Pick of the Week

| Movies, Showcase | 21/05/2013 16:47pm targetlocked

Polish, polish, polish. That all-important element which raises the quality of every production is in abundance here. Rob Redman loves it

Movies to watch for 2013: Pacific Rim – watch the new trailer here

| Movies, Showcase | 17/05/2013 11:00am pacific-rim

Updated: Watch the new trailer for Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro’s epic sci-fi movie here…

Behind the scenes: Oz the Great and Powerful

| Features, Making of, Movies | 15/05/2013 14:46pm 3dw168featoz

In Oz the Great and Powerful, Sony Pictures Imageworks conjures a CGI vision of an iconic fantasy world. James Clarke discovers the magic behind the effects

Meet the 3D Artist: Grégory Jennings

| Movies, Showcase | 08/05/2013 14:06pm Copyright: Dreamworks

This week, we welcome animation lighting artist Greg Jennings who tells us about his break into the CG industry and what it’s like to be a light at Dreamworks…

Behind the scenes: Ice Age: Continental Drift

| Making of, Movies, Showcase | 08/05/2013 14:00pm 3dw167freeze

The latest in the Ice Age series adds action movie mayhem to the cartoon mix. Blue Sky talks to Mark Ramshaw about the sun, the sky and the sea

Pick of the Week

| Artwork, Movies, Shorts, Showcase | 07/05/2013 14:52pm pickofweek

It’s time for Rob’s Pick of the Week and this week he singles out a clever animation that will draw you in – especially if you turn the volume UP!

Building Dredd’s Mega-City One

| Features, Making of, Movies | 20/03/2013 14:00pm 3dw166featdredd

Neil Miller, VFX art director on Dredd, explains how he created Mega-City One’s latest movie look

Meet the Artist: Blair Richmond

| Movies, Showcase | 06/03/2013 15:17pm H1

After a career working on productions including Lost, Invictus and Apollo 8, Blair Richmond is now bringing his VFX skills to the world of mountain adventure film production. Blair tells us about his work and inspirations

Behind the scenes: How Baseblack and The Mill brought Dredd to life

| Making of, Movies, Showcase | 27/02/2013 15:03pm 3dw166freezeframe

Dredd stays true to its comic-book origins with an uncompromisingly brutal vision of Mega-City One. Baseblack and The Mill talk to Mark Ramshaw

Cool 3D animation: the making of the new Python film in stereoscopic 3D

| Movies, Showcase | 18/02/2013 17:06pm chapmanmain

Justin Weyers from Made Visual studio talks about ‘A Liar’s Autobiography – The untrue story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman’ and pulling together 14 different companies with 17 different styles of animation to create the animated S3D feature film…

Cool VFX: Atomic Fiction’s work on Flight

| Features, Movies, Showcase | 14/02/2013 16:27pm 034A_620_final

View this breakdown of the visual-effects work that went into one of of the best film scenes of 2012

Must-see movies of 2013: Blue Sky Studios’ new animation Epic

| Movies, Showcase | 11/02/2013 14:04pm epic1

The talented artists at Blue Sky Studios have put together what looks to be another stunningly good animated film. Watch the trailer…

Amazing VFX on an indie budget: How Method created the cityscapes in Cloud Atlas

| Movies, Showcase | 29/01/2013 12:37pm ▲ Matte painting shows the braces that support Neo Seoul's buildings

Cloud Atlas is an ambitious indie film with a limited budget. With a mere 70 artists working on it at the peak of production, Method spread the work across its London, Vancouver and LA offices. In this interview excerpt, we find out how the cityscapes were put together

The making of Gollum in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

| Movies, Showcase | 23/01/2013 12:42pm ▲ At double the frame rate, Gollum's unhinged expression is even creepier

Read excerpts from our interview with leading figures at Weta Digital about their work on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, with a particular focus on the making of Gollum

Cool VFX: Tempo new film produced by Red Giant

| Movies, Showcase | 21/01/2013 11:32am tempo3

Red Giant is the brains behind a new film called Tempo. Released in December the guys tell us about the innovative movie, where it came from and how it was created. Meet Harry Frank, Aharon Rabinowitz and Seth Worley from Red Giant…