"The phrase is: 'grounded in reality.'" There is a popular trend within Hollywood nowadays to promote the idea that a movie has "no CGI" or limited VFX shots in it, as a way of saying it's pure and ...

A visual effects artist has revealed the reason why special effects in movies are so much “worse” now. Rassoul Edji, a lead VFX artist in the film industry, shared his thoughts on the reasons behind ...

The Corridor Crew YouTube channel uploaded a video that broke down the use of CGI in Thunderbolts*, the MCU film released ...

1988 The team won a Sci-Tech Academy Award for the ‘Morf’ software developed for Willow. 1989 The Abyss’ CG watery pseudopod wows audiences The 1980s was the decade that ushered in a computing ...

When the original ‘Beetlejuice’ came out in 1988, it didn’t use CGI. Instead, the VFX team used in-camera trickery to make the film’s effects feel as real and creepy as possible. Picture the original ...

Scott Beggs of Film School Rejects has had it with fans who make CGI and VFX the scapegoat for all the ills of big-budget Hollywood movies. Sparked by an inane fanboy comment about the upcoming ...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is in Venice this weekend premiering one of his lifelong passion projects, Frankenstein. But as often as we cover Del Toro and his work – he’s long been an ...

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Ever since Jurassic Park revolutionized CGI, computer-made special effects have become commonplace in movies. What started off as a way to create some shots that couldn’t be replicated using practical ...