by Ella Greig | Nov 21, 2024 | Sydney News, Vision & Craft
Visual effects supervisor Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser discusses the collaborative effort to make Alien fans scream once more. By Dan Brooks (Credit: 20th Century Studios) Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser remembers it well. It was summer 1979. He was 12 years old. Two years prior,...
by Lucas Seastrom | Nov 15, 2024 | San Francisco News, Vision & Craft
Heads still roll 25 years later in the Tim Burton classic Sleepy Hollow (1999). Revisit all of the eerie magic behind Industrial Light & Magic’s work that brought Washington Irving’s folktale to life and reintroduced audiences to one of cinema’s greatest on-screen...
by Lucas Seastrom | Nov 8, 2024 | San Francisco News, Vision & Craft
After 38 years, the veteran effects artist is retiring. By Lucas O. Seastrom First opening in 1987, the original Star Tours attraction at Disneyland included what was the most complex optical composite created at Industrial Light & Magic up to that time. A “view”...
by Lucas Seastrom | Oct 31, 2024 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized, Vision & Craft
Exploring the technical innovations and behind-the-scenes stories that brought Slimer to life in Ghostbusters 2, reaching new heights in animatronics and practical effects at Industrial Light & Magic. By Jamie Benning The original Slimer head on display at...
by Ella Greig | Oct 17, 2024 | Vancouver News, Vision & Craft
Take a closer look at how the ILM Vancouver team built a new world of stylized action for Japanese icon Ken Sato, also known as Ultraman, and how they pushed the visual envelope with a bold aesthetic as ILM steps back into animated features with Netflix’s Ultraman:...
by Ella Greig | Sep 26, 2024 | Sydney News, Uncategorized, Vision & Craft
ILM’s Sydney studio took on everything from digital creatures to CG environments for this adaptation of a beloved Disney Parks attraction. By Lucas O. Seastrom The Hatbox Ghost, performed by Jared Leto. (Credit: Disney) For nearly 40 years, Industrial Light &...