befores & afters Podcast
1) Discussing a new era in visual effects with Phantom Media Group
In this special sponsored episode, Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to the leadership from Phantom Media Group, or PMG, which now includes PhantomFX, Spectre, Tippett Studio, Milk VFX and Lola P...Show More
2) The art and tech behind the body morphing in 'Together'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Framestore visual effects supervisor Josh Simmonds about the Michael Shanks film, 'Together', diving into Framestore’s body morphing work for the main charact...Show More
3) What the role of CTO involves at Wētā FX
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Wētā FX CTO Kimball Thurstan about being a CTO of the revered visual effects studio. We discuss a range of topics, including rendering, de-noising, data flows...Show More
4) How The Roddenberry Archive is preserving ‘Star Trek’ history
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Mark Spatny, now VFX supervisor and VAD supervisor at OTOY, about his work at The Roddenberry Archive. This is an archive dedicated to preserving the legacy o...Show More
5) Paul Franklin reflects on the VFX of ‘Interstellar’
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin, who reflects on what he was doing 10 years ago, which was just after his VFX Oscar win for Interstellar. We dive into...Show More
6) Behind that crazy creature work in the finale of 'The Umbrella Academy'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'The Umbrella Academy' production VFX supervisor Everett Burrell about the final episode ‘End of The Beginning’ and the impressive creatures.
7) What exactly does the role of a visual effects producer involve?
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to VFX producer Lynzi Grant to help demystify the role of a visual effects producer. Lynzi has worked on such films as Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Hocus Pocus 2, Spid...Show More
8) How they made the new 'Lilo & Stitch'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Lilo & Stitch' visual effects supervisor Craig Hammack, from ILM, about stuffies, stand-ins, CG animation and all the challenges of making the live-action fi...Show More
9) The surprising use of visual effects in season 6 of 'The Handmaid’s Tale'
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Brendan Taylor from Mavericks VFX and the VFX of season 6 of 'The Handmaid’s Tale', including the opening train scenes filmed with a...Show More
10) How Steamroller Animation made a 30 min animated pilot episode in Unreal Engine
Ian Failes chats to key members of Steamroller Animation - Adam Meyer, Josh Carroll and Dave Alve - about their pilot episode of 'Spice Frontier'.