Featuring scenes with Batman fighting thugs, Spider-Man and Winter Soldier taking on Thanos, and Captain Marvel duking it out with Venom, these animatics are full of great ideas and possibilities executed masterfully.
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William Salazar Shares Prince of Egypt Pencil Tests
Veteran animator, William Salazar, shares three pre-production pencil tests from The Prince of Egypt via YouTube. William writes: The Character Designs were from Carter Goodrich & Pete de Seve. We had about 6 months to explore the animation style and …
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Spungella is Making Excellent Animation Videos on YouTube
YouTube seems over-saturated with video essays on film analysis (You may have noticed we’ve stopped posting them as often as we were). Animation has been largely overlooked save for a few great videos, like this one about Chuck Jones. I’ve …
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Walter Murch Explains Sound Editing and Sound Mixing
Academy member, Walter Murch, deconstructs the art of sound mixing. uses examples from his own work to explain sound editing, and shows us the differences between sound editing and sound mixing,
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Know Your Film Editing History
This Guy Edits takes a look at how editing was invented, and how long it took for some of the most basic innovations in the medium to take form.
How MPC Replicated Rachael For Blade Runner 2049
Replicating Rachael for Blade Runner 2049 was both a huge honour for our artists as well as an exciting technical and creative challenge. The team lead by VFX Supervisor Richard Clegg worked closely with Director Denis Villeneuve and Production VFX …
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s Reflective Silence
Though Paul Thomas Anderson made a name for himself with elaborate and technically complex film making, one of his defining trademarks is a simple one–letting his camera linger on a silent character. While many filmmakers rely on dialogue to convey …
