befores & afters

By Ian FailesTV & Film Technology

befores & afters episodes

September 14 VFX supervisor Eran Dinur discusses the big AI and ML changes that have impacted visual effects
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Eran Dinur, who has been teaching courses on ComfyUI and GripTape, about the AI and ML landscape VFX artists are facing right now.
57 min
September 08 Pitch Black's Troy Tobin on where Rising Sun's REVIZE is now headed
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Pitch Black's Troy Tobin, now Head of REVIZE (Research and Innovation), about the expansion of the machine learning technology which started at Rising Sun Pictures.
31 min
September 02 Nikola Todorovic on the latest developments in Autodesk's Flow Studio
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Nikola Todorovic, who co-founded Wonder Dynamics (an Autodesk Company), about the new 3D Editor + Canvas in Flow Studio.
32 min
August 18 Behind the role of a VFX coordinator
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to VFX coordinator Cameron Target, who most recently worked on 'Moana'.
36 min
August 14 'Stranger Things 5' visual effects supervisor Betsy Paterson on the show's landmark moments
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Betsy Paterson about the making of 'Stranger Things 5.'
39 min
August 04 All the surprising rock climbing and kayaking VFX challenges on 'Apex'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Apex' visual effects supervisor Enrik Pavdeja.
32 min
July 28 How those adorable sheep in 'The Sheep Detectives' were made
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats with two Framestore artisans on The Sheep Detectives: visual effects supervisor Graham Page and chief creative officer (and second unit supervisor for the film) Tim Webber.
1 hr
July 20 The visual effects of Widow's Bay
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to production visual effects supervisor Brian Drewes about the visual effects in 'Widow's Bay'.
26 min
July 15 The VFX artist who changed my life
Ian Failes from befores and afters chats to ILM compositing supervisor Todd Vaziri, who via his VFXHQ.com website in the late 90s kickstarted Ian's career in VFX journalism.
1 hr 32 min
July 13 This Wētā FX animation roundtable was a total hoot
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to members of Wētā FX's animation team: Dan Barrett, senior animation supervisor, Stuart Adcock, head of facial motion, and Dave Clayton, animation supervisor. It's a hilarious discussion about previs, mocap and where you can even see these crew members as performers in films they've worked on.
49 min