Tag Archives: VFX

Friedrichsdorf, Germany – April 7, 2021 – Maxon just announced its lineup of speakers for its April 3D & Motion Design Show, the free-to-attend virtual series of artist-focused presentations for 3D and motion graphics artists. During the extended April show, which will run from April 13, 2021 to April 15, 2021, Maxon will host presentations from a collection of notable ...

Led by VFX Supervisor James David Hattin, VFX Legion’s team delivered a challenging mix of shots for ‘Half Brothers,’ director Luke Greenfield’s new film out of Focus Features. A fully remote company since its inception, Legion efficiently created a mix of complex photorealistic effects for the comedic drama. The production was just shy a few shots when the pandemic brought ...

March 30, 2021 DP Frida Wendel FSF, chose Cooke S7/i Full Frame Plus lenses to shoot Fate: The Winx Saga, the live-action TV adaptation of Nickelodeon’s animated series Winx Club. Following its Netflix launch in January, the show quickly shot to number one in the U.S. and number three in the U.K. The series follows a fairy called Bloom (Abigail ...

Film and television visual effects company VFX Legion delivered all of the effects for ‘Nocturne,’ director Ze Quirke’s feature film debut, for ‘Welcome to Blumhouse.’ Amazon Studios joined forces with Blumhouse Television to create the theme-related series showcasing emerging filmmakers who bring a fresh perspective to the horror genre. Legion’s team produced a mix of  computer-generated effects, elevating the visceral ...

Friedrichsdorf, Germany – February 4, 2021 – Today, Maxon announced the immediate availability of a maintenance release for Magic Bullet Suite 14, its collection of tools for color correction, finishing and film looks, that enables support in MacOS Big Sur and Final Cut Pro for the updated tools: Colorista V, Looks 5 and Denoiser III.  Along with important compatibility updates, ...

Visualization services company, OPSIS, recently called on VFX Legion to lend its talents to Songbird, director Adam Mason’s new dystopian thriller from producer Michael Bay. As the film’s primary visual effects vendor, OPSIS provided end-to-end services – from Concept, Previs, Postvis and finalizing VFX shots to assembling the right talent for the job. OPSIS integrated Legion into its team, tapping ...

Studio receives Australia’s highest honour for cinematic achievement for its riveting combat scenes. Adelaide, South Australia— Rising Sun Pictures (RSP) today won the 2020 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation for its work on the Chinese World War II epic The Eight Hundred. The Adelaide-based studio helped to recreate the 1937 ...

Little Mix put into virtual stadium setting thanks to precision camera tracking Mo-Sys Engineering, a world leader in precision camera tracking solutions for virtual studios and augmented reality, took a central role in the Covid-safe production of a live online entertainment awards show. Normally held in a stadium venue, this year production company and media technologists Bild Studios used virtual ...