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DISCOVERING THE COLD, HARD FACTS ON PREHISTORIC PLANET: ICE AGE

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of BBC Studios and Apple TV. Prehistoric Planet has gone beyond dinosaurs for Season 3, exploring what life was like long after their extinction, when a quarter of the Earth was encased in snow and ice. Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age consists of five episodes. In “The Big Freeze,” the docuseries [...]

DELIVERING THE VISUAL EFFECTS PUNCHLINES FOR THE NAKED GUN

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of PFX and Paramount Pictures. Given that laughter reigns supreme in comedy, PFX discovered that the visual effects shots for The Naked Gun didn’t need to be pixel-perfect as long as the exaggeration or imperfection enhanced the humor. “I believe that doing a comedy changed everything, especially a comedy like [...]

THE ART OF TRANSLATING THE FRAGRANT FLOWER BLOOMS WITH DIGNITY INTO ANIME

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Netflix Imitation is often considered the greatest form of flattery, but to have it endure for centuries after the original material first appeared is remarkable, given how each generation seeks to make its own distinct mark on history. William Shakespeare’s work has transcended dramatic shifts in technology and societal [...]

EPIC AND INTIMATE CATASTROPHIC EFFECTS FOR GREENLAND 2: MIGRATION

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Lionsgate. Upping the ante of AI drones gone amok in Angel Has Fallen are the fragments of the Clarke Comet that has created a Saturn-like ring around the Earth, which has a habit of breaking up, falling out of orbit and unleashing meteor showers on the inhabitants below in [...]

YEARS OF THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS COALESCE TO CREATE ARCO

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Neon and Remembers. While America and Japan garner the majority of the spotlight when it comes to animation, France has become the third largest producer, with the time-traveling feature film by Ugo Bienvenu benefiting from the country's supportive infrastructure. Arco revolves around a 10-year-old boy determined to visit the [...]

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