The 91st Academy Awards finally took off with splendour. The awards ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has honoured the best films of 2018 in 24 categories including Popular Film, Visual Effects (VFX), Animated Feature Film, Cinematography, Costume Design, and Film Editing. Oscars 2019 was held on February 24 …
De-aging movie stars – A CGI trick that never gets old
We have all seen movies where we think, how did this actor/actress manage to look so different here? What anti-aging pills are they on? Where did all the body fat go? Well, in some cases it takes real hard work to undergo a massive transformation (Christian Bale in The Machinist), and then there is …
VFX breakdown of Doctor Strange
While we wait for Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch steals our hearts as the unfriendly and egoistical neurosurgeon, Dr. Strange. Of course, this marvel wonder could not have been strange without visual effects. Read on, as we bring you the VFX breakdown of Doctor Strange. The story Eminent neurosurgeon, Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange lives a normal life …
How visual effects in horror films helped Hollywood
Horror films and VFX go hand-in-hand. Since the early days of film, right from Méliès to the latest Saw movie, visual effects have always been an important part of bringing stitched together exhumed corpses, and the undead chewing down on a man’s interior to the big screen. So following the Halloween season, we thought of …
Why should you watch Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them?
Even before Chetan Bhagat took credit for making people read again, there was another author who had started the process with a lot of success (and good writing). J.K Rowling, and her Harry Potter series, encouraged an entire generation of people to start reading. So it is only obvious that when her writing is adapted …