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Ray Harryhausen 90th Birthday BAFTA & BFI Gala Celebration

By Mintyblonde (Minty’s Menagerie) It’s beginning to look like a vintage year in terms of NFT activity, as well as a few very exciting events and seasons coming up over the next few months I attended a very special gala celebration yesterday evening, a BAFTA sponsored tribute to one of the few remaining bona-fide legends, a technician without [...]

2Jul2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Editorial (update) An Apology. Sort of.

Quite a few people have had some choice things to say about my last editorial entitled  “Digital effects are not killing the business, just about everything else is.“ The comments that got to me the most came from a Facebook Post by a new student.  The following is an open letter to all students of [...]

21Jun2010 | Editor | 1 comment | Continued
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Best Make-Up Oscar Goes to Barney Burman, Joel Harlow and Mindy Hall

  SFXNEWS would like to congratulate our good friends Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow on their win of Best Makeup category for “Star Trek”.  The first make-up Oscar EVER to be given for work on the franchise.  Previous Nominations for Trek include: Star Trek: First Contact 1996 — Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, Jake Garber [...]

7Mar2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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New “Trek” Book Goes Boldly Into Behind the Scenes Goodness.

From the Facebook page of the Proteus Make-up FX Team comes a book announcement.  “Now available. It a VERY cool book with lots of never before seen designs and images.”  Pick it up right here: Star Trek: The Art of the Film Also, don’t miss the exclusive SciFiNow.co.uk three part story about the make-up of [...]

26Jan2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Bill Corso Grants a Soundbyte at Avatar’s Premiere.

“It’s like ‘Titanic’ meets ‘Terminator’ or ‘Aliens,’” joked makeup artist Bill Corso, 42. London, England (CNN) — James Cameron’s feverishly-awaited sci-fi blockbuster “Avatar” has enjoyed its world premiere to strong reviews. Hyped as the most technically-ambitious and expensive film ever made, “Avatar,” had a lot to live up to. But, as the credits rolled following [...]

13Dec2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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82nd Academy Awards Semifinalists for Visual Effects Chosen

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films have been selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 82nd Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: * “Angels & Demons” * “Avatar” * “Coraline” * “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” * “District [...]

11Dec2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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King Kong Skeleton Auctioned for $200,000

The tiny King Kong figurine that helped launch the career of one of cinema’s biggest monsters has sold for about 121,000 pounds ($200,000) at a London auction Tuesday Nov. 24 2009. Auctioneer Christie’s says the 22-inch (56-centimeter) skeleton was the one used in the climactic scene of the 1933 movie in which the giant ape [...]

27Nov2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Steve Johnson Doesn’t Want a F**king Oscar

Steve Johnson’s Rubber Rules has become a reason to watch Youtube again for me.  Finally someone telling it like it is without all the “We’re just a great big happy production” feel.  Steve talks about how The Abyss’s clear NTIs were a challenge and how the fiber optics lit the underwater puppets.  Also, there is [...]

15Nov2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Steve Johnson Launches His Channel “Rubber Rules”

There are several people in the SFX industry that can legitimately be called “masters” of FX.  The fact that Steve Johnson is among them, is indisputable.  His enormous body of work is not only visually stunning, but also inventive, interesting and technically complex.  Now, he wants to share it all with the world. Steve Johnson [...]

31Oct2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Sunday School Teaches How to Make Zombies!

If you have ever fancied yourself a bit off kilter with the rest of the world because you dream of making monsters someday, you should go to Sunday School.  Special Effects Sunday School! According to their website, you can LEARN HOW TO DESIGN, SCULPT, MOLD, CAST, PAINT, AND APPLY YOUR OWN PROSTHETICS IN 4 SUNDAY [...]

27Oct2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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