Design in film, VFX and sometimes other things.
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20 years later, The Incredibles still stands as a ground breaking achievement in sound design being the only animated film to win an Academy Award for Achievement in Sound. From creating unique effects for superpowers to blending sound, Skywalker Sound’s Randy Thom reflects on the artistry behind the Oscar-winning sound. Explore the challenges, creative breakthroughs, and why The Incredibles remains a landmark in both animation and sound in this exclusive article by Lucas O. Seastrom.
Read now: medium.com/@SkywalkerSound/s…
Production Designer Rick Carter on using collage; “It's all just about the process of visualizing. It's not so much a recreation, but a meditation on how I'm feeling at that moment and then what does that lead to…”
Some of his early work for Back to the Future Part II (1989).
Baraka (1992). Directed/Cinematography by Ron Fricke. Roger Ebert wrote, “If man sends another Voyager to the distant stars and it can carry only one film on board, that film might be Baraka."
ALT Review by @ebertchicago: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-baraka-1993
Fricke says, "I look at the theater as a temple. The audience sits in the dark with their senses alert and their defenses down. It is the perfect opportunity to bypass the viewers' personalities and address a life-affirming message to their inner beings."
ALT Article from @AmericanCine: https://theasc.com/articles/baraka-a-world-beyond-words
Pre-production resin prototype Jetsam Fix-It model by the @ILMVFX workshop for Batteries Not Included (1987).
Designing Film retweeted
“To me, it’s a giant love letter to Steven Spielberg and his earlier films. There are moments in this movie that remind me very much of Jaws. It’s like little greatest hits of all those aspects of his films that I loved growing up as a child.” - Gareth Edwards
Explore this behind-the-scenes look at #JurassicWorld: Rebirth, then tap the link below to read the whole story from @EntertainmentWeekly.
Read Now: ew.com/jurassic-world-rebirt…
Le Château des Pyrénées (1959) by René Magritte and 天空の城ラピュタ [Laputa: Castle in the Sky] (1986) by Hayao Miyazaki.
Designing Film retweeted
Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA (1988) continues to inspire the animation/film/game genres almost 4 decades after its release. 😎 – at Vancouver, British Columbia
Designing Film retweeted
From Xenomorphs and Facehuggers to spacecraft and enviroments, explore the concept art that the ILM art department brought to #AlienRomulus. Alien: Romulus is now streaming on @Hulu and with #HuluOnDisneyPlus.
See the full collection: ilm.com/art-department/alien…
ILM Art Department:
Aaron McBride
Amy Beth Christensen Smith
Alexander Jaeger
Fred Palacio
Igor Staritsin
Mathilde Marion
Designing Film retweeted
I did a bunch of concepts a while back for a possible The Last Starfighter sequel or reboot. Hopefully it still goes somewhere in future. Here are some looser sketches for images I didn’t get to work up and finish. I worked with Gary Whitta and Jonathan Betuel on the project #thelaststarfighter #conceptart #spaceship #scifi
