Prepare for glory! This article will show you how months work of amazing visual effects are broken down in seconds. Literally, as it is a huge compilation of breakdowns of some of the best and most believable visual effects we have seen as of yet. Want to see how Harvey Dent got Two-Faced? How a South African was turned into an alien? Why do we have to wait until 2012 to get washed up by tidal waves? Watch and be inspired!
A while ago AETuts also had a compilation of 31 VFX breakdowns which focused more on TV shows, movies and music videos. Make sure you check that out as well!
Video: “The Tumbler versus the garbage truck” | “Two-Face Breakdown” | “IMAX Shooting”
VFX Articles: CGSociety | DNEG | FXGuide | AWN
Video: “Practical Effects” | “Tidal Waves” | “Destruction of L.A.“
Video: “VFX Breakdown” | “Featurette: The Harvester” | “Machine Vision” | “Moto-Terminator”
Articles: CGSociety | CNET | FXGuide | Popular Mechanics | DenofGeek | AWN | CGChannel
Video: “VFX Breakdown” | “ILM Interview”
Article: CGSociety | HollywoodChicago | FXGuide | DigitalContentProducer | Gizmodo | AWN
StudioDaily | SFGate
Video: “VFX Breakdown 1” | “VFX Breakdown 2” | “Behind The Visual Effects”
“Vancouver FIlm School Interviews: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6”
Article: CGSociety | FXGuide
Video: “VFX Breakdown 1” | “VFX Breakdown 2” | “House Drop”
Article: CGSociety | FXGuide | SideFX | AWN
Video: “VFX Breakdown”
Article: CGSociety | AWN | FXGuide
Video: “VFX Breakdown” | “VFX Supervisor Interview”
“Making of the Vietnam Battle Sequence” | “Intelligent Creatures’ VFX Reel”
Article: CGSociety | AWN
Video: “Behind the Scenes with ILM”
Article: CGSociety | StudioDaily
Video: “The Visual Effects: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4” | “How Benjamin Button Got His Face”
Article: CGSociety
Official website for Benjamin Button’s visual effects
Video: “Breakdown 1” | “Breakdown 2”
VFX Articles: FXGuide | Australiamovie
Video: “Opening Fight” | “Creation of Venom” | “Birth of Sandman” | “Symbiote Suit”
“Final Battle Part 1” | “Part 2” | “Part 3” | “The Drop Rig” | “Interview with illustrator E.J. Krisor”
VFX Articles: FXGuide | Studiodaily | CGSociety | AWN | DigitalContentProducer
Video: “Breakdown” | “The Chase” | “Behind the Visual Effects” | “Accelerator Suits”
“Convoy Attack” | “Landing Platform” | “Sets”
VFX Articles: FXGuide | AWN | MPC
Video: “Early ILM Test” | “Suit Construction” | “How to Fly” | “Costume Design” | “Illustration”
“Visual Effects Compilation” | “Invisible Visual Effects“
Video: “Breakdown” | Video Journal: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11
2 Comments so far
Hi Emmet,
No problem, I’m very fascinated by your work and I loved seeing it on opening day! Don’t worry about the reel, I think we can all be happy to see a breakdown!
Thanks for dropping by!
Just wanted to drop you a line and say thanks for adding part of my VFX reel to your website, which looks great by the way.
I should have provided a more detailed breakdown of the Two-Face shots but haven’t had time to edit it that way yet.
Again, thanks for the link.
Emmet Griffin.
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