FXRant

A blogtacular blog filled with words, images, and whipped cream on top. Written by Todd Vaziri.

Thursday, January 30, 2025

"Why Does OLD MOVIE's Visual Effects Still Hold Up?"

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This question comes up a lot, usually in regards to films like "Jurassic Park" (1993) and "Transformers" (2007), especia...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Battling Misinformation: "Transformers"

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Our visual effects work for "Transformers" (2007) is still being lauded to this day, which is a testament to the amazing talents o...
Monday, January 20, 2025

Battling Misinformation: "Severance"

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A Twitter account with a verified blue checkmark and over 1 million followers regularly peddles misinformation about how movies are made. He...
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Monday, January 13, 2025

"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" Mini-Oner

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Much has been said about Steven Spielberg’s uncanny ability to tell a story within a frame and set up geography, and usually folks use his l...
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

"Skeleton Crew", Neel and Misinformation

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The cycle of downplaying or mischaracterizing digital effects is becoming distressingly predictable. I wrote about it at length, using the m...
Friday, November 08, 2024

Todd Vaziri on The Incomparable, Talking About "Pitch Black"

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I recently guested on The Incomparable to talk about one of my favorite science fiction movies, "Pitch Black" (2000). Host Antony ...
Friday, October 18, 2024

Center Framing is Not New

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Seen on social media: "One thing that I did not like at all about The Substance was how it was filmed as if being cut into TikToks was ...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

This Shot from "Seven" is Not a Visual Effects Shot

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A filmmaker friend reached out to me with a question about one of our shared favorite movies of all time, so I did what I sometimes do - I w...
Friday, October 04, 2024

Lighter Darker: The ILM Podcast

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I'm so happy to say that I'm the co-host of a podcast produced by Industrial Light & Magic. We call it "Lighter Darker....
Sunday, June 23, 2024

Hal Hickel on Creating Tarkin

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Back in 2020, Hal Hickel answered a Quora question with great detail about how we created Grand Moff Tarkin for "Rogue One" (2016)...
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Lighting Techniques and Style

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This is just a simple apples-to-apples comparison in the most basic sense of lighting techniques and style . No judgment, no "this is r...
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