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In our cover story, we talk to the SFX and VFX supervisors steering The Odyssey to discover how Christopher Nolan masterfully fused practical and digital effects to realize his bold vision, turning Greek mythology inside out along the way. In another Fall issue highlight, our robust roundtable of VFX artists, supervisors, technologists and others illuminate the breakthrough tools unleashing the creativity of storytellers around the world.
In addition to The Odyssey, we join director Travis Knight on his personal odyssey to make the stop-motion animated film Wildwood (Knight’s live-action Masters of the Universe was released earlier this year) and how it has changed LAIKA Studios’ animation style. We also shine a light on the VFX for Lanterns, a live-action spinoff of DC Comics’ Green Lantern franchise, produced by DC Studios for HBO. Then we stop to explore the Bathhouse Battle sequence in the VES Award-winning KPop Demon Hunters to dissect what makes a prizewinner and how it was achieved.
For our Special Focus, we traverse the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, Poland, Romania and Greece to survey the landscape of VFX across Europe, where incentives play a decisive role. Then we delve further into tax incentives, their benefits and limitations in our feature on the “new economics” of VFX. We also profile Sony Pictures Imageworks Senior Animator Alissar Kobeissi and trailblazing ILM modelmaker/designer/artist John Goodson. And in keeping with our “something for everybody” philosophy, you can follow the pathway of VFX studios from vendor to creative partner, listen to the voices of next-generation artists new to the VFX industry, and find out why independent filmmakers believe that there has never been a better time to make a movie or a show.
Now dive in and meet the innovators pushing the boundaries of visual storytelling.
Kim Davidson, Chair, VES Board of Directors
Nancy Ward, VES Executive Director
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