February 18, 2016
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How They Filmed the Climatic Final Battle in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

...Dan Pearson, needed to create a simulation engine to accurately depict the forest floor falling away beneath Kylo Ren and Rey’s feet. The simulation engine could make the forest appear to disintegrate...

August 17, 2021
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Ronin (voiced by Masaki Terasoma in Japanese and Brian Tee in English) in a scene from "Star Wars: Visions" short "The Duel," exclusviely on Disney+. Courtesy Lucasfilm & Disney+

The Trailer For "Star Wars: Visions" Reveals Franchise's First-Ever Anime Films

...style of each studio. The seven studios are Kamikaze Douga, Geno Studio (Twin Engine), Studio Colorido (Twin Engine), TRIGGER, Kinema Citrus, Science Saru, and Production I.G. The new trailer reveals some moments...

November 24, 2015
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Industrial Light & Magic’s Ed Kramer Discusses What It Takes To Work in CGI

...and the Filmmaker Focus program at the Sie FilmCenter and also produces the annual Denver Film Festival, which hosted Kramer’s Q&A. However, Kramer does credit Denver for its own milestone in computer...

November 12, 2019
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How Last Christmas Production Designer Gary Freeman Got the Rom-Com Look Right

...of gentrification, and getting the amplified tone of a holiday rom-com just right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9CEIcmWmtA&t=61s How did you achieve the classic rom-com look with scenery that’s heightened, but not over the top? It...

November 18, 2015
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How Quentin Tarantino Protege Zoe Bell Traded Stunts For Acting

...Bell has the kind of personality that likes a challenge. “As ironic as it sounds, doing stunts was my safety zone,” she said. “Physicality is a language that I speak.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ffVl0755Ps Bell...

March 21, 2024
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"Dune: Part Two" Cinematographer Greig Fraser on Poisoning the Light of Giedi Prime

...skin would look like when shot like this,” Fraser says. “So I did a test out in the sun, and I did a test in the shade, and I did another test...

May 27, 2014
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Maleficent and the Strange and Storied History of Fairy Tales

...purity. Every household under the Third Reich had to own a copy, and the book was banned in Allied-occupied Germany, so there’s that. The brothers traveled around Germany talking to people, recording...

March 14, 2018
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Enthused Audiences Who Saw Test Screenings for Deadpool 2 Had One Request: More Brolin and Beetz

...everything in the world of the untitled Deadpool sequel (which everybody is understandably calling Deadpool 2 until told otherwise) is good. As Collider reports, actual test screenings took place in January, and...

February 23, 2018
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The Marvel Crossover You Didn’t Know You Needed Until Now

...the MCU films are. Be warned that this article contains spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 and Thor: Ragnarok. Thor: Ragnarok has recently been released for digital download and features bonus...

November 23, 2016
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Thanksgiving Watch List: 11 Food Mad Films

...will stand the test of time. Big Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd8gK6EgpLM Standly Tucci and Campbell Scott co-directed this lovely film about Italian immigrant brothers who open up their dream restaurant, Paradise, in New Jersey. Chef...