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Ready, Set, Go: ‘Saturday Night’ Production Designer Jess Gonchor on How He Re-created…
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If You Thought Demi Moore’s Transformation Was Crazy in ‘The Substance,’ Wait Til You Hear How They Did It
Production designer Pierre Olivier-Persin spills all.
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Ready, Set, Go: ‘Saturday Night’ Production Designer Jess Gonchor on How He Re-created the Iconic 1975 ‘SNL’ Stage
Jason Reitman’s film chronicles the 90 minutes before the first episode of the sketch comedy series went live almost 50 years ago.
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If You Thought Demi Moore’s Transformation Was Crazy in ‘The Substance,’ Wait Til You Hear How They Did It
Production designer Pierre Olivier-Persin spills all.
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When You Give a Ball a Camera: How ‘Challengers’ VFX Team Created Tennis POV Scene
VFX director Brian Drewes and his team stitched together 23 shots for the viral 24-second scene. "There's no reference for it in the real world," he says.
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‘Civil War’ Sound Editor on Balancing “Oppressive” Battle Noise With Abrupt Silence
Oscar winner Glenn Freemantle talks reteaming with Alex Garland on the A24 film, and explains why the team did not use sound level meters when determining if things were getting too intense.
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How ‘The Creator’ Director Gareth Edwards Used VFX to Make $80M Look Like $200M
Using Industrial Light & Magic in northern California, the most important task for Edwards and his team was to perfect the look of Alphie, who appears in 400 shots.
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‘The Boy and Heron’ Producer on Why Hayao Miyazaki Came Out of Retirement
“What he wanted to do was basically tell his life story,” Toshio Suzuki, president of Japan-based Studio Ghibli, says about the Oscar-nominated animated feature.
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ VFX Oscar Nom Seemed to Be an “Unreachable” Goal
Takashi Yamazaki, who served on the film as writer, director and VFX supervisor, talks to THR about his inspiration for the Kaiju film, as well as how the CG monster was created to interact with water.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Lifted Into Launch Position at California Science Center
A 450-foot crane lifted the 170,000-pound orbiter into the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in downtown Los Angeles.
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ Among Editors’ Eddie Nominees
The American Cinema Editors' series nominations include 'The Bear,' 'Beef,' 'Fargo' and 'Succession.'
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Oscars: Special Effects Supervisor Neil Corbould Among Crafts Vets With Multiple Nominations
The FX pro was cited for 'The Creator,' 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One' and 'Napoleon,' while sound vet Richard King is among others with multiple noms.
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Jeffrey Wright to Accept AIS Distinguished Artist Award
The Walt Disney Studios’ research and innovation teams will also be honored during the Advanced Imaging Society Awards.
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Collision Awards Launch Honoring Animation and Motion Graphics (Exclusive)
Randeep Katari has been named the event's general manager.
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Resurrected ‘Nimona’ Is an Animated “Love Letter to Anyone Who Has Felt Othered”
Co-directors Troy Quane and Nick Bruno on how they brought the film back to life after it was killed when Blue Sky Studios was shut down due to the Disney-Fox merger.
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Imax Opens Remastered ‘Queen Rock Montreal’ Concert Film With Input From Band Members Brian May and Roger Taylor
The concert movie runs Jan. 18-21.
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Wynn P. Thomas Among Art Directors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees
David Lowery, Greg Papalia and Francine West will also receive Lifetime Achievement recognition at the 28th ADG Awards.
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Creating the Sounds of ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’: Rerecording Mixer on Working on Two of the Biggest Films of the Year
Kevin O’Connell famously won his first Oscar for 2016’s 'Hacksaw Ridge.'
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