http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com Blogging the world of visual effects to Pakistan Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:36:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/wanted-bending-vfx-for-a-killing-machine/ http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/wanted-bending-vfx-for-a-killing-machine/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:24:36 +0000 farhanriaz http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/?p=25 ]]> http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/wanted-bending-vfx-for-a-killing-machine/feed/ 1 farhanriaz http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/the-forbidden-kingdom-vfx-and-the-chi-energy-effect/ http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/the-forbidden-kingdom-vfx-and-the-chi-energy-effect/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:41:30 +0000 farhanriaz http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/?p=24 ]]> http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/the-forbidden-kingdom-vfx-and-the-chi-energy-effect/feed/ 2 farhanriaz Bringing the vfx to life in Forbidden Kingdom required a lot of work in a very short timetable. Hong Kong-style martial arts is mixed with the original Monkey King myth. All images © Lionsgate Ent. The effects work ended up staying largely in Asia because of the high quality and low cost of some work done by a Korean house. Work was spread around a number of houses. The film boasts a lot of diverse visual effects that strained the budget.There's big environment stuff, water, fire,CG weapons and the chi energy effect. It took a lot of development to balance the realism and the storybook land vision. Real clouds were shot but all the mid-ground mountains, background mountains and mist were CG. http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/turning-good-video-games-into-great-films/ http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/turning-good-video-games-into-great-films/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:32:37 +0000 farhanriaz http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/?p=23 ]]> http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/turning-good-video-games-into-great-films/feed/ 0 farhanriaz http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/method-creates-vfx-magic-with-houdini/ http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/method-creates-vfx-magic-with-houdini/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:59:46 +0000 farhanriaz http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/method-creates-vfx-magic-with-houdini/ ]]> http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/method-creates-vfx-magic-with-houdini/feed/ 1 farhanriaz http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/1st-person-shooting-games-win-top-honors/ http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/1st-person-shooting-games-win-top-honors/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:44:21 +0000 farhanriaz http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/?p=21 ]]> http://farhanriaz.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/1st-person-shooting-games-win-top-honors/feed/ 2 farhanriaz