If you’ve ever watched one of those high production value YouTube videos and wondered how they’re able to get those smooth shots where the camera seems to be spinning around an object, you were ...

American Society of Cinematographers collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences A half-century ago when George Lucas decided to make “Star Wars,” a core visual ...

Gravity’s Vfx supervisor Jim Rider has always been as transfixed by the ways films get made as by the pics themselves. “When I was a kid, I remember learning about how the effects in ‘Star Wars’ were ...

These days, Youtube is more competitive than ever. Creators put out videos of wildly expensive, complex projects with equally pricy camera gear. [Do It Whenever?] wanted to join the arms race, ...

A half-century ago when George Lucas decided to make “Star Wars,” a core visual effects team was handed a sizable challenge: Figure out a believable way to transport audiences to a galaxy far, far ...