Onscreen, CGI can be so dazzling, and the artists are no doubt extremely talented. However, sometimes, it seems like movies and TV have become over-reliant on it, making practical effects seem even ...

1988 The team won a Sci-Tech Academy Award for the ‘Morf’ software developed for Willow. 1989 The Abyss’ CG watery pseudopod wows audiences The 1980s was the decade that ushered in a computing ...

The VFX Supervisor of the Oscar-nominated Alien: Romulus has revealed how one impressive practical effects sequence had to be entirely recreated with CGI. Directed by Fede Álvarez, Alien: Romulus ...

CGI may be the go-to option for a lot of special effects these days, but there are some movie scenes you may have thought had to be computer-generated that were actually done with practical effects.

Hollywood's reliance on CGI has made movies feel fake and lazy, replacing practical effects that made films feel magical and real. Audiences are bored and yearn for more originality. The use of ...

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Bay’s latest action movie, Ambulance, stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as bank robbers who find themselves caught in a wild police chase through Los Angeles. The trailers promise the ...

In a time when CGI budgets are higher and more noticeable than ever, there’s been some debate about exactly how to get them to TV shows. The nature of television doesn’t really allow for the same time ...

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