befores & afters
Arts & Culture Podcasts
The befores & afters VFX podcast from journalist Ian Failes, covering the latest in visual effects, animation and virtual production.
Location:
United States
Description:
The befores & afters VFX podcast from journalist Ian Failes, covering the latest in visual effects, animation and virtual production.
Language:
English
Website:
https://beforesandafters.com/
Episodes
Visual effects problem solving: the dinosaurs of '65'
5/20/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Framestore visual effects supervisor Josh Simmonds about the Adam Driver film, '65'. We get into the ‘role’ of VFX in helping to craft a story.
Duration:00:23:58
Chris Nichols on Chaos' new adventure in virtual production
5/10/2024
Ian Failes chats to Chris Nichols, director of special projects at the Chaos Innovation Lab, about Chaos’ Project Arena. This is an upcoming toolset that lets artists move V-Ray assets and animations to LED walls.
Duration:00:39:33
Going from VFX artist to short film director
5/5/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to director and VFX artist Adrian Bobb about making his short film 'The Fore-Men'.
Duration:00:40:15
Making slimer, a sewer dragon and those Mini-Pufts for 'Frozen Empire'
4/28/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Imageworks visual effects supervisor Jason Greenblum about 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire'.
Duration:00:31:08
Tim Landry reflects on his time at Dream Quest and at Disney Imagineering
4/22/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor and Disney Imagineer Tim Landry, looking back at this experience at Dream Quest Images, including on 'The Crow', and later at Walt Disney Imagineering.
Duration:00:34:21
How the animatronic baby from 'The Matrix' was made
4/14/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Paul Katte from Make-up Effects Group about 'The Matrix' and his team's practical effects for the pod baby, the bug effects for Keanu's torso and an arm break effect.
Duration:00:43:58
'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' VFX supervisor Alessandro Ongaro
4/12/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Alessandro Ongaro, the visual effects supervisor 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire', about prep'ing the huge film, the extensive previs, traveling to multiple locations for shoots and reference, and how specific scenes were crafted.
Duration:00:58:43
Yeti creator Colin Doncaster on the challenges of VFX software development
4/8/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Yeti creator Colin Doncaster about his career in VFX and software development via his company Peregrine Labs.
Duration:01:19:59
What you didn't know about how that helicopter rescue in 'The Matrix' was filmed
4/1/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Bruce Hunt, second unit director on 'The Matrix' about the helicopter rescue and crash, involving real stunt photography over Sydney, and the miniature greenscreen chopper explosion shoot as well.
Duration:00:42:38
Preview the big sessions of FMX 2024 with Mario Müller
3/28/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to FMX project manager Mario Müller about this year's VFX and animation event happening in Stuttgart in April.
Duration:00:25:51
Eyeline Studios' new tech volumetric capture tech used on 'YuYu Hakusho'
3/25/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Ryo Sakaguchi, the production visual effects supervisor for the Japanese Netflix series 'YuYu Hakusho', about new volumetric capture tech from Eyeline Studios used on the show.
Duration:00:45:22
The stuntvis behind that stunning oner 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'
3/18/2024
Ian Failes chats to stunt coordinator and second unit director Wayne Dalglish, and to action designer and stunt previs artist Christopher Clements, both from Sandbox Action Design, about that spaceship hallway oner in 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3', which was the set to the tune of the Beastie Boys No Sleep til Brooklyn.
Duration:00:40:21
Virtual sets in Doctor Who
3/10/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to REALTIME visual effects supervisor James Coore to discuss the 60th anniversary Doctor Who special ‘Wild Blue Yonder’.
Duration:00:26:10
Going from greenscreen buck to soaring creature
3/3/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Framestore visual effects supervisor Bob Winter about his studio’s work for 'Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire'. This included the bird-like creature the Bennu, which is at one point ridden by the character Tarak. Plus we compare that with the creature Harmada.
Duration:00:36:54
A new kind of VFX collective emerges with Dream Machine FX
2/25/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to the managing partners of Dream Machine FX--Brendan Taylor from Mavericks, Brian Drewes from Zero and Chris Spry from Fin--about the way their collective works.
Duration:00:30:50
How Cartoon Saloon got to play in the Star Wars universe
2/18/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Screecher’s Reach' director Paul Young and art director Almu Redondo about the 'Star Wars Visions' animated short.
Duration:00:40:30
The effects of 'Napoleon' were so convincing, Ridley Scott thought they had killed a stunt performer
2/12/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to the VFX Oscar nominated team behind the visual effects of Ridley Scott’s 'Napoleon': production VFX supervisor Charley Henley, MPC VFX supe Luc-ewen Martin-fenouille, ILM VFX supe Simone Coco and special effects supervisor Neil Corbould.
Duration:00:27:36
'Oppenheimer' special effects supervisor Scott Fisher on what the Trinity Test explosions in the film were made of
2/3/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Scott Fisher, the special effects supervisor on Chris Nolan’s 'Oppenheimer.'
Duration:00:15:42
The crazy, intricate work behind DNEG's VFX for 'NYAD'
1/29/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to DNEG visual effects supervisor Mohsen Mousavi about 'NYAD' and the water sims and meticulous body tracking/matchmoving and comp work required to make ocean swim scenes possible.
Duration:00:40:00
David Silverman on the influence of music, and how he got started on ‘The Simpsons’
1/21/2024
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to David Silverman about his history with The Simpsons, Monsters, Inc. and more.
Duration:01:03:40