Sunday, October 14, 2007

FLUBBER

Robin Williams stars in this big-budget remake of THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR. The film features Industrial Light & Magic's CG animation of the title character, the flying rubber Flubber, while a series of other vendors contributed to the other visual effects of the film.
Read the list of effects providers in the FX Credits section, check out a review of the effects in FX Review, learn the techniques behind the effects in Behind the Scenes, and check out some Stills from the movie.

Starship troopers

Nominated for eight 1997 VFX HQ Awards: Best Visual Effects, Best Sequence (Whisky Compound), Best Shot (Escape from Whisky Compound), Best CG Character Animation, Best Models/Miniatures, Best Miniature Pyrotechnics, Best Matte Paintings and Best Compositing, Winner of Best Miniature Pyrotechnics.
Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Paul Verhoeven reteams with his ROBOCOP writers to bring us STARSHIP TROOPERS, the long-awaited sci-fi epic. The film stars relative unknowns, along with Michael Ironside and Neil Patrick Harris in this futuristic sci-fi extravanganza about a massive war between humans and some nasty bug aliens.
The coverage of STARSHIP TROOPERS is the largest of any other movie on the VFX HQ to date:
who - takes a look at the companies and individuals behind the effects
review - behind the scenes of the movie's visual effects, as told by the artists and supervisors
how - a discussion with some of the movie's primary visual effects artists
pics - three sections of photos, bugs, space and more