Cinefex!!!! :D :D :D

[The Ü™]

My new Cinefex came today!!!!

This issue covers the effects work in:

• Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (visual effects by Hy*drau"lx; animatronics by Amalgamated Dynamics)
• Sweeney Todd (visual effects by The Moving Picture Company)
• Jumper (visual effects by Weta Digital Ltd., Hy*drau"lx, Digital Domain, et al.)
• Charlie Wilson's War (visual effects by Whodoo EFX; miniatures by 4 Ward Productions)
• Cloverfield (visual effects by Double Negative and Tippett Studio)
• 10,000 B.C. (visual effects by Double Negative, The Moving Picture Company, The Senate VFX, and Machine FX; miniatures by Magicon)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (visual effects by Industrial Light & Magic and Tippett Studio)

 

[The Ü™]

And for pointless reference, here's the stuff each effects shops worked on in the multihouse projects:

10,000 B.C.

Double Negative

• terror birds
• saber-tooth tiger
• vultures
• Nile port
• Giza sequence

The Moving Picture Company

• mammoths
• digital doubles
• Giza sequence

Warner Bros. In-house Unit

• digital composites
• paint-outs
• day-for-night shots
• background plates

The Senate VFX

• digital face paint - Ka'Ren
• composites
• plate enhancements

Machine FX

• environmental matte paintings for mammoth hunt and terror bird attack

CLOVERFIELD
​

Double Negative

• city explosions and composites

Tippett Studio

• character animation

THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES

Industrial Light & Magic

• Thimbletack
• Boggart
• sprites
• griffin
• sylphs
• Mulgarath
• digital environments
• Freddie Highmore twins

Tippett Studio

• goblins
• Hogsqueal
• troll

 

[The Ü™]

And the next issue (Cinefex 114) will cover the visual effects for following films:

• Iron Man
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
• Speed Racer
• The Incredible Hulk
• Get Smart
  

Look for that in July!

 

[Metamorphosis]

I acquired a prime copy of C. Wilson's War because of this post. You rock.

 

[The Ü™]

Is it for the film's effects? The film has mostly invisible effects.

 

[Metamorphosis]

No, I thoroughly enjoyed the dialogue. In fact, I thought the effects were rather poor regarding scenes such as the helicopter attack.

 

[The Ü™]

Here's the company that worked on Charlie Wilson's War. They did a lot of subtle effects work. That party shot, for example, was shot on a blue screen stage -- none of the background (like outside the window) in that was real.

And here's the show reel, which showcases some of the effects shots in Charlie Wilson's War.

The visual effects supervisor for Charlie Wilson's War was former Industrial Light and Magic veteran Richard Edlund. Some of his credits include the original Star Wars trilogy, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Poltergeist. After he left ILM he supervised the effects for 2010, Ghostbusters, Poltergeist II, Die Hard, Alien 3, Multiplicity, and Air Force One, to name a few. Those movies were done at the now defunct effects company Boss Film Studios, which Edlund founded. Long story short, Richard Edlund is one of the modern effects gods, alongside Dennis Muren, John Dykstra, and others.

I think Richard Edlund is now a freelancing effects supervisor.