Trevor Hogg

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Crafting a Magical Confection: The VFX of ‘Wonka’

In the new Warner Bros. movie Wonka, director Paul King (Paddington) offers an origin story for the eccentric chocolatier introduced in Roald Dahl’s classic...

‘The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ VFX Supervisor Takes Us Inside the New ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel

In the new prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, audiences meet a young version of the tyrannical President of Panem,...

‘The Creator’ VFX Supe Jay Cooper on Creating a Retro-Futuristic World

While traveling from one hole to another on a golf course in Park City, Utah, visual effects supervisor Jay Cooper (Babylon) took the time...

Behind the Scenes of ‘The Continental’s ’70s NYC Flashback

This fall, Peacock viewers get a chance to explore the backstory of Winston Scott, the debonair hotelier from the popular John Wick franchise, in...

‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ VFX Supervisor Brad Parker Reveals Its Blood-Curdling Secrets

Director André Øvredal's (Trollhunter) summer horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter fleshes out the chapter in Bram Stoker’s Dracula that plays out...

‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Digitally De-Ages a Beloved Hollywood Hero

Much been written about Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny since the movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival two months ago. In...

‘The Last of Us’: Creating VFX That Grow On You for HBO’s Apocalyptic Hit

HBO’s hugely popular adaptation of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us game has been one of the biggest small-screen success stories of the year. The first...

‘Shadow and Bone’ VFX Supe Ante Dekovic Guides Us Through the Magic and Monsters of S2

To ground her storytelling while bringing something new to the fantasy genre, novelist Leigh Bardugo combined the elemental magic of Avatar: The Last Airbender...

Visualizing a Magnificent Nervous Breakdown in ‘Bardo’

A Mexican-born, Los Angeles based journalist and documentarian Silverio Gama (Daniel Giménez Cacho) goes through a visually arresting existential crisis in Bardo, False Chronicle...

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Director James Cameron & VFX Team Dive into Pandora’s Magic

***This article originally appeared in the February '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 327)*** Watching the Hollywood blockbusters of James Cameron, it is not hard...

‘Black Adam’ VFX Supe Bill Westenhofer on Creating a New Big Screen Antihero

***This article originally appeared in the January '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 326)*** A passion project long in development for action star Dwayne Johnson,...

The Year’s Top VFX Oscar Contenders

***This article originally appeared in the January '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 326)*** December marks moviegoers’ return to Pandora after a 13-year absence, which...

‘Slumberland’: VFX Supe Adrian de Wet on Updating Little Nemo for the 21st Century

***This article originally appeared in the December ’22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)*** In his fifth outing with filmmaker Francis Lawrence, visual effects supervisor...

‘The Rings of Power’: The VFX of a Dazzling Return to Middle-earth

***This article originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)*** With a reported production budget of $465 million, Amazon Studios' blockbusters...

‘The Woman King’ VFX Supe Sara Bennett Details the True Story’s Meticulously Researched Visuals

If you thought that the Dora Milaje of Wakanda did not have a real-life counterpart, then the recently released feature The Woman King directed...

What Dreams Are Made Of: Neil Gaiman and ‘The Sandman’ VFX Team Spill the Show’s Visual Secrets

***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 323)*** In 1989, celebrated fantasy author and comic-book writer Neil Gaiman (American...

It’s Hammer Time, Again! VFX Supe Jake Morrison Takes Us Behind the Scenes of ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

***This article originally appeared in the August '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 322) *** After achieving box office and comedic success with Thor:...

Exclusive: How the ‘Stranger Things’ VFX Team Conjured More Demons for Season 4

***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary Issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)*** The VFX artists working on the fourth season of the hit...

Exclusive: ‘Jurassic World Dominon’ VFX Supe David Vickery Unleashes the Dinosaurs Again

***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)*** Twenty-eight years after the release of Steven Spielberg’s ground-breaking movie Jurassic...

‘The Batman’: Re-Imagining the Dark Knight with VFX Supe Dan Lemmon

***This article originally appeared in the May '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 320)*** Ever since his remake of Swedish vampire tale Let the Right...
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