Movie vfx studio compares

#8

Yeah, like when they made that movie in 1969 about going to the moon by going to the moon. Why don’t they still shoot all space movies in space?

#9

I, for one, was rather upset at the fact that some other guy is playing Dracula in that new flick, instead of Bela Lugosi.

Come on Hollywood, let’s have a little consistency.

#10

But…but…Bela Lugosi’s Dead!

#11

Ah, but of course, Bela Lugosi would have wanted too much money now to appear yet again as Dracula. :smiley:

Kidding aside, to the OP: Most of these changes are treated by the majors in a manner quite similar to swapping out subcontractors working from house to house.

You cannot expect the same people or company to always get to continue with a series - unless they themselves were its originators.

#12

Bela Lugosi would not have made as good a particle emitter as this ‘new’ Dracula apparently.
Ease down on the bat swarms already.

#13

The effects from the original Robocop movies were done by Tippett Studio and the effects for the new Robocop movie were by Framestore and Method Studios.

#14

Thatswhutaamseyin! And if they’d use real light sabres, they’d save tons of roto work and stuff.

#15

I think we’re forgetting a really obvious one here:

Star Wars: Episode IV-VI
Studio: ILM
Software: Proprietary/hand-coding
Fur: Taxidermy and/or slaughterhouse
Rendering: Mechanical/Electro-chemical

Star Wars: Episode I-III
Studio: ILM
Software: Evil Corporation + proprietary
Fur: Talented shader writers
Rendering: Talented rendering TDs

#16

See - now your not even paying attention.
Phil Tippett did the stop motion FX for Ed-209 for Robocop (1986).
He had no idea about CGI until he was confronted with it while making Jurassic Park (1991).

You get an F.

#17

I was talking about the studios, not the effects.

#18

The point of the matter is Visual Effects and Special Effects groups are treated as swappable subcontractors. The only possible point of confusion is you perhaps thinking there would be some sense of loyalty/continuity with a film series’ look-and-feel by retaining the same team members.

It does happen, but mostly due to connections, and frequently doesn’t happen due to costs and competition.

Yeah. But have you seen the medical and fire insurance premiums for those? Your producer would throw a fit. It’ll cost more than hiring 5 Brad Pitts!

P.S.: Oh and that new Dracula guy may be a particle emitter, but Bela Lugosi remains as the Dracula with the best hair shader. :stuck_out_tongue:

#19

Could always get Martin Landau.

//youtu.be/4ZbLFXqhbQM

#20

INSURRECTION wasn’t R&H; mainly Santa Barbara Studios for the space stuff, VIFX/BlueSky (way before the R&H merger) for the rest, and a teeny bit from POP. The miniature work for the reshot end sequence involved HGI, Innovation Art and Stirber, with OConnor FX doing the model pyro.

ILM farmed out a fair amount of stuff on their shows, to VCE (which also worked on 5) on 2 & 6, to Matte World and Illusion Arts on 6, GEN & FC. Santa Barbara did a couple of major sequences on GEN as well. I forget who did the vulcan lander in FC.

#21

Guardians of the Galaxy

Rocket and Groot

Studios

Framestore
Software: Maya, fcHairFilters, Arnold

MPC
Software: Maya, Furtility, RenderMan

#22

The Vulcan lander was by VisionArt. Matte work for that scene was done by Matte World.

#23

Thank you, I totally forgot VisionArt existed. They did some stuff towards the beginning of the 1998 GODZILLA too, a damaged ship and footprints I think, and there was a ton of mocap work done and discarded for the same project.

#24

In The Smurfs, Sony Pictures ImageWorks and Tippett Studio shared shots that involved smurfs(Sony) and Azrael(Tippett).

Sony Pictures Imageworks
Software: Maya, Kami, Arnold

Tippett Studio
Software: Maya, Furator, RenderMan

#25

I was expecting something with more inside to the different VFX houses not just superficial trash talk.

#26

I was expecting this thread to be forgotten.

#28

the point is studios focus on financial topics. comparing vfx fees.
getting lucky ilm artists working on such sequel will maybe get hired by concurrent studio framestore for designing same remake.