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 […]
Dragoncharm — The Movie That Didn’t Quite Happen
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 […]
Extract: “APEX Aftermath” — Godzilla vs Kong visual effects by Luma Pictures
In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong, Luma Pictures visual effects supervisor Brendan Seals discusses the aftermath of Godzilla’s attack on APEX Cybernetics in Godzilla vs Kong. While […]
Extract: “City as Character” — Godzilla vs Kong visual effects by MPC
In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong, MPC visual effects supervisor Pier Lefebvre talks about the construction of a digital Hong Kong environment for Godzilla vs Kong. Having […]
Extract: “Animating Kong” — Godzilla vs Kong visual effects by Weta Digital
In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong, Weta Digital visual effects supervisor Kevin Smith discusses the methodology used to bring the giant ape Kong to life for Godzilla […]
Extract: “Ape in the Rain” — Godzilla vs Kong visual effects by Scanline VFX
In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong, the Scanline VFX team discusses the scenes involving Kong on the deck of the transport ship. As lead visual effects […]
The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong — Out Now
Issue 1 of the new filmcraft magazine The Illusion Almanac is available now as an 80-page* digital magazine formatted for Kindle. Download it from Amazon online stores worldwide — just search for […]
