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Creating a Super Uber Elemental for ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’

Trevor Hogg - July 17, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the August ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 292)*** When Marvel’s famous web-slinger embarked on his 2017 adventure Spider-Man: Homecoming...

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‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’: The Modern Rebirth of the Kaiju

Trevor Hogg - June 7, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the June/July ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 291)*** Japanese giant monster movies, known as kaijū, have captured the attention...

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‘Game of Thrones’: Looking Back at the Final Battle

Trevor Hogg - June 4, 2019

Now that the final episode of Game of Thrones has aired on HBO, and fans have stopped analyzing every detail of the series’ concluding...

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Gotta Catch ’em All! Pokémon Meet the Real World in ‘Detective Pikachu’

Trevor Hogg - May 30, 2019

With advances in visual technology, studios have become very keen to transform classic animation properties into blockbuster big-screen hybrids -- drawing both grown-up fans...

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The Demonically Good Visuals of ‘Good Omens’

Trevor Hogg - April 30, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the May ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 290)*** An angel and demon join forces to stymie the antichrist and...

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Crafting ‘Dumbo’s High-Flying Effects

Trevor Hogg - April 1, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the April ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 289)*** Many credit Tim Burton’s live-action version of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland...

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‘Captain Marvel’ Takes Flight

Trevor Hogg - March 18, 2019

For the first time, a female superhero takes center stage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the arrival of Captain Marvel, directed by Anna...

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Angel Eyes: Creating Realistic Manga-Inspired CG for ‘Alita: Battle Angel’

Trevor Hogg - February 13, 2019

When James Cameron decided to produce and direct a series of sequels for Avatar, his adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s manga about a cyborg suffering...

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‘Welcome to Marwen’: Building the Village of Living Dolls

Trevor Hogg - January 2, 2019

***This story originally appeared in the February ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 287)*** A vicious attack outside of a bar resulted in Mark Hogancamp...

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Weta’s Ken McGaugh Shares the VFX Secrets of ‘Mortal Engines’

Trevor Hogg - December 20, 2018

A decade ago, filmmaker Peter Jackson began development of a cinematic adaptation of an epic fantasy series, authored by Philip Reeve, about a futuristic...

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‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’: Grindelwald’s Brand New Bestiary

Trevor Hogg - December 11, 2018

Framestore’s Nathan McConnel discusses the challenges and rewards of delivering new creatures for the Fantastic Beasts sequel. Those who crave more wizardry from Harry Potter...

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‘First Man’: Recreating One Giant Leap

Trevor Hogg - October 24, 2018

***This article originally appeared in the December ‘18 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 285)*** Although filmmaker Damien Chazelle is best known for the music-centric features...

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Venom: The Art of Producing Perfect Parasites

Trevor Hogg - October 17, 2018

Two-time Oscar-winning vfx supervisor Paul Franklin shares the secrets of creating super symbiotes for the hot fall movie Venom. VFX supervisor Paul Franklin is no...

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Learning the VFX Secrets of ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’

Trevor Hogg - August 10, 2018

It’s hard to believe that it has been more than 22 years since director Brian De Palma delivered the first Mission: Impossible feature to...

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Working for Scale: ‘Ant-Man and The Wasp’ Ups the VFX Ante

Trevor Hogg - July 11, 2018

Fans of Ant-Man’s amazing miniature world are in for many more elaborate visual effects in the fantastic sequel Ant-Man and The Wasp, in theaters...

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Creating Glitch-free Androids for HBO’s ‘Westworld’

Trevor Hogg - July 6, 2018

HBO’s acclaimed sci-fi series Westworld continues to deliver uncanny visuals from the futuristic wars between humans and their unhappy robots. Filmmaker J.J. Abrams (Super 8)...

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Meet the New Hybrid Dinos of ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’

Trevor Hogg - June 22, 2018

***This article originally appeared in the June/July issue of Animation Magazine (No. 281)*** Dealing with the pressure of fan expectations for an established cinematic franchise...

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Ironing Out the VFX of ‘A Wrinkle in Time’

Trevor Hogg - April 2, 2018

Madeleine L'Engle’s beloved 1962 classic A Wrinkle in Time tells the story of Meg Murry travelling through space and time to save her father...

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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ – Conjuring New Jedi Tricks

Trevor Hogg - January 14, 2018

The wizards of The Third Floor reveal a few of the secrets of their work on Star Wars: The Last Jedi. As Revenge of the...

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Thor: Ragnarok: Thunderstruck Visuals

Trevor Hogg - January 1, 2018

Creating the dazzling visual effects for Thor: Ragnarok required a superhuman eye for detail and exceptional attention to the actors’ gestures. Things never get...

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