Twenty years after the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, visual effects is more in demand than ever before. What better time to reflect on the magic spell cast by […]
VFX Wire — Harry Potter: 20 Years of Wizarding Wonder
VFX Wire — VFX Recruitment in a Post-COVID World
With film and television production booming, the visual effects industry faces a unique set of challenges as it crews up to meet an unprecedented demand for content. I spoke with Sashka Jankovska, […]
Into the Virtual World — New Article for Producers Guild of America
I recently had the pleasure of writing an article for Produced By, the official magazine of the Producers Guild of America. Into the Virtual World explores some of the ways in which […]
Milk VFX Showreel 2021
The Illusion Almanac is pleased to share a new visual effects showreel from Milk VFX. This latest roundup from the London-based studio is big on effects, environment and creature work from shows […]
VFX Wire — The Visual Effects of The Crown
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Ben Turner, production visual effects supervisor of The Crown, about the Emmy-nominated work done by the visual effects team for Season 4 of the Netflix […]
Dragoncharm — The Movie That Didn’t Quite Happen
My first novel Dragoncharm – a fantasy adventure published in 1995 by Harper Voyager and with a cast made up exclusively of dragons – has twice been optioned for film or television […]
The Creation of Fire City
Demons walk among us, but we cannot see them. That’s the premise of Fire City: King of Miseries, a short film directed by Academy Award-winner Tom Woodruff Jr. that premiered on DreadCentral […]
Pennyworth — Visual Effects by Freefolk
The Illusion Almanac is pleased to share this press release from Freefolk Film & Episodic. Freefolk Film & Episodic is delighted to announce its visual effects work of over 300 shots on the second […]
Extract: “Monsters of Hollow Earth” — Godzilla vs Kong Concept Design by ADI
In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong, Amalgmated Dynamics, Inc. co-founder Tom Woodruff Jr. discusses the company’s concept work for Godzilla vs Kong. Under Woodruff’s direction, artists including […]
Extract: “Designing Mechagodzilla” — Godzilla vs Kong Concept Design by Legacy Effects
In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong, Legacy Effects concept designer Jared Krichevsky discusses the company’s design work for Godzilla vs Kong. The production design department brought in […]
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