Yellow Brick Road

How is it to work with Visual Effects and what career options are there in the VFX business? How important is a creative company culture and how has the pandemic and working from home affected the team spirit for VFX-artists?

In episode #60 of our podcast “Yellow Brick Road” VFX Producer David Enbom and Compositing Artist Hannah Myllyoja answer questions from VFX students and discuss company culture, creativity and how to keep the passion for the craft alive.

In episode #59 of Yellow Brick Road we skydive into the world of Battle Royale style games.

Director Emnet Mulugeta and VFX Supervisor Felipe Borges takes us behind the scenes of the production of the new cinematic trailer for Krafton’s popular game PUBG Battlegrounds.

How was the trailer produced, where did they find their visual inspiration and how did they manage to produce this trailer in just four months?

Welcome to the world of teenage espionage. In episode #58 we meet VFX Supervisor Jim Parsons and CG Supervisor James Sutton, discussing Amazon’s teen spy series "Alex Rider" and the various visual effects Goodbye Kansas Studios created for season one and two, including a “killer drone” and a bunch of dead Aztec warriors.

Also: how does Ray Harryhausen inspire modern VFX, is Hitchcock’s “The Lady Vanishes” the best spy movie ever and why on earth did Ken Russel get to direct Michael Caines third outing as Harry Palmer?

In episode #57 of our podcast Yellow Brick Road we meet VFX producer Paula Pope and VFX Supervisor Ditch Doy, discussing the various effects that Goodbye Kansas delivered for season 2 of Netflix’s supernatural horror series “Locke & Key”. Prepare for faceless living mannequins and "romantic fire effects". Also: why is it so scary with masks and is it true that we lose our urge to get scared as we grow older?

Follow us to the Capture Department at Goodbye Kansas HQ in Stockholm. In episode 56 of our podcast "Yellow Brick Road" we meet Capture veteran Chris Jestico, who shares stories from his career - including the Virtual Production of Steven Spielberg's "Ready Player One" - and talks about the many fascinating services provided by the Goodbye Kansas Capture Department, including 3D Scanning and Performance Capture.

How can you use VFX to depict hallucinations and what's a "glitter engine"? In episode 55 of Yellow Brick Road we meet VFX Supervisor Jason M Halverson, who takes us behind the scenes of Goodbye Kansas' VFX work for Amazon's ballet film "Birds of Paradise".

How was the VFX in BBC’s submarine thriller “Vigil” created? VFX Supervisor Jim Parsons and VFX producer Desirée Rydén from Goodbye Kansas Studios takes us behind the scenes of the VFX production of this year’s biggest BBC drama hit series.

In episode #53 we visit the foggy streets of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 19th century London and meet thousands of aggressive digital birds! VFX Supervisor Jim Parsons, FX Supervisor Filip Orrby and Animation Supervisor Staffan Linder discuss the various Visual Effects created by Goodbye Kansas Studios for Netflix’s “The Irregulars”. What were their favourite shots and how was it to create Visual Effects in the middle of a pandemic lockdown?

How do you create a digital animal? In episode #52 of Yellow Brick Road, we discuss modeling, rigging and CFX with Senior Character Artist Magnus Eriksson, Rigging TD Stephanie Holder and Lead Character FX TD Ludvig Eliasson from Goodbye Kansas Studios. How was the stag in “A Discovery of Witches” made, how do you create a digital muscle system and why are birds more complicated to rig than other animals?

How do you create a CG locust swarm and what insect movies do we love the most?

Line Producer Alexander Darnell, CG Supervisor Hannes Drossel and Senior Compositing artist Karl Rydhe talk about the locust effects in Outlander Season 5 and discuss their favourite insect movies.

(recorded in april 2020)