befores & afters

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• Fire, explosions, water and deer: the visual effects of season 3 of 'The Night Agent' 12.06.2026 34min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Chad Wanstreet about the visual effects of season 3 of 'The Night Agent'.
• The visual effects of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 10.06.2026 23min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' visual effects supervisor Jason Zimmerman about virtual production, digital characters, space scenes and motion graphics.
• How to get the most out of the VES On-Set VFX Data Collection and Usage Guide 08.06.2026 41min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Sheena Duggal, and VFX supervisor and virtual production supervisor Jim Geduldick, about the newly released VES On-Set VFX Data Collection and Usage Guide.
• Behind the visual effects of 'Ted' season 2, including the bear, and the deepfake Bill Clinton 05.06.2026 25min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Ted' s2 visual effects supervisors Hoyt Yeatman and Blair Clark about the creation of the main character, and the deepfake work that went into the appearance of Bill Clinton.
• How ILM invented ambient occlusion for 'Pearl Harbor' 03.06.2026 38min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to ILM's Ben Snow and Hayden Landis on the 25th anniversary of 'Pearl Harbor', looking back at key ILM innovations, including ambient occlusion, from the film.
• A mysterious creature in a mysterious retirement community: the VFX of 'The Boroughs' 01.06.2026 27min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Tara DeMarco about 'The Boroughs', and the creature, environment, TV distortion effects and other VFX in the Netflix show.
• A deep dive into the visual effects of 'Murderbot' 29.05.2026 42min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Murderbot' production visual effects supervisor Sean Faden.
• The old-school show-within-a-show in 'Wonder Man' used some old-school effects techniques 25.05.2026 28min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to production visual effects supervisor John Haley about 'Wonder Man', including on the use of forced perspective miniatures.
• The art of CG ping pong balls and crowds in 'Marty Supreme' 22.05.2026 34min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Marty Supreme' visual effects supervisor Eran Dinur about crafting the ping pong match VFX in the film.
• How to make a photoreal CG octopus: the VFX of 'Remarkably Bright Creatures' 18.05.2026 31min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Remarkably Bright Creatures' visual effects supervisor Chris Ritvo about Untold Studios' delightful octopus in the film and how it was made.
• In-depth on the all the key explosive visual effects in Netflix's 'Man on Fire' 04.05.2026 45min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to 'Man on Fire' visual effects supervisor Kevin Lingenfelser about the residential tower destruction, the lear jet sequence and that signature 'man on fire' moment with the main character, John Creasy.
• How the artistic innovations behind the 'Spider-Verse' films led to a Scientific and Technical Award 27.04.2026 22min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to the Sony Pictures Imageworks recipients about their Scientific and Technical Award stemming from stylized and artistic innovations on the 'Spider-Verse' films.
• ILM's Ben Morris reflects on 'The Last Jedi' and 'ABBA Voyage' 11.04.2026 23min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Ben Morris, creative director at ILM London. Here we jump into two of the large projects he helped oversee at ILM, which were Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and ABBA Voyage. We go into the innovations required on those projects, and we explore ILM's move into things like immersive concert and other experiences.
• ILM's Rachel Rose on the R&D side of visual effects 31.03.2026 26min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Rachel Rose, Director of R&D at ILM, about the development of virtual production and real-time tools, like StageCraft, and her work on the tools Block Party for rigging and Fez for facial animation.
• ILM's Jeff White breaks down that incredible oner from 'The Avengers' 21.03.2026 28min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Jeff White, now creative director at ILM Vancouver, on his roles on the Transformers films, the development of BlockParty, that New York oner in The Avengers and the creature work in Kong: Skull Island.
• Rob Bredow shares 'Solo' stories, and how ILM inspired him before he was even at ILM 14.03.2026 24min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Rob Bredow, Senior Vice President, Creative Innovation at Lucasfilm, about his time at ILM.
• A deep dive into Wētā FX's visual effects for 'A Minecraft Movie' 10.03.2026 34min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Wētā FX visual effects supervisor Sheldon Stopsack and animation supervisor Kevin Estey about 'A Minecraft Movie', including the character Malgosha.
• ILM's Janet Lewin reflects on more than three decades with the studio 06.03.2026 22min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Janet Lewin, senior vice president, general manager and head of ILM, on her 30 year-plus history with the studio.
• The creatures of 'Keeper' 03.03.2026 31min

  Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Keeper' production visual effects supervisor Edward Douglas and to Jenn Taylor, Image Engine's visual effects supervisor on the film, about taking the practical creatures further.
• Our new ILM podcast series starts with Dennis Muren! 25.02.2026 48min

  Today at befores & afters, we're launching into a special 10 episode series with Industrial Light & Magic as part of the release of the new book. For the first episode, Ian Failes sits down with senior visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren, a multiple VFX Oscar winner and someone who has worked on some of the most influential visual effects films in history - from the original Star Wars saga, to E.T., Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park.