Archive for July, 2009
Alek Vacura: “Without Arms”

“Without Arms,” the MFA thesis project of Pratt Institute student Alek Vacura
Jamie Caliri Interview
Forget the Film, Watch the Titles interviews Jamie Caliri
Hype Williams and Newspeak: Big Sean “Getcha Some”
Hype Williams and Newspeak for Big Sean’s “Getcha Some”
Worms the Teaser
The recently released teaser for Worms is full of slapstick fun. I wonder what the feature film will be like…
Review: Visual Effects for Directors

I have to admit that I was wary of reviewing Hollywood Camera Work’s Visual Effects for Directors. When the package arrived, I groaned. Seven DVDs. All about visual effects. “Great,” I thought. “When I get bored, I’ll watch paint dry instead.”
How wrong I was.
VFX for Directors, it turns out, is actually fun. Although densely educational, the material makes sense—and more importantly—it feels relevant to the art of digitally enhanced storytelling. Every chapter had me saying, “Oh, so that’s how that works.”
Là-Bas: A Visual Effects Reel from
Vancouver Film School student Aditya Talwar created a monstrous vignette for his visual effects reel. (Nice breakdown, too!)































