When indie director Ava DuVernay (“Selma”) became the first woman of color to tackle a $100-million tentpole, Disney’s upcoming sci-fi/adventure, “A Wrinkle in Time,” her biggest fear was tackling VFX. But at Saturday’s Visual Effects Society Summit at the Sofitel Hotel in Beverly Hills, DuVernay described how, as a black woman from Compton, she learned to incorporate the technical language into her storytelling arsenal.
“I pride myself as the queen of the scene in a room…I know how to make the past and the present,” said DuVernay during her keynote Q&A the day after winning a BAFTA Britannia Award. “I don’t know how to make the future — until now.”
One Step at a Time
But when Ilm visual effects supervisor Rich McBride (Oscar-nominated for “The Revenant”) broke the process down into layers, the experience became a transformation.
“There are pieces of the puzzle that...
“I pride myself as the queen of the scene in a room…I know how to make the past and the present,” said DuVernay during her keynote Q&A the day after winning a BAFTA Britannia Award. “I don’t know how to make the future — until now.”
One Step at a Time
But when Ilm visual effects supervisor Rich McBride (Oscar-nominated for “The Revenant”) broke the process down into layers, the experience became a transformation.
“There are pieces of the puzzle that...
- 10/29/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Production for Disney’s upcoming epic, live-action adventure “A Wrinkle in Time” kicks off tomorrow in Los Angeles starring Oprah Winfrey (“Selma”, “The Butler”) as Mrs. Which, Reese Witherspoon (“Wild, “Walk the Line”) as Mrs. Whatsit, Mindy Kaling (“The Mindy Project,” “Inside Out”) as Mrs. Who, Chris Pine (“Star Trek Beyond,” “Hell or High Water,” “Into the Woods”) as Mr. Murry, Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Beauty and The Beast,” “Belle”) as Mrs. Murry, Zach Galifianakis (“Birdman,” “ The Hangover,”) as The Happy Medium, André Holland (“Moonlight,” “Selma”) as Principal Jenkins, Levi Miller (“Pan”) as Calvin, Deric McCabe as Charles Wallace, and introducing Storm Reid as the iconic literary character Meg Murry.
Bellamy Young, Rowan Blanchard and Will McCormack round out the highly acclaimed cast.
Directed by Ava DuVernay (“13th,” “Selma”), the film is a reimagining of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel that takes Meg Murry, her brilliant brother Charles Wallace and their...
Bellamy Young, Rowan Blanchard and Will McCormack round out the highly acclaimed cast.
Directed by Ava DuVernay (“13th,” “Selma”), the film is a reimagining of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel that takes Meg Murry, her brilliant brother Charles Wallace and their...
- 11/2/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Yet another classic tale is being adapted by Disney as a live-action movie and filming starts tomorrow! Come inside for more information, including a complete cast, for A Wrinkle In Time!
Starting tomorrow, a set in California will be home to filming one of the most iconic stories of all time, Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time. This will be Disney's second attempt at creating a live-action adaptaion of L'Engle's story, after the 2003 debacle. Now, A Wrinkle in Time joins the vast library of Disney's live-action reboots, like The Jungle Book, Maleficent, Mulan, The Lion King, and the soon to be released Beauty and the Beast.
The story tells of Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin who cross dimensions in an effort to bring their father home. The shooting schedule also includes a brief two-week stint in New Zealand that will no doubt encompass one...
Starting tomorrow, a set in California will be home to filming one of the most iconic stories of all time, Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time. This will be Disney's second attempt at creating a live-action adaptaion of L'Engle's story, after the 2003 debacle. Now, A Wrinkle in Time joins the vast library of Disney's live-action reboots, like The Jungle Book, Maleficent, Mulan, The Lion King, and the soon to be released Beauty and the Beast.
The story tells of Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin who cross dimensions in an effort to bring their father home. The shooting schedule also includes a brief two-week stint in New Zealand that will no doubt encompass one...
- 11/1/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Matt Malliaros)
- Cinelinx
The 88th Annual Academy Awards are just around the corner on Sunday evening, so once again, it’s time to lay down my predictions for who has the best chance of winning in each of the 24 categories, along with a bit of analysis as to why they appear to be the frontrunners. As usual, I’ll start from the smallest categories and work my way up, so let’s get started:
Best Animated Short Film
“Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
“Prologue” Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
“Sanjay’s Super Team” Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
“We Can’t Live without Cosmos” Konstantin Bronzit
“World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt
Best Live Action Short Film
“Ave Maria” Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
“Day One” Henry Hughes
“Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” Patrick Vollrath
“Shok” Jamie Donoughue
“Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Body Team 12...
Best Animated Short Film
“Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
“Prologue” Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
“Sanjay’s Super Team” Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
“We Can’t Live without Cosmos” Konstantin Bronzit
“World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt
Best Live Action Short Film
“Ave Maria” Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
“Day One” Henry Hughes
“Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” Patrick Vollrath
“Shok” Jamie Donoughue
“Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Body Team 12...
- 2/24/2016
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
The 2016 Oscar nominees best visual effects can draw very clear pictures of how they accomplished their respective feats in films like “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “The Revenant.” Four of the five visual artists nominated sat with TheWrap Awards Editor Steve Pond to discuss how they produced spectacular scenes featuring gruesome bear attacks to souped-up lightsabers. Rich McBride (“The Revenant”), Paul Norris (“Ex Machina”), Richard Stammers (“The Martian”) and Roger Guyett (“The Force Awakens”) told Pond about their biggest challenges working on micro and oversize budgets and the perfect way to maul Leonardo DiCaprio. Also Read: Oscar Nominees Reveal Secrets About.
- 2/19/2016
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
More than 150 Oscar nominees came together at noon on Monday at the Beverly Hilton as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored this year’s Oscar contenders at its annual Nominees Luncheon.
From Left to Right:
Seated: Adam Benzine, Paul Massey, Michael Standish, Chris Jenkins, Randy Thom, Jason Smith, Josh Cooley, Maryann Brandon, Richard Williams, Patrick Vollrath, Ed Lachman, Mary Parent, David Acord, Anders Langland, Henry Hughes, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tom Yellin
First Row: Rosa Tran, Jacqueline West, Ed Guiney, Evgeny Afineevsky, Matthew Shumway, Amy Hobby, Jonas Rivera, Gregg Rudloff, Signe Byrge Sorensen, Love Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Courtney Marsh, Nomi Talisman, Mark Ruffalo, Diane Warren, Paco Delgado, Bryan Cranston, Jistin Wilkes, Blye Pagon Faust, Roger Guyett, Basil Khalil, Drew Kunin, Sian Grigg, Andrea Berloff,
Second Row:Adam Stockhausen, Tom McArdle, Keith Redmon, Damian Martin, Ale Abreu, Matthew Heineman, Matt Damon, Bernhard Henrich, Cameron Waldbauer, Alan Robert Murray,...
From Left to Right:
Seated: Adam Benzine, Paul Massey, Michael Standish, Chris Jenkins, Randy Thom, Jason Smith, Josh Cooley, Maryann Brandon, Richard Williams, Patrick Vollrath, Ed Lachman, Mary Parent, David Acord, Anders Langland, Henry Hughes, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tom Yellin
First Row: Rosa Tran, Jacqueline West, Ed Guiney, Evgeny Afineevsky, Matthew Shumway, Amy Hobby, Jonas Rivera, Gregg Rudloff, Signe Byrge Sorensen, Love Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Courtney Marsh, Nomi Talisman, Mark Ruffalo, Diane Warren, Paco Delgado, Bryan Cranston, Jistin Wilkes, Blye Pagon Faust, Roger Guyett, Basil Khalil, Drew Kunin, Sian Grigg, Andrea Berloff,
Second Row:Adam Stockhausen, Tom McArdle, Keith Redmon, Damian Martin, Ale Abreu, Matthew Heineman, Matt Damon, Bernhard Henrich, Cameron Waldbauer, Alan Robert Murray,...
- 2/9/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
While "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" enters the Academy's VFX bake-off on Saturday as the obvious frontrunner, everyone wants to know how Ilm did the harrowing bear attack in "The Revenant." Here's a behind the scenes glimpse from VFX production supervisor Richard McBride. Read More: "Oscar Visual Effects Shortlist of 20 Includes 'Star Wars' Sequel" "What was interesting, thinking back to the early discussions with [director] Alejandro [González Iñárritu]," recalled McBride, "was how it was all about movement and planning and choreography, but always coming back to how an actual bear attack would unfold. And the other thing was getting into the mindset that this was not a monster: it's in its natural habitat and just behaving as a normal animal would [a mother protecting her cubs]. Alejandro wanted the attack to be sudden and wanted us to feel close to the action and immersed in every detail," added...
- 1/4/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
Yesterday night, the Visual Effect Society held their 12th annual awards show, and surprising no one, Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar hopeful Gravity was the big winner. The film took home six Ves awards, making it by far the dominant feature on display. This obviously furthers the chances of it taking home the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, but we can all agree that it was already pretty much a lock to win there. The only other feature competing in that category that made any dent at the awards was The Lone Ranger, which won Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture. As for Gravity’s half dozen wins, they were in the categories of Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture (their version of Best Picture, basically), Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture, Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture,...
- 2/13/2014
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
As expected, Alfonso Cuaron's Oscar-contending "Gravity" dominated the 12th annual Ves Awards, grabbing six trophies at the Beverly Hilton Wednesday night, including outstanding visual effects-driven feature, while Disney's "Frozen" juggernaut went four for four, including outstanding animated feature (a first for the studio). "Gravity"'s dazzling technical prowess also encompassed live action environment (exterior), live action virtual cinematography, feature models (Iss exterior), live action FX and simulation animation (parachute and Iss destruction) and feature compositing. "One of the great things about this movie is everything coming together and everyone working together," remarked Framestore's VFX supervisor Tim Webber backstage. He also acknowledged that there was no line at all between cinematography and VFX, speaking on behalf of co-winner and Oscar frontrunner Emmanuel ("Chivo") Lubezki, who was unable to attend. Co-winners for virtual cinematography Richard McBride and...
- 2/13/2014
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
Gravity earns six prizes, Frozen four at 12th annual Visual Effects Society awards.
It was a big night for two of the dominant films of the awards season as the prizes were handed out in Los Angeles on February 12.
Film category winners of the 12th Annual Ves Awards:
Outstanding Visual Effects In A Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
Gravity
(Tim Webber, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould, Richard McBride)
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects In A Feature Motion Picture
The Lone Ranger
(Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Shari Hanson, Kevin Martel)
Outstanding Animation In An Animated Feature Motion Picture
Frozen
(Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho, Lino Di Salvo)
Outstanding Animated Character In A Live Action Feature Motion Picture
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Smaug
(Eric Reynolds, David Clayton, Myriam Catrin, Guillaume Francois)
Outstanding Animated Character In An Animated Feature Motion Picture
Frozen: Bringing the Snow Queen to Life
(Alexander Alvarado, Joy Johnson, [link...
It was a big night for two of the dominant films of the awards season as the prizes were handed out in Los Angeles on February 12.
Film category winners of the 12th Annual Ves Awards:
Outstanding Visual Effects In A Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
Gravity
(Tim Webber, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould, Richard McBride)
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects In A Feature Motion Picture
The Lone Ranger
(Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Shari Hanson, Kevin Martel)
Outstanding Animation In An Animated Feature Motion Picture
Frozen
(Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho, Lino Di Salvo)
Outstanding Animated Character In A Live Action Feature Motion Picture
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Smaug
(Eric Reynolds, David Clayton, Myriam Catrin, Guillaume Francois)
Outstanding Animated Character In An Animated Feature Motion Picture
Frozen: Bringing the Snow Queen to Life
(Alexander Alvarado, Joy Johnson, [link...
- 2/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Today was a busy day for some of the smaller guilds with the Visual Effects Society, the Cinema Audio Society, and the Makeup and Hairstylists Guilds all announcing their nominations for 2013.
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
- 1/15/2014
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
Los Angeles (January 14, 2014) – Today, the Visual Effects Society (Ves), the industry’s professional honorary society, announced the nominees for the 12th Annual Ves Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials and video games and the VFX supervisors, VFX producers and hands-on-the-keys artists who bring this work to life. Nominees were selected by Ves members via concurrent events in Los Angeles and within the eight Global Ves Sections – New York, Bay Area, New Zealand, Sydney, United Kingdom, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. The Ves Awards will be held on February 12th at the Beverly Hilton. “The artistry, ingenuity and passion of visual effects practitioners around the world have come together to tell the most amazing stories imaginable,” said Jeffrey A. Okun, Ves Chair. “This year, more than ever, we have seen the fantastic become normal, the unimaginable become reality and the...
- 1/14/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The Visual Effects Society (Ves) delivered no surprises on January 14 as it announced the nominations for the 12th Annual Ves Awards.
As previously announced, the Visionary Award will be presented to Alfonso Cuarón, and The Lifetime Achievement Award to effects pioneer John Dykstra.
The 12th Annual Ves Awards Ceremony will take place on February 12 in Los Angeles.
The feature film nominees are as follows:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
Gravity – Tim Webber, Nikki Penny, Chris Lawrence, Richard Mcbride
Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Mark Soper, Guy Williams, Bryan Grill
Pacific Rim – John Knoll, Susan Greenhow, Chris Raimo, Hal Hickel
Star Trek: Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Luke O’Byrne, Ron Ames, Ben Grossman
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, Kevin Sherwood, David Clayton
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Rush – Jody Johnson, Moriah Etherington-Sparks, Mark Hodgkins, Antoine Moulineau
The Great Gatsby – Chris Godfrey, Prue Fletcher, [link...
As previously announced, the Visionary Award will be presented to Alfonso Cuarón, and The Lifetime Achievement Award to effects pioneer John Dykstra.
The 12th Annual Ves Awards Ceremony will take place on February 12 in Los Angeles.
The feature film nominees are as follows:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
Gravity – Tim Webber, Nikki Penny, Chris Lawrence, Richard Mcbride
Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Mark Soper, Guy Williams, Bryan Grill
Pacific Rim – John Knoll, Susan Greenhow, Chris Raimo, Hal Hickel
Star Trek: Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Luke O’Byrne, Ron Ames, Ben Grossman
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, Kevin Sherwood, David Clayton
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Rush – Jody Johnson, Moriah Etherington-Sparks, Mark Hodgkins, Antoine Moulineau
The Great Gatsby – Chris Godfrey, Prue Fletcher, [link...
- 1/14/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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