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Monday, November 17, 2014

Pre-Oscars Predictinator Anxiety

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click for larger Yeah, this is totally scientific. Just like The Predictinator. (cough) (What is The VFX Predictinator, you ask? Well...
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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Apple TV, "Chef" and Aspect Ratios

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UPDATED 10/17/14, SEE BOTTOM OF POST When it comes to issues regarding proper aspect ratio projection of movies and television shows, I am...
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Friday, October 03, 2014

Movie Marketing is Hard! Futura and Hollywood

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Many distinguished Hollywood directors have embraced the Futura font over the years, most notably Stanley Kubrick , J.J. Abrams ( here and ...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Rian Johnson and "A Niche Tweet"

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Yeah, I know. There haven't been any FXRant posts recently. I have a few half-written pieces in the pipeline, so there's that. The ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Movie Marketing is Hard! "From The Director of TRAINING DAY", updated!

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UPDATE 2 : This post has been updated with an additional film.  Click here to read. This is an update to a previous post . Since dir...
Friday, April 04, 2014

Movie Marketing Is Hard! Trailer Edition

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Since it's been a while since I did one of these things... view larger sources: FAST AND FURIOUS 6 trailer (201...
Sunday, March 02, 2014

"Gravity" Wins The Oscar

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Congratulations to the entire visual effects team behind "Gravity", the winner of the visual effects Oscar in the 86th Academy A...
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Visual Effects Oscar Nominees Without Visual Effects

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view larger Your 2013 visual effects Academy Award nominees... without visual effects.
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Saturday, March 01, 2014

Pre-Oscars Predictinator Round Up

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illustration by Graham Edwards Tomorrow is the big Oscar telecast, so let's do a quick roundup of pre-Oscar Predictinator-related n...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Oscar Pool Ballot, 86th Academy Awards

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It's time for the  Awesomest Oscar Pool Ballot In The History Of Oscar Pool Ballots. Every year I create a special ballot based on ...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

"Gravity" Wins Big at VES Awards

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"Gravity" vfx supervisor Tim Webber. Photo by Jeff Heusser "Gravity" was the big winner at the 12th VES Awards, ho...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Visual Effects, Oscars and the Box Office in 2013

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Just as I did for  2012 films and 2011 films , I thought it would be interesting to track the average global box office grosses from this...
Monday, February 10, 2014

The Dolly Zoom in "Ratatouille"

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The subtle dolly zoom in "Ratatouille". S croll down for a large , annotated film clip . Vashi Nedomansky has edited a brilli...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The VFX Predictinator, 86th Academy Awards Edition

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UPDATE: Yep. Now that the Academy Award nominations have been announced, it’s time to fire up The VFX Predictinator.  This year’s p...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

86th Academy Award Nominees for Visual Effects

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The nominees for the 86th Academy Awards have been announced. As always, the nominees were determined by the visual effects branch of the A...
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