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befores & afters

The befores & afters VFX podcast from journalist Ian Failes, covering the latest in visual effects, animation and virtual production.
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Episodes

How they made the new 'Lilo & Stitch'

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Lilo & Stitch' visual effects supervisor Craig Hammack, from ILM, about stuffies, stand-ins, CG animation and all the challenges of making the live-action film.

Jul 07, 202543 min

The surprising use of visual effects in season 6 of 'The Handmaid’s Tale'

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Brendan Taylor from Mavericks VFX and the VFX of season 6 of 'The Handmaid’s Tale', including the opening train scenes filmed with an LED wall, the wedding scene, which had an interesting object removal challenge, muzzle flash work, crowds, that dramatic plane explosion and the final Boston environment shots.

Jun 16, 202538 min

The latest machine learning side of Silhouette

Ian Failes chats to Marco Paolini and Paul Miller, two names synonymous with rotoscoping tool Silhouette from Boris FX, about the machine learning developments now implemented in the tool.

May 12, 202527 min

The dream of AI roto with Electric Sheep

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Electric Sheep co-founders Gary Palmer and Richie Murray about their company's AI rotoscoping product.

Apr 13, 202534 min

Metaphysic's neural HMC performance injection tech

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Jo Plaete from Metaphysic about the use of its neural HMC performance injection tech, including for the character Rook in 'Alien: Romulus'.

Mar 31, 202538 minSeason 1Ep. 1

The visual effects of 'Alien: Romulus'

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Alien: Romulus' visual effects supervisor Eric Barba about the VFX Oscar nominated film.

Feb 03, 202532 min

The wide use of machine learning VFX techniques on 'Here'

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to VFX supervisor Kevin Baillie about the Robert Zemeckis film, 'Here', and its use of machine learning de-ageing techniques, virtual production and other ML approaches.

Jan 20, 202550 min

How the Academy Software Foundation works

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to David Morin, who is the Executive Director at the Academy Software Foundation about the VFX software packages the ASWF encompasses.

Jan 13, 202547 min

How to get VFX into your Sundance film

Ian Failes chats to VFX supervisor Alex Noble, who is the founder of Wild Union Post, about visual effects for independent films, including those submitted for the Sundance Film Festival.

Jan 04, 202538 min

How to make practical bubble effects

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to director, cinematographer and VFX artist Christopher Webb from FX WRX about practical effects in two recent projects, including one involving water and bubbles.

Jan 04, 202545 min

The virtual production behind 'Daddio'

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Disguise VP of Virtual Production, Addy Ghani about the film 'Daddio'. The Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn film is unique because it is essentially one long taxi ride that was effectively fully shot on an LED stage.

Dec 09, 202421 min

How the wrestling scenes in 'Unstoppable' were made

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Thomas Tannenberger from Crafty Apes, and Landon Bootsma from Gneiss Stuff, about 'Unstoppable' and the incredible face replacement and other invisible effects work in the film.

Nov 29, 202431 min

The visual effects of 'Dune: Part Two'

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert about 'Dune: Part Two', including on the opening eclipse moments, the sandworm riding, the attack on the spice harvester, how Giedi Prime was made, the battle of Arrakis, and how the Fremen’s blue eyes were achieved.

Nov 18, 202457 min

The making of 'Gladiator': a look back with VFX supervisor John Nelson

Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to 'Gladiator' visual effects supervisor John Nelson about the original film from 2000, including that very famous Steadicam shot of the Gladiators entering the Colosseum, the Rome builds, the amazing tiger fight, and the forest battle in Germania.

Nov 11, 20241 hr 10 min
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