The Bear // VFX Breakdown Part 1

The Bear // FX on Hulu – VFX Breakdown VFX LAHead of Creative/VFX Supervisor: Charles H. JoslainVFX Supervisor: Izzy TraubVFX Supervisor: Joseph Sperber Client: FX Network/Senior-Post   We had the pleasure of doing 305 VFX shots on FX’s The Bear. It is...

‘Virtual Extras’ Added to Scene

Over 50 ‘virtual’ extras were added to scene with VFX (crowd simulation) We estimate that by adding the extras virtually, rather than hiring live actors, the producer saved over $5,000.00 on this scene. This is after taking into the cost of the VFX). Here are our...

Projector-Phones: VFX Breakdown

Anyone want one of these new projector-phones? The movie ‘Sleepless’ was chock-a-block full of visual effects like this and we had a blast creating that high-tech world. In this shot we wrapped pieces of cardboard with green tape. After tracking and rotoscoping, we...

VFX Low Budget Rescue

What do you do when your movie has a limited budget but you need high production value? The movie ‘Sleepless’ needed this shot of a high-tech plant: But the budget would only allow this: In this shot we leveraged visual effects in post to create a high-tech set,...

Virtual Reality 360 video for Atlantic Records

Just finished this VR music video for Atlantic Records and the band, Saint Motel. What an awesome group of people to work with! To get the full 360 experience, click and drag your cursor on the video after it starts playing… (watch in Chrome or Firefox only) Leave me...