MPC, which acted as the sole vendor, supported by Take 5 Production’s in-house team. MPC facilities in Toronto, Mumbai and Bangalore provided 500 visual effects for eight episodes, with the main focus on […]
- PIXOMONDO PUTS THE DRAGON INTO HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON 2 October 8, 2024By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Pixomondo and HBO. Commencing with Season 2, Pixomondo has been associated with Game of Thrones, and this relationship carried over to the spin-off series House of the Dragon, culminating in a full-scale dragon battle referred to as the ‘Dance of the Dragons.’ Overseeing the eight-episode contribution that consisted of […]
- BLENDING CG CREATURES & WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY TO BRING LOST GIANTS TO LIFE October 1, 2024By TREVOR HOGG A herd of Mammoths walk across the wintry landscape.(Image courtesy of Netflix) A quarter century ago, the landmark production Walking with Dinosaurs was released by BBC Studios Science Unit, Discovery Channel and Framestore. The six-part nature docuseries pushed the boundaries of computer animation to envision the iconic prehistoric beasts in a more […]
- REALISTIC FACIAL ANIMATION: THE LATEST TOOLS, TECHNIQUES AND CHALLENGES October 1, 2024By OLIVER WEBB Timothée Chalamet and mini Hugh Grant in Wonka. When it came to generating a CG version of an actor as recognizable as Hugh Grant for Wonka, Framestore turned to sculptor and facial modeler Gabor Foner to better understand the quirks of muscular activation in the actor’s face, eventually developing a formula forre-creating […]