Relive Freefolk’s magical VFX for Fate: The Winx Saga
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Relive Freefolk’s magical VFX for Fate: The Winx Saga

Freefolk has announced their delivery of a significant award of VFX as a lead vendor for season 2 of Netflix series, Fate: The Winx Saga. Based on the popular Winx Club cartoon, the drama transports viewers to the Otherworld where fairies and specialists train within the confines of Alfea College.  The story centres around a group…

Filmmakers Academy | Camera Emotion
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Filmmakers Academy | Camera Emotion

Every single frame in a movie, commercial, or music video expresses some type of emotion. Whether it be sorrow, energy, or anger… Something within that frame is going to steer your audience in a specific emotional direction. In this lesson, Shane Hurlbut, ASC discusses his work on “Waist Deep” and how important the camera’s movement…

Behind Baselight’s colour and VFX on Three Thousand Years of Longing
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Behind Baselight’s colour and VFX on Three Thousand Years of Longing

Baselight colourist and co-founder of Toronto’s VFX facility in Toronto, Alter Ego, Eric Whipp, was recently reunited with award-winning director and cinematographer duo, George Miller and John Seale for the making of Three Thousand Years of Longing, starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton.    The movie is a contemporary retelling of the story of a djinn…

Filmmakers Academy | How to illuminate rain at night
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Filmmakers Academy | How to illuminate rain at night

Some of the most memorable moments in cinema history take place in the dramatic environment which is rain. When adding rain to a scene it can create beauty, power, and a level of difficulty to execute. In this lesson, Shane Hurlbut, ASC discusses what it took for him to pull off illuminated rain during some…