OK, I admit it, I downloaded a feature film on Bittorrent this week and watched it! Don't worry, I wasn't doing anything illegal. The Tunnel is a new Australian horror feature which was released via Bittorrent on the Vodo portal on May 19. The film has hit the news because of its low budget, the [...]
It's a rare occurrence for a kid's film to really touch you emotionally - especially with the assault of CG animated features which just keep coming and kids seem to lap up like ice cream. I'm thinking of The Bee Movie, Valiant, Madagascar - even Pixar's offerings are getting stale and saccharine. The kid's 'effects' [...]
Saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on the weekend and was transported by the design, performances, visual effects and the sound. But what's with Voldemort's nose? There were quite a few shots where the digital prosthetics work looked decidedly smudgy. I don't usually watch for these things but this one really took [...]
Shilo McClean's eagerly awaited book 'Digital Storytelling: the narrative power of visual effects in film' is out at last. Published by MIT press this weighty volume is an informed and practical extension of Shilo's earlier work in the area. Her first book 'So what's this all about then?' is a rare and valuable guide for [...]