Stories By Trevor Hogg
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‘Nightmare Alley’: Dennis Berardi on Crafting a Carnival of Souls for del Toro’s Noir Showpiece
December 20, 2021***This article was written for the February ’22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 317)*** [The feature...
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An Early Look at the VFX Oscar Race
December 10, 2021***This article originally appeared in the January ’22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 316)*** With no...
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Conjuring Visual Magic: ‘The Wheel of Time’ Delivers an Epic Fantasy in VFX
December 3, 2021The team behind the new adaptation of Robert Jordan’s fantasy series The Wheel of Time are...
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A Monster Evolves: Upping the Visual Ante in ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’
October 28, 2021***This article originally appeared in the December ’21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 315)*** One of...
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Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Demonic’: Possessed by New Technologies
September 7, 2021***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. ’21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 313)*** Acclaimed filmmaker...
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Visual FX and Tech
The Way of the Samurai: BTS of ‘Snake Eyes’ with VFX Supe Olaf Wendt
August 2, 2021***This article was written for the August ’21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 312)*** An iconic...
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Visual FX and Tech
A Noble Quest: ‘The Green Knight’ Conjures Chivalric Magic Thanks to Weta, Outpost & Maere Studios
August 1, 2021***This article originally appeared in the August ’21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 312)*** One of...
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Final Justice: How Weta Digital Supercharged ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’
April 12, 2021***This article originally appeared in the May ’21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 310)*** With the...
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Adventures in Zero Gravity: VFX Supes Matt Kasmir & Chris Lawrence Explore ‘The Midnight Sky’
February 16, 2021Movies about space travel have always provided visual effects artists with opportunities to push the medium...
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Playing the Monster Game: VFX Supe Dennis Berardi Talks ‘Monster Hunter’
January 20, 2021***This article originally appeared in the February ’21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 307)*** Filmmaker Paul...
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How to Build a Better ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’
February 28, 2020***This article originally appeared in the April 2020 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 299)*** Video-game adaptations...
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Much Ado About the VFX of ‘Dolittle’
January 20, 2020Two-time Oscar-winning VFX supervisor John Dykstra shares some of the details of bringing the good doctor’s...
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VFX Jedi Tricks Still Impress in ‘Rise of Skywalker’
January 17, 2020***This article was written for the March ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 298)*** When the...
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‘The Witcher’: Crafting All Creatures Great and Monstrous
January 3, 2020***This article originally ran in the February ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 297)*** If you...
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Angels and Daemons: Russell Dodgson Reveals the VFX of ‘His Dark Materials’
November 26, 2019***This article originally ran in the January ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 296)*** Back in...
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Present Tense: The VFX of ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’
November 19, 2019Thirty-five years ago, a time travel tale about a malevolent AI trying to eliminate the leader...
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‘Maleficent 2’: No Rest for the Wicked
October 27, 2019***This article originally appeared in the December ’19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 295)*** Five years...
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The VFX of ‘Ad Astra’: Envisioning the Retro Future of Space Travel
October 4, 2019***This article originally appeared in the November ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 293)*** Forty years...
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Creating a Super Uber Elemental for ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’
July 17, 2019***This article originally appeared in the August ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 292)*** When Marvel’s...
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‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’: The Modern Rebirth of the Kaiju
June 7, 2019***This article originally appeared in the June/July ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 291)*** Japanese giant...
