Dec 17th, 2009
by Nar Williams.
Yeah, that’s me operating a giant crane (for the first time) to assemble a gigantic lifesize Bumblebee Transformers robot!!!
Tonight on Science of the Movies, I join my buddy John Frazier and his team at FXperts to take you step-by-step in building the Bumblebee robot used in Michael Bay’s Transformers movies!
Plus, I visit Image Metrics, the [...]
Dec 10th, 2009
by Nar Williams.
Tonight on Science of the Movies, I wonder the halls of Industrial Light & Magic (the legendary FX house created by the great George Lucas) in a nerdvana induced haze. Oh, and I learn the uber tech behind the spectacular sea battles in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End! ILM does some of the [...]
Nov 19th, 2009
by Nar Williams.
Tonight on Science Channel at 8pm, I’m entering this sci-fi looking contraption appropriately named Light Stage 5 on Science of the Movies.
So what’s it for? Find out when we go behind the scenes of creating a photo realistic CG human — I first blogged about The Emily Project last year, so it was super cool [...]
Nov 11th, 2009
by Nar Williams.
ThinkHero.com is one of my favorite websites for insightful, thorough reviews of genre movies and genre TV. Founder Dennis Tzeng and resident film/tv critic Roth Cornet do a really great job of staying on top of my favorite shows and putting out video reviews (I always check their site after Flash Forward, Fringe, and V [...]
Jul 2nd, 2009
by Nar Williams.
Thursday night on Science of the Movies, we take a spin in a state-of-the-art stunt camera car with the speed demons from Pursuit Systems. Then, Tinsley Transfers turns me into a tough guy with the latest prosthetic makeup technology! And…
… if you’re wondering what a guy who’s used to hitting the slopes on his Xbox 360 [...]