Making Magic: Behind The Scenes Of This Year's Oscar-Nominated Visual Effects Watch videos that take a closer look at the 2013 Oscar Visual Effect nominees Tweet
	1   2   3   4   5	Back	4 of 5	Next
Prometheus Nominees: Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill Hammerpedes don’t grow on trees – although they’re probably figuring how to accomplish that right now – and those intergalactic nasties required the best of MPC’s effects wizardry to make it from Ridley Scott’s notepad to Rafe Spall’s gob. “Ridley would sketch a shot on paper and we would then go and animate it into 3D”, VFX supervisor Charley Henley told The Art Of VFX,” and then review that in Maya and tweak the layout and animation. During production there was also a great deal of on-set collaboration in Jordan and Iceland, and during post-production Ridley would regularly come to MPC’s offices in London to review work.”
	1   2   3   4   5	Back	4 of 5	Next

Have Your Say
Register or login now to let us know what you think.

Your Comments

1	Life of Pi
	Life of Pi will win, no doubt in my mind More
	Posted by Moronifighter on Thursday January 17, 2013, 12:59
2	Awesome stuff
	I Think ILM should win an Oscar just for that VFX breakdown. That was excellent and creative! Obviously it'll go to The Hobbit though. And rightly so. More
	Posted by Deydalarozi on Wednesday January 16, 2013, 18:30

CURRENT HIGHLIGHTS
		The Biggest Doctor Who Jaw-Droppers The Time Lord's biggest surprises over 50 years of TV
		Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch: A Beginner's Guide To The Avengers 2 Newcomers Your primer on the brother and sister joining the A-team
		Clint Mansell On Making Requiem For A Dream 'Darren had to edit at night because he could get access to the studio for free then.'
		Arrested Development Video Interviews Say hello to Jeffrey Tambor, David Cross, Tony Hale, Michael Cera and Alia Shawkat
		Empire's Favourite Music Moments From The Pixies to Burt Bacharach via Audioslave
		Cannes Film Festival Videblogisode #2 Episode II: Attack Of The Clouds featuring Emma Watson and Paul Haggis
		The 20 Soundtracks That Defined The 2000s The sounds of a dark knight, a mischievous Parisian, a troubled family and one flying house...

Follow @empiremagazine