[Warning: Spoilers]
Episode 8 (aka „Hardhome“) was the first highlight of the latest „Game of Thrones“ Season. In this action-packed Episode Jon Snow is directly confronted with the huge army of the „Others“. For the first time I had the feeling that the often quoted Winter is really coming.
The studio El Ranchito Imagen Digital was responsible for the great effects and retouching.
The Art of Destruction – how MPC „built“ the creatures in Godzilla.
I like the new Spiderman Movies (I was personally involved as vfx coordinator at the first part), so I’m very impressed how they handled the spectacular sparks and flashes and the first appearence of the Green Goblin.
First official trailer for Automata, the new sci-fi movie from spanish director Gabe Ibanez. I had different impressions after watching – I think the look of Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium comes very close to Automata. But in the face of the story it’s very familiar to the visionary film Blade Runner.
Behind the scenes of episode 9 and 10 – interview with VFX Supervisor Joe Bauer and VFX Producer Steve Kullback, including VFX Breakdowns of the episodes. It’s interesting to see how they realized the attack on the wall.
This is Sparta! The clash between the Persian Empire and Greece goes in the next round. As expected we’ve bloody battles and epic set pieces like in the first part – a look at the visual effects of Rise of an Empire by Cinesite Studios.
It’s Hammer Time! Look at the epic visual effects of Thor and the sequel The Dark World.
The Fall of Pompeii – Great breakdown about the destruction of ancient Pompeii in the movie of the same title.
The VFX Studio MPC worked on 875 shots for Disney’s Maleficent and built impressive environments for the fairy tale.
WETA Behind the Scenes Featurette for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, with a special focus on motion capturing.
The Speech Ballon 