Digital / Visual Effects
Vantage Point – Trailer
In Vantage Point, Rainmaker did a full-CG build based on stills shot from a helicopter over Mexico City and Salamanca.
Oscar Showcase Tour - Chris on Madame Tutli-Putli Performance
At the Sony Pictures Animation lunch, Madame Tutli-Putli director Chris Lavis talks about how they worked with actress Laurie Maher to inform their stop-motion animation and provide the eyes for their puppets.
The Eye - Trailer
Sydney Wells is an accomplished concert violinist. She is also blind, and has been since a childhood tragedy.
Evan Almighty - Highlights Breakdown
Evan Almighty featured water, hundreds of animals, a huge ark and a giant flood.
300 - Highlights Breakdown
The highly stylized 300 combined the simplicity of past effects solutions with bluescreen, matte paintings, miniatures, computer-generated water and DI work.
The Golden Compass – Demon Death Breakdown
The Golden Compass makes viewers believe that animals can metamorphose from moth to mouse to cat, and carry on conversations in the process.
Bourne Ultimatum - Highlights Breakdown
Hundreds of effects made The Bourne Ultimatum seem like a documentary rather than a complex visual effects feat.
Transformers - Megatron Breakdown
Transformers with its nimble and athletic, ninja-style moves, even appeals to those outside the target demographic
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End – Maelstrom Breakdown
More than 2,000 vfx for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End were completed on a schedule that was two months shorter than the previous film.
I Am Legend - Highlights Breakdown
I Am Legend presented a desolate New York, which required visual effects to get rid of things that shouldn't be there.
The Spiderwick Chronicles - Trailer
The Spiderwick Chronicles is filled with CG goblins, boggarts, fairies and sprites.
Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Trailer
Ron Perlman returns as Hellboy to save the Earth once again in Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Trailer
See how Sweeney Todd makes a bloody good time out of a stylized shadowy London.
Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem - Trailer
The trailer for Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem shows off the CG spacecrafts in action that bring the battle to Earth.
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep - Trailer
In the trailer for The Water Horse, you find a kinder, gentler Loch Ness Monster tale.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Maelstrom Breakdown 2
The creation of The Maelstrom required full-on computational fluid dynamics. Even the biggest 32-gig machines couldn't properly convey what was required.
Transformers- Optimus Prime Breakdown
Transformers represents a new watermark in ultra realistic hard body surfaces. In addition to Optimus Prime's 10,108 parts, there are also 1.8 million polygons and 2,000 texture maps.
I Am Legend - Trailer
This I Am Legend promises to be the most ambitious film version of the book yet. Sony Imageworks produced more than 800 visual effects shots.
Alvin And The Chipmunks - Trailer
Rhythm & Hues has become a digital Animal Farm with its animated virtual menageries. The studio created 500 CG shots for Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Buffalo Hunters
A pig goes for a trip to the countryside. Instead of relaxation it gets swept along in a thunderous swirl by a herd of buffalo's.
The Golden Compass - Ermine VFX Breakdown
Featured in more than 500 shots, the daemons were created via 3D animation at Rhythm & Hues. The ermine is the daemon for lead character Lyra.
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium - Trailer
Welcome to Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world.
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising - Trailer
The Seeker uses visual effects in many sequences but the shot count ended up only at about 350.
10,000 BC - Teaser
Follow a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
