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- Bringing characters like Spider-Man and Captain Marvel to life on screen requires some real-life superheroes off-screen. Specialized teams and experts carefully plan and carry out the stunts, costumes, and special effects that make iconic films like the Avengers the impressive spectacle audiences love. From actual bus crashes in "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" (2021) to detailed makeup and training in "Black Panther" (2018), here's what Marvel movies look like behind the scenes.
- Animated films can be 2D or 3D, but oftentimes they're actually a bit of both. Animators use "2.5D" animation techniques to make flat images appear 3D and even mix 2D and 3D elements within the same film. There has been a lot of innovation in the 2.5D space with movies like Sony's "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," Disney's "Paperman," Netflix's "Klaus," and, most recently, the Golden Globe-nominated Apple TV film "Wolfwalkers." "Wolfwalkers" used 3D models and virtual reality to help create immersive, hand-drawn images that let the viewer see through the eyes of a wolf. We spoke with Cartoon Saloon's Eimhin McNamara, who was tasked with helping create these scenes, to find out how they did it and why they chose to lean into hand-drawn animation over 3D CGI.
- Insider takes a look at the ways that underwater scenes are created for movies - whether they're shot in the ocean, in an underwater tank or on dry land later adding underwater qualities using lighting tricks and CGI.
- In Pixar's "Onward," two elf brothers turn their late father into a pair of pants. Their dad had the most technically complex costume Pixar's ever done (per their production notes). The challenge for the costume animation team was to make something that was appealing, funny, physically plausible, and look like a person at first glance - but ultimately behave like an actual lump of cloth. We focus on Dad's costume, since he's at the center of the story and his clothing posed a particular challenge to Pixar's character tailoring artists. It will be interesting to show how much animation/simulation work and creativity goes into a single outfit for a Pixar character.
- "Klaus," Netflix's first animated film, is an origin story of Santa Claus. Because the Oscar-nominated movie appeals to nostalgia, director Sergio Pablos and his team at The SPA Studios in Madrid decided to make the film in 2D. But they also wanted to advance the look, so they developed new technology that adds details like lighting and texture to the characters that make them appear 3D. Insider spoke with Pablos to find out how they made the innovative film, which earned an Academy Award nomination for best Animated Feature and seven Annie Awards.
- "Fast and Furious 9," set for a 2021 release, is the 10th installment in a franchise known for pushing the boundaries of car chases. But there has been a lot of technological innovation leading up to this point that originated in classic films like "The French Connection" and allowed for even more realistic and dynamic chases in newer films like "Baby Driver" and "Extraction." In this episode of "Movies Insider," we take a look at how the art of the car chase has evolved over eight decades in Hollywood, from the influential chase in "Bullitt" to the wild spectacles of the "Fast and Furious" franchise.