Befores & Afters

08/07/2025

Just saw ’s . It’s an absolute delight!

Big congrats to and his VFX team. Oh man. So good. Crazy great work from and , and everyone on the show.

Can’t wait to see it again.

07/07/2025

In-depth chat with ‘Lilo & Stitch’ VFX supervisor Craig Hammack from
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We go deep on the stuffies and stand-ins, lookdev and more, and discuss the work by ILM, , & .

Includes lots of fun before/after images, too.

https://beforesandafters.com/2025/07/08/the-stuffies-and-stand-ins-behind-lilo-stitch/

07/07/2025

In-depth chat with 'Lilo & Stitch' VFX supervisor Craig Hammack from Industrial Light & Magic -->

We go deep on the stuffies and stand-ins, lookdev and more, and discuss the work by ILM, Luma Pictures, MPC & Untold Studios.

Includes lots of fun before/after images, too.

https://beforesandafters.com/2025/07/08/the-stuffies-and-stand-ins-behind-lilo-stitch/

06/07/2025

Holey moley it's the 30th anniversary of 'Species' this week --> I previously went behind the scenes on Boss Film's mocap device – a 2-foot high articulated puppet fitted with A/D potentiometers made for the film.

It was connected to an overhead armature and operated by four puppeteers – to animate scenes of the alien Sil creature.

It was ‘wired in’ directly into Alias Wavefront to a proxy CG version of Sil and real-time composited against live-action backgrounds, complete with match-moved cameras, allowing for multiple takes which the director could review instantly.

A bunch of other insights into dinosaur mocap puppets at Boss, too, in the story at Befores & Afters. Was really fun chatting to André Bustanoby about all this work, and a big thanks to Trey Stokes for some of the incredible bts imagery.

https://beforesandafters.com/2020/07/13/when-motion-capture-puppets-were-all-the-rage/

06/07/2025

Recently released is issue #34 of befores & afters on with an ILP - Important Looking Pirates VFX bloater VFX shot on the cover!

Inside, go in-depth on the practical, special & visual effects of s2 of HBO's 'The Last of Us'.

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04/07/2025

Watch Scanline VFX - Powered by Netflix's VFX breakdown for ‘Andor’ s2 -->

See an excerpt here, and watch full breakdown at Befores & Afters:

https://beforesandafters.com/2025/07/05/watch-scanlines-vfx-breakdown-for-andor-s2/

04/07/2025

Here's a look at the recent issue of Befores & Afters!

The mag is an in-depth look at the more than 4,000 VFX shots this season, featuring VFX supe Mohen Leo, VFX supervisor TJ Falls, SFX supe Luke Murphy, creature effects supe Neal Scanlan, Industrial Light & Magic's Scott Pritchard, The Third Floor - Visualization Studio's Jen Kitching, Scanline VFX - Powered by Netflix's Sue Rowe, Hybride - VFX VFX supervisors on the show Joseph Kasparian and Olivier Beaulieu, and Soho VFX's Keith Sellers.

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01/07/2025

This week was the 30th anniversary of 'Judge Dredd'! I'm a big fan of the film.

A few years ago, I looked at what it took back in 1995 to make a digital stunt double of Sylvester Stallone. This was done at Kleiser-Walczak, overseen by Jeff Kleiser.

Digital scans of Stallone, done by Cyber-Site, were supervised by christian hogue.

Find out more details at befores & afters:

https://beforesandafters.com/2020/06/29/heres-what-it-took-back-in-95-to-make-a-digital-stunt-double-of-sylvester-stallone/

01/07/2025

How Wētā FX crafted a horde of infected for S2 of ‘The Last Of Us’ —>

Including the mocap work, ragdoll and other sims, plus the 2D weather and gore systems built for the sequence.

An excerpt from Befores & Afters magazine:

https://beforesandafters.com/2025/07/02/how-weta-fx-crafted-a-horde-of-infected-for-season-2-of-the-last-of-us/

01/07/2025

How crafted a horde of infected for S2 of ‘The Last Of Us’ —>

A new excerpt direct from issue #34 of magazine goes behind the scenes on the visual effects crafted by Wētā FX for the Jackson siege in season 2 of ‘The Last of Us’, including the mocap work, ragdoll and other sims, plus the 2D weather and gore systems built for the sequence.

https://beforesandafters.com/2025/07/02/how-weta-fx-crafted-a-horde-of-infected-for-season-2-of-the-last-of-us/

30/06/2025

Digitized Wire Stunts: Reallusion Turns Daredevil Acts into Visceral 3D Motions -->

Reallusion joins forces with elite stunt pros to unleash cutting-edge mocap animations for next-gen digital production.

Find out more at Befores & Afters:

Reallusion joins forces with elite stunt pros to unleash cutting-edge motion capture animations for next-gen digital production.

30/06/2025

Previs and postvis reels for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ -->

John Allardice, who was pre/postvisualization supervisor at Intelligent Species on 'Top Gun: Maverick', has released four incredible reels showcasing his team’s work on the film.

Absolutely fascinating to watch!

https://beforesandafters.com/2025/06/30/previs-and-postvis-reels-for-top-gun-maverick/