Spider-man 3 | Facial Capture Animation Process

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Remington supervised and directed performance capture sessions featuring Thomas Haden Church (Flint Marko / Sandman), Topher Grace (Eddie Brock / Venom) and James Franco (Harry Osborne / Goblin) for "Spider-man 3".

In the 'Birth of Sandman' sequence, Remington worked closely with Animation Supervisor Spencer Cook and Character Setup TD Brian Burks to ensure that the erosion of facial features did not remove Thomas Haden Church's expressiveness that was key to conveying the characters emotional state.

Spider-man 3 | Facial Capture Animation Process

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Utilizing clips of performance capture from actor Thomas Haden Church that were recorded before principle photography began, Remington sampled elements of a calibrated library of muscle and facial motion in order to modify the performance for director Sam Raimi's approval. Although timing and actions were recombined and sampled into a new performance, the facial motion retained it's essential uniqueness of Thomas Haden Church's muscle actions, which allowed his personality to 'read' through the digital sand simulated character.

The facial pipeline for "Spider-man 3", including rigging and animation was overseen by Remington.
The Sony Imageworks FACS pipeline was integrated as a secondary system to punch up facial detail such as furrows, wrinkles and deformations where markers didn't exist.

Behind the Scenes of R.I.P.D.

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This is a behind the scenes inside look of "R.I.P.D." (2013)

Behind the Scenes of R.I.P.D.

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VFX Breakdowns of THE WOLF OF WALL STREET | Scanline Reel

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A look at Scanline VFX's visual effects in director Martin Scorsese's THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, which received a Visual Effects Society Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects.

VFX Breakdowns of THE WOLF OF WALL STREET | Scanline Reel

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET: Scanline VFX Shot Breakdowns Reel from ScanlineVFX on Vimeo.

Live action plates were captured in the parking lot of Steiner Studios in Brooklyn on a gimbal set doubling as the bridge.

VFX Breakdowns | Pacific Rim | Mirada Studios

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Storytelling studio Mirada was the creative and technical force behind the two-minute prologue of Guillermo del Toro's robots vs. monsters epic, Pacific Rim. watch below the VFX breakdown of Guillermo del Toro's robots vs. monsters epic, Pacific Rim.

VFX Breakdowns | Pacific Rim | Mirada Studios

 Mirada was co-founded by del Toro along with award winning director Mathew Cullen, Executive Producer Javier Jimenez and Academy Award winning DP, Guillermo Navarro.  del Toro worked closely with Mathew Cullen, President/Sr. VFX Supervisor John Fragomeni and the Mirada team to design, create, shoot, edit and execute more than 80 stunning visual effects shots for the prologue sequence.

Framestore | Wrath of the Titans | Jonathan Fawkner

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 Visual Effects Supervisor Jonathan Fawkner talks about the visual effects Framestore did on Wrath of the Titans.

from the Art of VFX article:

How was the collaboration with director Jonathan Liebesman?
JL as we called him to distinguish him from JF (me) was fairly easy to work with. He had a pretty good idea about what he wanted to see and how he wanted it to look. He had established an aesthetic for the movie and he was always wanting it to look filthy, which of course we had anticipated so we had plenty of cg dirt and dust on hand to chuck into the mix. That would generally make him happy. But that aesthetic also affected shot selection and camera style which we were careful to try to replicate in our full 3d shots. He and the editor were generally happy to receive suggestion, during the shoot and in post which makes the whole process more collaborative.

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 How was the collaboration with Production VFX Supervisor Nick Davis?

This time around Nick Davis was 2nd unit director as well as VFX supervisor, so that brought a new perspective on things. He needed to rely more heavily on me for one thing in his absence, but it also meant he had a deep understanding of how the shots were conceived, and had more influence on the look and feel of the movie. He and Rhonda Gunner and the whole team were fun to work with and it felt like a really positive joint effort.

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Framestore, Wrath of the Titans, Jonathan Fawkner, VFX, article, news, making, movie, wallpaper, poster, cover

 What have you done on this movie?

We were responsible for the sequence involving 3 cyclops that chase and fight with Perseus. We also took on the Labyrinth, involving a huge rock tower, a mechanical doorway, and the ever moving and collapsing interior.

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Framestore, Wrath of the Titans, Jonathan Fawkner, VFX, article, sets, news, making, movie, wallpaper, poster, cover

DreamWorks Animation | Alex the Lion has 2288 individual controls | Madagascar 3

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DreamWorks Animation,

has posted on their facebook page, saying that in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Alex the Lion has about 2288 individual controls to allow the animators to position him into any conceivable pose. Looks like the riggers for the movie Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted had a hard time rigging the characters.

It's Technology Tuesday here at DreamWorks Animation! Alex the Lion from our upcoming film Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is such an expressive character, that he has 2288 individual controls to allow the animators to position him into any conceivable pose!

News Say that there will be two Smiths giving voice over for the movie Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. We already know Jada Pinkett Smith is giving one voice over, but this time her daughter too has a character voice over.

Snow White and the Huntsman | Battling the Troll | Behind the Scenes | VFX

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Snow White and the Huntsman coming out on June 1, 2012, posted new videos of Snow White and the Huntsman on sets, shows how to work on setting up a VFX shoot, like putting Troll in post productions, were as the water splash is done on sets. Chris Hemsworth Takes us through the video.

Snow White and the Huntsman | Battling the Troll | Behind the Scenes | VFX

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