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 | | PRODUCTION/POST/SOUND | | How the Visual Effects of "American Horror Story" Get Two-Faced | | FuseFX visual effects supervisor Jason Piccioni discusses the company's work on "American Horror Story," the FX series on which they've provided visual effects for all four seasons. This season, subtitled "Freak Show," has a carnival setting and among its VFX challenges are the two-headed sisters, both played by Sarah Paulson. | | Read More» | | |
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 | | FILM | | Director's Chair: Ridley Scott, "Exodus: Gods and Kings" | | Ridley Scott is one of the supreme stylists of contemporary cinema as such oft-imitated and seminal works as "Blade Runner," "Alien" and "Thelma and Louise" make abundantly clear. Now the three-time Oscar-nominated director has turned his attention to the trials and tribulations of the Old Testament prophet Moses, in the new epic production, "Exodus: Gods and Kings." | | Read More» | | |
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 | | PRODUCTION/POST/SOUND | | Naturalism in Space: Inside the Cinematography of "Interstellar" | | Christopher Nolan tapped Hoyte van Hoytema to shoot his space odyssey, "Interstellar" because he "really responded to the naturalism in Hoyte's work." To that end, van Hoytema took advantage of the real-life weather conditions of their shooting location in Alberta, Canada. "Whatever nature gave us, we greedily took," he explains. | | Read More» | | |
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 | | LIVE & PUBLIC SPACES | | The Visual Trickery That Turns Hockey Rinks Into Lakes of Fire | | New projection systems are turning basketball courts and ice rinks into massive optical illusions: Animations beamed onto the surface can create all sorts of morphing effects. In one, the parquet crumbles, making the center circle look like a free-standing pillar shooting up from the earth's core. In another, ice flickers on and off, then becomes an gigantic table-hockey game. A rink effectively turns into a 2,604-inch TV—with 6.5K resolution. | | Read More» | | |
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