"Interruptions are the journey"
Nov 26th
A Mr.X sajtokozlemenye a Whiteout cimu filmrol, amin meg Torontoban dolgoztam, elsosorban a cikkben is szinte vegig targyalt hovihar kinezeten es technikai megvalositasanak alapjain (a felmondas utani egy honapban) es nemi masodlagos effekten (pl. snow devilek). Trailer: Mr. X Recreates Antarctica in Whiteout Using Visual Effects to Build Dramatic Tension in Mystery Thriller TORONTO: September 15, 2009… Whiteout, which opened in theatres this weekend, includes 415 shots completed at Mr. X, one of Canada’s leading creative visual effects houses. Set in Antarctica, the mystery thriller was directed by Dominic Sena and stars Kate Beckinsale. Beckinsale plays a US Marshall who must solve a murder with just days to go before the start of the six-month winter, during which travel to or from their remote base will be impossible. As the lead facility on the project, Mr. X defined the look and feel of the film by creating set extensions and augmentations, which transformed shooting locations in Quebec and Manitoba into the menacingly beautiful landscape of Antarctica. “The primary challenge was to create the illusion of being there,” said Dennis Berardi, founder of Mr. X and VFX supervisor on the film. “The narrative on this film is very much driven by the harsh conditions in Antarctica and the imminent arrival of winter. The director wanted us to make the environment, the bitter cold, and the threat posed by winter real for the audience.” Along with the Antarctic landscapes, the artists at Mr. X did set extensions for the research station, created a CG Otter aircraft, added various atmospheric effects, and killed off a villain, recreating the character entirely ...
Mar 16th
...this type of Thunder breaks walls and window pane..." - uvolti a reggae sample a Prodigy albumon, en meg nezem ezt a videot: 2009 januar, Broken Hill (innen nem annyira messze, az Uveghegyen Nagy Vizvalaszton tul. Nature is powerful. Egyebkent van a dolognak VFX vonzata is: a Whiteout cimu, Kate Beckinsale foszereplesevel jo regota keszulo filmben szerepel egy gonosz hovihar, ami kisertetiesen hasonlit erre (leven ilyesmi volt referencia, csak Baghdadbol:) Ott a Houdinis shaderhez tettem hozza valamennyit, mielott eljottem volna Torontobol.
Oct 30th
Kreditet nem kaptam, hiaba volt benne a kezem vagy 70 jelenetben. Mindenki bekaphatja tovig!
Aug 17th
[QUICKTIME http://movies.apple.com/movies/fox/maxpayne/maxpayne-tlrc_h.640.mov?width=640&height=272 530 240] The second trailer of Max Payne (a movie I was working on a bit back in Toronto at Mr.X) is out, and also there is a release date locked now: 17th October 2008. Gonna be interesting to see this, I think they managed to nail the style a lot better than in the first one. You can watch it in various formats on the Apple trailers site, if you're so inclined.
Jul 10th
The Max Payne trailer #1 is out together with a website that right now has no content, but whatever. Mr.X was working on the FX for this trailer (and sharing the load with Spin on the entire movie). Just before I left Toronto, I did some FX elements for the building explosions towards the end (not sure how it was used at the end). And this was (I think) the 100th post on this blog since the third coming.
May 19th
Hey fellow readers..if you still exist. I didn't update for a long while now..phew, it was over three months, pretty much since I moved to Toronto. I could come up with weak excuses but I just didn't really feel the urge to do so, I guess I was busy trying to figure out life here in Toronto and at the company (Mr.X) as well. I was busy working on some FX rigs/R&D and shots for Death Race and managed to learn a good chunk. It's still in production for a while, so can't give away any details yet, instead take a look at this leaked production shot on Youtube. I guess a trailer is due soon as the release date on IMDB is late September. Apart from spending most of my time on this movie, I also helped out with some techy stuff on Max Payne, Whiteout and Reposession Mambo both in relatively early stages of production. So why using past? Well, got some exciting news. I accepted a position of a senior TD at Animal Logic in Sydney, so I'm spending my last week here in Toronto (will post some photos soon about my trips) then head home and after a screwed up week flying across the globe couple of times arrive in Sydney around 2-3ish June. It's a long contract that contains a variety of projects, both live action VFX and animated feature work. Back on good old Maya..exciting times :)
Feb 16th
Spent part of the morning wandering around on this route..gonna take some photos tomorrow.
Feb 7th
As some of you know there have been some changes job wise "recently". When I say recently I have to add that I had this contract signed since around the end of November but because of the stringent immigration rules of Canada (and some complication because of my past in the UK), it took over two months to get the work permit finally. It was a long process and I promised some of the hungarian friends to have an overview of the entire working abroad subject. I have the first article half-written..I will try to finish it up at some point. It looks like I'm flying to Toronto on this Sunday to start at Mr.X as a Houdini VFX TD on one of the couple of movies (The Rocker, Whiteout, Death, Race, Repossession Mambo, Flash of Genius) they have in production. I guess you figured this out anyways cause of the Mr.X related posts on the blog :). I'm really looking forward to this change as I was already getting slightly bored at home and whenever I moved to a new country (France, UK) proved to be the more exciting periods of my life.
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