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direct YouTube link Over on Twitter , we have fun pointing out split diopter shots in movies; shots that contain two fi...

The nominees for the 91st Academy Awards have been announced. As always, the nominees were determined by the visual effects branch of the Ac...

Visual Effects Branch Academy Governors John Knoll, Craig Barron and Richard Edlund talk to the “Solo” visual effects leadership team Pat...

The nominees for the 17th Visual Effects Society Awards were announced, and the two biggest feature film nomination earners were "A...

A series of tweets , over a series of days, bloggified here for posterity, about the wonderful "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse...

"Hulk" (2003). Visual effects by ILM. Visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren, compositing supervisor Marshall Krasser. Matte ...

An actor's subtle, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment decision during take 16 becomes forever immortalized on film creating cinema hist...

If I were in charge of the universe, I’d create a Visual Effects Hall of Fame , an inductee would be this shot from "Star Trek: Firs...

If I were in charge, I’d create a Visual Effects Hall of Fame , an early inductee would be this shot from “True Lies” (1994). The denouem...

As a rabid admirer of “Noises Off...”, the irreverent 1992 film adaptation of the hit stage play, I always wondered how precisely the f...

This little business from "The Fugitive" (1993) of Dr. Richard Kimble sneaking around a hospital hiding ‘behind bars’ during ...

I'm thankful for "Terminator 2" (1991), the only action movie I can think of that took the time to show us how a fiery expl...

Vashi Nedomansky and I joke around a lot about split diopters on Twitter , so it's time for some real talk. Shoved smack in the mi...

A shot from "Caddyshack" (1980), filmed with a long lens, with a dramatic focus change. The same shot at 8x speed.

For "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991), Robert Patrick learned how to fire a gun without blinking, to prepare for his role as ...