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befores & afters
The befores & afters VFX podcast from journalist Ian Failes, covering the latest in visual effects, animation and virtual production.
How Cartoon Saloon got to play in the Star Wars universe
40 mins; February 18, 2024
The effects of 'Napoleon' were so convincing, Ridley Scott thought they had killed a stunt performer
27 mins; February 12, 2024
'Oppenheimer' special effects supervisor Scott Fisher on what the Trinity Test explosions in the film were made of
15 mins; February 03, 2024
The crazy, intricate work behind DNEG's VFX for 'NYAD'
40 mins; January 29, 2024
David Silverman on the influence of music, and how he got started on 'The Simpsons'
63 hours 40 mins; January 21, 2024
The virtual production tech behind the new 'Ted' television series
29 mins; January 14, 2024
Behind the scenes of Aardman's 'I Am Your Mother' Star Wars: Visions short
33 mins; January 07, 2024
How Framestore turned Hugh Grant into an Oompa Loompa for 'Wonka'
46 mins; December 28, 2023
Hugo Guerra on directing his ZEISS CinCraft Scenario film
71 hours 19 mins; December 17, 2023
Wētā Workshop's Richard Taylor on crafting the horrifying creature in 'The Tank'
23 mins; December 10, 2023
How they made this music video by painting the talent silver
27 mins; December 03, 2023
Nick Dudman on the make-up effects and creatures in s2 of 'The Wheel of Time'
27 mins; November 26, 2023
How the live-action plate shoots worked for nature documentary series 'Life on our Planet'
29 mins; November 19, 2023
The Wheel of Time: how do you make a fiery dragon?
30 mins; November 12, 2023
Celebrating 30 years of Digital Domain
52 mins; November 05, 2023
Making a Star Wars short: the creative process behind 'Sith'
30 mins; October 30, 2023
Genetically re-engineered samurai dinosaurs! The making of 'KYORYU'
35 mins; October 24, 2023
How to make a CG Idris Elba
53 mins; October 12, 2023
Here's what actually goes into making a talking animal movie
48 mins; October 07, 2023
Celebrating 25 years of PDI's Antz
64 hours 3 mins; October 01, 2023
Behind the biggest VFX scenes in 'Foundation' s2
59 mins; September 25, 2023
You might be surprised how Tinkerbell in 'Peter Pan & Wendy' was made
44 mins; September 18, 2023
VFX supe Mike Fink looks back at Batman Returns, bamf'ing and Golden Compass bears
124 hours 13 mins; September 09, 2023
The Third Floor's Casey Schatz on simulcam, motion bases and the eyeline system on 'Avatar The Way of Water'
48 mins; September 02, 2023
'Andor' production visual effects supervisor Mohen Leo on designing VFX shots
35 mins; August 23, 2023
Behind the scenes of 'Wednesday', its on-set performer for Thing, and complex creature effects
25 mins; August 21, 2023
ILM's Grady Cofer and Hal Hickel break down the visual effects in s3 of 'The Mandalorian'
32 mins; August 20, 2023
How the astonishing real and mech dog in 'The Nevers' was made
37 mins; August 15, 2023
How beloFX used Unreal Engine for their rooftop shots in 'The Last of Us'
43 mins; August 13, 2023
A comprehensive update on the state of play of Wētā Tools at Unity
31 mins; August 07, 2023
Ted Lasso's football matches were made on a 'stand-in' field, with greenscreen, crowd sprites and other VFX
31 mins; August 06, 2023
How they made that spectacular Harrison Ford bus/train jump in 'The Fugitive' with optical front projection tech
38 mins; July 30, 2023
Special effects supervisor Gerd Nefzer reflects on the practical effects of 'Dune'
47 mins; July 24, 2023
The incredible scale, forced perspective, in-camera and invisible effects in 'I'm A Virgo'
76 hours 35 mins; July 16, 2023
Blowing up model airplanes for a film (against hobby shop owner wishes!)
19 mins; July 08, 2023
Imagining a singing, dancing croc on set with Actor Capture
27 mins; July 07, 2023
Making miniatures and props for 'Asteroid City'
32 mins; July 02, 2023
Looking back at the early innovative VFX in commercials with Eric Durst
53 mins; June 24, 2023
The Left Angle founders discuss new comp and mograph tool Autograph
51 mins; June 17, 2023
Virtual production on an indie budget
24 mins; June 12, 2023
Virtual production on an indie budget
24 mins; June 11, 2023
How Monkey Chow made these mocap action clips for ActorCore
34 mins; June 09, 2023
'The Last of Us' VFX supervisor Alex Wang talks clickers, environments and THOSE giraffes
33 mins; June 04, 2023
How 'Andor's' real London locations were the basis of Coruscant finals
27 mins; May 28, 2023
How 'Handmaid's Tale' used virtual production to plan a train station scene
26 mins; May 21, 2023
How this short film was a test bed for rigging and stylization tools, and new real-time compositing in Unreal Engine
38 mins; May 15, 2023
The process of postvis on 'Cocaine Bear'
21 mins; May 07, 2023
Bringing 'Matilda' to life with more VFX than you might at first realize
55 mins; April 29, 2023
Treating ships like characters in the final episode of 'Star Trek: Picard'
32 mins; April 23, 2023
Urban Bradeško, aka the Explosions Guy, talks sparse GPU accelerated volumetric fluid solver Axiom
36 mins; April 15, 2023
A preview of FMX with Mario Müller
41 mins; April 11, 2023
Making vampire chimps for 'Let the Right One In'
27 mins; April 11, 2023
The history of markerless motion capture company Move.ai
46 mins; April 09, 2023
VFX supe and director Adam Valdez on making the UE5 short 'Brave Creatures' with new real-time tech
35 mins; March 30, 2023
VFX supe Russell Dodgson explores three seasons of 'His Dark Materials' magic
45 mins; March 26, 2023
How to plan for huge VFX sequences: the VFX supe and VFX producer on 'Slumberland'
47 mins; March 18, 2023
How Blender Studio's latest film, with a realistic human character, was made
53 mins; March 13, 2023
A deep dive into Cinesite's visual effects for 'Wakanda Forever'
50 mins; March 05, 2023
How they make the fire in 'Fire Country'
23 mins; February 26, 2023
Go in-depth on the visual effects by Fuse FX for 'Wendell & Wild'
32 mins; February 20, 2023
How the VFX for 'All Quiet on the Western Front' were made
46 mins; February 13, 2023
Digital people, CG water, miniatures, morphing: 'Titanic' had it all
65 hours 52 mins; February 06, 2023
Where do I find befores & afters VFX content? Your handy guide is here.
7 mins; January 30, 2023
'The Voice in the Hollow' is an Unreal Engine short with a difference
30 mins; January 22, 2023
Framestore on designing an immersive exhibition for the Science Museum in London
34 mins; January 15, 2023
Scott Eaton on the state of A.I. in art
39 mins; January 08, 2023
Ending the world (multiple times) for 'The End is Nye'
32 mins; January 02, 2023
The invisible effects of The Northman
46 mins; December 20, 2022
The VFX behind the forging of the Three Rings in 'The Rings of Power'
16 mins; December 13, 2022
#VFXInsight: How Reallusion's automatic character rigging app AccuRIG came to be
25 mins; December 05, 2022
From 'Gravity' tethers to Ragdoll Dynamics
22 mins; November 30, 2022
Access:VFX has expanded
35 mins; November 22, 2022
Rob Bredow on the state of play of virtual production at ILM
29 mins; November 14, 2022
Kevin Baillie on the virtual production of 'Pinocchio'
40 mins; November 07, 2022
How to build a CG mountain lion (and make it attack Kevin Hart)
45 mins; October 31, 2022
Pinocchio: going from virtual production to VFX
28 mins; October 20, 2022
Making a CG zoetrope for a Pharrell Williams music video
36 mins; October 17, 2022
Wētā FX on the tricky task of crafting battling Asgardian kids in Thor: Love and Thunder
21 mins; October 10, 2022
How DNEG Animation gave 'Entergalactic' its stylized look
40 mins; October 06, 2022
Solving a 3D boat scan was a big part of Industrial Pixel's beginnings
24 mins; September 28, 2022
That time Tom Holland got hit by a bluescreen car
42 mins; September 26, 2022
Rose Duignan and Hal Hickel on the history of ILM
50 mins; September 16, 2022
The AI tool used to redub F-bombs and go from an R rating to PG-13
29 mins; September 08, 2022
How FuseFX built ships and creatures, and de-aged Dolly Parton for s3 of 'The Orville'
33 mins; August 29, 2022
Rising Sun Pictures VFX supe Dan Bethell on 'Thor: Love and Thunder'
47 mins; August 17, 2022
Behind the lighting tech behind those stunning scenes in Ragnarok and Love and Thunder
46 mins; August 09, 2022
The creatures of 'Resident Evil'
46 mins; August 04, 2022
This new RenderMan Walking Teapot short film pays homage to an animated classic
23 mins; July 29, 2022
Making a bird skull god and a hippo god for 'Moon Knight'
25 mins; July 29, 2022
How all those sparks in Pixar's 'Lightyear' were created
24 mins; July 29, 2022
The main on end titles for 'Moon Knight'
29 mins; July 29, 2022
NVIZ on the previs of 'Morbius'
16 mins; July 29, 2022
ftrack's Fredrik Limsater on the state of play of production tracking
25 mins; July 29, 2022
Moving from VFX to games: meet Blinkmoon
36 mins; July 29, 2022
The practical and digital effects of 1997's 'Anaconda'
29 mins; July 29, 2022
Concept designer Ben Mauro on building his HUXLEY universe
35 mins; July 29, 2022
The VFX art department: a chat with Cinesite's Madeleine Scott-Spencer
28 mins; July 29, 2022
Zendaya and Tom Holland's wire work, digi-doubles, and the art of comp'ing hair
26 mins; July 29, 2022
The evolution of Richard Linklater's rotoscoped animation films
14 mins; July 29, 2022
De-ageing, destruction and other digital effects in 'The Adam Project'
37 mins; July 29, 2022
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