tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53269527573929006802024-02-22T13:30:30.499-08:00Chalk Outlines: The Art and Animation Blog of Josh LangeThe online portfolio blog of 3D animator and artist Josh Lange.Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-78365463168079999502019-05-22T19:25:00.002-07:002020-01-11T14:38:00.640-08:00Blog has movedThank you to all the readers who visited over the years.<br />
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<br />Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-76856183952338861632016-12-13T11:16:00.001-08:002016-12-13T11:17:26.386-08:00New videos for 'The Fate of the Furious' and Target's "Toycracker" mini-musical<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On Sunday night, the long-awated trailer was released for The Fate of the Furious, a project for which I was the lead previsualization artist at Proof, inc. Reception to it has been amazing, with many positive reaction videos, as well as over twenty-four million Facebook views alone for the trailer video. At this point, I think it's clear that people have accepted that "yes, they are making another one" and that they occupy their own space in the market for people wanting over-the-top action movies that know when to blow people's minds and when to poke fun at themselves. You can learn more about my involvement on the <a href="http://www.joshlange.com/fate-of-the-furious.html" style="text-decoration: none;">Fate of the Furious project page</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also released on Sunday was the "Toycracker" mini-musical my team prevised for Target's holiday campaign. Our work was needed mainly for shots incorporating the various digital characters. For more details on how we did this, visit the <a href="http://www.joshlange.com/target-holiday-2016.html" style="text-decoration: none;">Target project page</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OXUFoLzckwo" width="560"></iframe></span>Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-11001312343380020422016-12-08T09:40:00.000-08:002016-12-08T09:40:15.105-08:00'Star Trek Beyond' Makes the MPAA's list of 20 semi-finalists for "Best Visual Effects"<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Lato; text-align: justify;">This week the list of 20 films that will advance to compete for the 2016 "Best Visual Effects" Oscar were <a href="http://variety.com/2016/film/in-contention/oscars-2017-visual-effects-race-rogue-one-suicide-squad-1201932278/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">announced</a></span><span style="font-family: Lato; text-align: justify;">. I was excited to see that <em style="position: relative;">Star Trek Beyond</em> made the list. The full list is as follows (Proof, inc. films in blue):</span><br style="font-family: Lato; text-align: justify;" /><br style="font-family: Lato; text-align: justify;" /><em style="font-family: Lato; position: relative; text-align: justify;">“Alice Through the Looking Glass”<br />“Arrival”<br />“The BFG”<br />“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”<br />“Captain America: Civil War”<br />“Deadpool”<br />“Deepwater Horizon”<br />“Doctor Strange”<br /><span style="color: blue;">“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”</span><br />“Independence Day: Resurgence”<br />“The Jungle Book”<br />“Kubo and the Two Strings”<br />“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”<br />“Passengers”<br />“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”<br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>“Star Trek Beyond”</b></span><br />“Suicide Squad”<br />“Sully”<br />“Warcraft”<br />“X-Men: Apocalypse”</em><br style="font-family: Lato; text-align: justify;" /><br style="font-family: Lato; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: Lato; text-align: justify;">Congratulations to the hardworking artists and production teams who worked on all these films.</span></span>Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-76713534365212927862016-07-26T11:20:00.000-07:002016-12-13T11:29:01.402-08:00This Week in F8 production videos<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Universal has made a series of fun mini-featurettes for the latest Fast and Furious movie, for which I was the Lead Previsualization Artist. You can see some of the highlights here:</span></span><br />
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I was especially happy with how one of my shots in it turned out. The rendering on the environment looks incredible. Hats off to the final VFX artists who made that happen:<br />
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<br />Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-75851744175800976382016-03-04T09:44:00.002-08:002016-03-04T09:44:46.133-08:00Oscar Week Podcasts<br />
I meant to post these earlier, but here are the two podcast appearances I did over the last week and a half discussing the Academy Awards. Overall, I thought this year was a step in the right direction in terms of comedic content, and I thought Chris Rock was a breath of fresh air. <i>Spotlight </i>was my favorite to win Best Picture, even though I had picked <i>The Revenant </i>(a severe underperformer) in my office's Oscar Pool. Speaking of which, I ended up with 16/24 in a particularly difficult year for predictions, what with the Best Director/Best Picture split and many close races due to early awards splitting between different nominees. One of the best examples of this was Stallone not having a SAG nomination, which ended pup being a factor in losing that category. Once again, people who picked a straight-ticket Vegas ballot were prevented from going 24/24. For more on how I made my predictions, click <a href="http://joshlange.blogspot.com/2016/02/2016-oscar-predictions.html" target="_blank">here</a>. In the future I will be researching what guilds are more predictive after this year's data, and update my finding to hopefully build on what was informative this year.<br />
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For those interested in hearing some conversations around the event, here are two links to podcasts on which I appeared to discuss the Oscars. I hope you enjoy them.<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/paulboothmovies/2016/02/26/talking-pictures-take-two-star-wars-and-oscar-picks-wjosh-lange" target="_blank">Oscar Predictions Podcast</a> 2/25<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/paulboothmovies/2016/03/02/talking-pictures-oscar-wrap-vfx-artist-josh-lange" target="_blank">Oscar Recap Podcast</a> 3/1 (featuring my mom)Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-64087964039755819472016-02-26T15:46:00.000-08:002016-02-26T18:15:03.512-08:002016 Oscar Predictions<div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Now that most of the Hollywood movie guilds have had their award shows, I'm posting the most relevant Oscar winner data that I've been compiling over the last two months. Hopefully this transparent information is handy to readers as they prepare their picks for their office pools. Be sure to also check out my last post for a <a href="http://joshlange.blogspot.com/2016/02/2016-best-visual-effects-oscar-race.html" target="_blank">digital painting</a> I did featuring this year's Best Visual Effects nominees. My picks are listed in italics below.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22.4px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><u><a href="http://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/oscars-nominations-2016/">Most Oscar nominations</a>:</u></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>12-The Revenant<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>10-Mad Max<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>7-The Martian<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>6-Carol, Bridge of Spies, Spotlight<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>5-Star Wars: The Force Awakens</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/08/bafta-nominations-2016-carol-and-bridge-of-spies-lead-the-pack" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22.4px;">Most BAFTA nominations</a><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.4px;">:</span></span></u><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>9-Carol, Bridge of Spies<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>8-The Revenant<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>7-Mad Max<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>6-The Martian, Brooklyn<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>5-The Big Short, The Danish Girl, Ex Machina<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>4-Star Wars<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>3-Spotlight, Sicario, Steve Jobs, The Hateful Eight<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>2-Amy, Inside Out, Theeb</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Guild Awards Ceremony Schedule:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/9: </span><a href="http://www.lafca.net/years/2015.html">Los Angeles Film Critics Association</a> (Critics Circle, one of many)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/10: <a href="http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees">Golden Globes</a> (GG)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/17: <a href="http://www.criticschoice.com/movie-awards/">Critics Choice</a> (CC)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/29: <a href="https://americancinemaeditors.org/eddie-nominees/">American Cinema Editors</a> (ACE)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/30: <a href="http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/22nd-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards">Screen Actor's Guild</a> (SAG)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/31: <a href="http://www.adg.org/?art=adg_awards">Art Director's Guild</a> (ADG)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2/2: <a href="https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/14th-annual-ves-awards-winners">Visual Effects Society</a> (VES)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2/6: <a href="http://annieawards.org/nominees/">Annie Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2016/160113-68th-Annual-DGA-Awards-Television-Commercial-and-Documentary-Nominees-Announced.aspx">Director's Guild</a> (DGA)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2/13: <a href="http://awards.wga.org/wga-awards/nominees-winners">Writer's Guild</a> (WGA)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2/14: <a href="http://www.bafta.org/film/awards/film-awards-winners-in-2016">BAFTAs</a>, <a href="https://www.theasc.com/asc_news/awards/awards_history.php">American Society of Cinematographers</a> (ASC)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2/20: <a href="http://cinemaaudiosociety.org/?page_id=350">Cinema Audio Society</a> (CAS), <a href="http://www.local706.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/MUAHS-Winners-Release-2016-Final.pdf">Makeup Artist and Hairstylist's Guild</a> (MUAH), <a href="http://deadline.com/2016/02/the-big-short-usc-scripter-award-win-1201706401/">USC Scripter Awards</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2/21: <a href="http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/current-nominees/">Satellite Awards</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2/23: <a href="http://www.producersguild.org/blogpost/923036/237237/Results-Producers-Guild-Awards-2016" target="_blank">Producer's Guild</a> (PGA), <a href="http://costumedesignersguild.com/awards/ceremony-info/" target="_blank">Costume Designer's Guild</a> (CDG)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2/27: <a href="http://www.mpse.org/2016-film-nominees" target="_blank">Motion Picture Sound Editors</a> (MPSE)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>2/28: Academy Awards</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Below are the nominees, listed in order announced. In each category's parentheses are the main indicators of who will win.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 22.4px;"><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">(V) best <a href="http://www.goldderby.com/odds/index/416/">Vegas odds</a> </span> (B) BAFTA winner, </span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.4;">(AA) Annie Award winner, (N) most <a href="http://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/oscars-nominations-2016/" target="_blank">overall nominations</a> of the category's nominees, (RT) Rotten tomatoes score, (*) special requirement of past winners </span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.4px;">(BZ miss) category </span><a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2015/02/18/oscarharvard-side/a24fmMCYN0ot5pZ8ZwAyYP/story.html" style="line-height: 22.4px;">Ben Zauzmer</a><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.4px;"> missed in 2015 (Vegas miss) category Las Vegas odds sites missed in 2015</span></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>CC, GG, V Son of Saul RT 92%</i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">ANIMATED SHORT </b><b style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22.4px;">(not enough data, Annie Awards, DQA - not nominated for Annie)</b></span></div>
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ANIMATED FEATURE (BAFTA, Golden Globe, <span style="font-family: inherit;">A</span>nnie winner, DQG - not nominated for Golden Globe, DQA - not nominated for Annie) BZ miss, </span></b><b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22.4px;">Vegas miss</b></span></b></div>
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">PRODUCTION DESIGN (BAFTA 5/7 recently, </span></b><b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Art Directors Guild</span></b>, BAFTA+ ADG = lock. Period usually beats Fantasy)</span></b></div>
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ORIGINAL SCORE (GG the best but a weak predictor) BZ miss, </span></b><b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22.4px;">Vegas miss</b></span></b></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>SAG, B, CC, GG, V Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant RT 81%</i></span></li>
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<span style="line-height: 22.4px;">Ben Zauzmer's </span><a href="https://twitter.com/bensoscarmath" style="line-height: 22.4px;">Twitter </a><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">and </span><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-mathmetically-864813" style="line-height: 22.4px;">THR</a><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> pages</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22.4px;">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-your-essential-guide-short-867680</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22.4px;">http://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_film_awards#/United_States</span></div>
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Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-8859226086773591342016-02-24T08:05:00.000-08:002016-02-24T08:05:00.589-08:002016 Best Visual Effects Oscar Race artwork and works in progress<a href="http://joshlange.blogspot.com/2015/01/sketching-and-doodling.html" target="_blank">Last year</a> I thought it would be fun to sketch a little battle scene between all the visual effects nominees for the Academy Awards. This year the contestants came from <i>Ex Machina, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, Star Wars: The Force Awakens,</i> and <i>The Martian</i>. This is a challenging one to predict, but I think it will go to <i>Star Wars</i>, despite that franchise normally being passed over in this category. There was some strong early buzz for <i>Mad Max</i> and a late surge from <i>The Revenant, </i>which is the only film in the category I have not seen at the time of this writing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ex Machina's </i>Ava, <i>Mad Max: Fury Road'</i>s Imperator Furiosa, <i>The Revenant</i>'s Hugh Glass, <i>Star Wars's</i> Rey, and <i>The Martian'</i>s Mark Watney having it out for Oscar gold.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three thumbnails were sketched in my phone's Painter app to test compositions. The iconic <i>Mad Max</i> <a href="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/5568cc54eab8eac07aa0e1b7/image.jpg" target="_blank">War Boys</a> were originally featured more prominently, and in the second one Rey gives Hugh a good smack. The third composition had Rey and Finn trapped on the floor of a canyon. The initial idea on the left ended up being chosen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A closer look at the "approved" thumbnail. Mark was originally in his Mars Rover back in the midground, and Hugh rode the Revenant bear while firing at us with his rifle (but that was a bit much). A <i>Star Wars</i> fleet helped fill the sky, but this was later dropped to help balance out the players.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After I brought the sketch into Painter, I made my first line pass, focusing mainly on the foreground fighters. Hugh replaces Finn next to Rey, and Mark replaces the War Boy. To help guide the focal point of the Oscar, I added a rifle on Hugh's back to help flow up to it from the bottom of the composition. It was around this time I was reading Hereward Cooke's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Painting-Techniques-Masters-Lessons-Enlarged/dp/0823038637" target="_blank">Painting Techniques of the Masters</a> and Ray Bethers' <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0273408143/ref=x_gr_w_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0273408143&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">Composition in Pictures</a>, which helped with the composition.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Something wasn't right with Rey. I had decided to pick <i>Star Wars</i> as the winner around this time, and she needed to have a larger role in the composition. I still wanted her staff to provide the same tangent pointing to the Oscar though, so I sketched up some poses and settled on the "Force grab" one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final "ink" pass, with some background detail sketched in. This was all done using the Scratchboard tool up to this point.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "underpaint" pass, below the inks layer. Getting used to the different brushes now, including the conte crayon. For this piece, I remembered to pick a particular color to fill the background with and paint over, which I normally forget to do. As you'd expect, it helped immensely in tying the color palette together.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At this point, I thought a more dramatic sky with a <i>Mad Max-</i>style lightning storm could work better, but it would have undermined all the lighting I had painted on the characters up to that point. I decided against it based on time constraints.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The subtler sky, styled to look like it could belong in the worlds of either <i>Mad Max</i> or <i>The Martian</i>. I made small adjustments to the background landscape to help draw attention to the area where the Oscar statue is. After this I went back to Photoshop for the text pass and called it a day.</td></tr>
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<span class="user-symbol regular" data-gruser-type="regular" data-quicktip-text="" data-show-tooltip=""></span> Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-10778805365557608762016-02-18T18:38:00.002-08:002016-02-18T18:45:40.427-08:00Using 3D Animation to Examine Composition in Vermeer's "The Music Lesson"I've been watching videos on classic painters this week, and came across Vermeer: Master of Light, a 2001 documentary about the master narrated by Meryl Streep. It started out slow and straightforward for those familiar with the painter, but then it cut to a segment that truly impressed me. Taking an incredibly close look at his painting "The Music Lesson," the filmmakers used 3D animation to rearrange the elements of the painting to help better understand the impact of its final composition. They do such a great job with their presentation that there's nothing I can add. Kudos to those who worked on it. Watch:<br />
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">BEST ACTRESS</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">DIRECTING</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ANIMATED FEATURE FILM</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">COSTUME DESIGN</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">DOCUMENTARY FEATURE</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">DOCUMENTARY SHORT</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ORIGINAL SONG</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ANIMATED SHORT</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">SOUND MIXING</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">M<span style="line-height: 22.4px;">ad Max: Fury Road</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Martian</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Revenant</li>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">SOUND EDITING</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sicario</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Martian</li>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">FILM EDITING</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mad Max: Fury Road</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Revenant</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Spotlight</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</li>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Embrace of the Serpent</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mustang</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Son of Saul</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Theeb</li>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ORIGINAL SCORE</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bridge of Spies</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Carol</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Hateful Eight</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sicario</li>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">PRODUCTION DESIGN</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bridge of Spies</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Danish Girl</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mad Max: Fury Road</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Martian</li>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">VISUAL EFFECTS</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ex Machina</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mad Max: Fury Road</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Martian</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Revenant</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</li>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Big Short</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brooklyn</li>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bridge of Spies</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ex Machina</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Inside Out</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Spotlight</li>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Hateful Eight</li>
<li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mad Max: Fury Road</li>
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<br />Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-54459093638994473202016-01-14T09:50:00.002-08:002016-01-14T09:50:40.940-08:00RIP Alan RickmanThis brilliant actor brought so many classic moments to cinema over the years, it's hard to pick the best. Here's a drawing I did of him five years ago for my <a href="http://joshlange.blogspot.com/2011/02/february-art-update.html" target="_blank">300 heads sketchbook</a>:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alan Rickman, 1946-2016</td></tr>
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<br />Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-83975123049737454792016-01-11T14:11:00.001-08:002016-01-11T14:13:17.271-08:00Sketch of Max Von Sydow as Lor San Tekka So some years it's easy to think of what you want to pursue more as a resolution. For me, this New Year's resolution was a resounding: DRAW MORE! 2015 was the dryest year yet for time spent away from the drawing pad, with attention spent more on photo manipulation and touching up family pictures (you parents of young kids out there know where I'm coming from). However, the neglect ends now. The first piece I drew this year ended up being taken from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, whose art books were a joy to flip through over the break. There will most definitely be more subjects taken from that universe as I work on getting my draftsmanship skills back up to snuff.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actor Max Von Sydow as Lor San Tekka. Graphite on paper. 2016</td></tr>
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Also, I read an art book over the weekend called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sketch-Book-Artist-Sarah-Simblet/dp/0756651417" target="_blank">Sketchbook for the Artist</a>, that I highly recommend. It was the perfect refresher of illustration principles to keep aware of, no matter how many years you've been drawing.Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-7548648373346168092016-01-03T20:59:00.000-08:002016-01-03T21:00:23.214-08:00"Legend of the Last Lava Pup" commercial<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P0eVYdmmYJk" width="560"></iframe><br />
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The video for the new Clash of Clans commercial is now online, and is already up to 15 million views in less than a week. I helped previs the animated portions. For a small writeup on the project, click <a href="http://www.joshlange.com/clash-of-clans-legend-of-the-last-lava-pup.html" target="_blank">here</a>.Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-55395168615361668472015-12-14T11:57:00.000-08:002015-12-14T11:57:56.780-08:00The first 'Star Trek Beyond' trailer is here<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XRVD32rnzOw" width="560"></iframe><br />
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I spent a good portion of this year working on the previs team for the latest <i>Star Trek </i>film for Paramount Pictures, both on and off the studio lot. This trailer will also screen before <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i>, so I'm looking forward to seeing those slick finaled shots on the big screen.Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-57474168567645290282015-12-08T12:18:00.001-08:002016-02-23T09:18:48.420-08:002016 Oscars short list announced for "Best Visual Effects"This year, the short list for movies that could win the Oscar for "Best Visual Effects" was expanded to include <a href="http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/12/08/ant-man-star-wars-avengers-and-more-make-oscars-vfx-shortlist/" target="_blank">twenty films</a>. They are:<br />
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<li><i>Ant-Man</i></li>
<li><i>Avengers: Age of Ultron</i></li>
<li><i>Bridge of Spies</i></li>
<li><i>Chappie</i></li>
<li><i>Everest</i></li>
<li><i>Ex Machina</i></li>
<li><i>Furious 7</i></li>
<li><i>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2</i></li>
<li><i>In the Heart of the Sea</i></li>
<li><i>Jupiter Ascending</i></li>
<li><i>Jurassic World</i></li>
<li><i>Mad Max: Fury Road</i></li>
<li><i>The Martian</i></li>
<li><i>Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation</i></li>
<li><i>The Revenant</i></li>
<li><i>Spectre</i></li>
<li><i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i></li>
<li><i>Terminator Genisys</i></li>
<li><i>Tomorrowland</i></li>
<li><i>The Walk</i></li>
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I am glad our work on <i>Furious 7</i> helped that movie make the cut. Next comes the bake-off, which I assume will be twice as long this year (!). Congratulations to all those who worked on visual effects for these notable films.<br />
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If I had to predict which films will become the final five nominees, I would choose:<br />
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<li><i>Jurassic World</i></li>
<li><i>Mad Max: Fury Road</i></li>
<li><i>The Martian</i></li>
<li><i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i></li>
<li><i>The Walk</i></li>
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Of course, based on <a href="http://joshlange.blogspot.com/2015/02/2015-oscar-recapspace-themed-vfx.html" target="_blank">my findings from studying last year's Oscar race</a>, this probably means a space-themed movie will once again win for "Best Visual Effects," which has traditionally been the case in years with multiple space-themed nominees. Of course, it is still too soon to see how many will end up nominated, but this could make the space films <i>The Martian</i> and <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> the strongest contenders to win<i>. Jupiter Ascending, </i>another space movie on the list, seems like a long shot due to bad reviews and a cast lacking Oscar nominees and winners, even though the Wachowskis have Oscar pedigree from their "Best Visual Effects" winner <i>The Matrix</i>.<br />
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<i>The Martian</i> has a cast with many Oscar nominees, but no actual winners other than Damon (who won for writing), and the number of Oscar nominees <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> has in its cast other than Harrison Ford is...unknown to me because I have avoided that IMDb page like the plague to keep that movie as spoiler-free as possible for me. I should have a slightly better prediction after I see it during Winter break, but history shows that <i>Star Wars</i> movies with the original cast win Oscars, and follow-ups do not (Three winners, three losers). Stay tuned for more observations on the Oscar visual effects race.Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-56806124268099867072015-12-07T15:10:00.000-08:002015-12-08T17:27:48.734-08:00'Star Trek Beyond' trailer to screen before 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'It's nice to have <a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/star-trek-beyond-trailer-debut-force-awakens-229448?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_campaign=default" target="_blank">this </a>officially confirmed. I was on <i>Star Trek</i> <i>Beyond </i>for most of this year, and I am very excited to see how the trailer looks on the big screen seven months in advance. Hopefully we have
reached the point now where Abrams has helped unite Star Wars and Star
Trek fans in space opera fandom, after so many years of exclusionary
mockery ("the dark times").<br />
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Honda for their "The Power of Dreams" campaign. Four of them are posted
below. For the fifth commercial video and more information on how they
were accomplished by my team, visit <a href="http://www.joshlange.com/honda-the-power-of-dreams.html">the Honda page on my portfolio website</a>.<br />
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The work we did at Proof, inc. for the movie mainly focused on a sequence in the third act, which has only a few shots in this trailer. I will be able to share more details as more content for the movie gets released online.Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-85520242545748126852015-07-13T18:07:00.003-07:002015-07-13T18:07:43.443-07:00Comic-con Saturday Recap<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="text-align: center;">This was my tenth consecutive year attending the San Diego Comic-con. The convention seemed to noticeable escalate in size between 2005 and 2010, but the last five years have all felt basically the same, with the convention taking over the center as well as increasing portions of downtown. I only go on Saturdays at this point, and it's a pleasure to reunite with my old San Diego buddies, as well as anyone who is able to make it down from Los Angeles or other cities. I try to sample a little bit of the floor and upstairs panels each year and this year I attended three panels: 3D Printing with Adobe Photoshop, William Shatner's motion comic "Man O War," and Google Spotlight Stories, which are akin to a CG theatrical performance you watch on your phone.</span></div>
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The Google Spotlight Stories panel had animators Patrick Obsorne (director of "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ARYCDna3E" target="_blank">Feast</a>") and Glen Keane ("<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkARp7dqSBk" target="_blank">Duet</a>"), who were very nice to speak with and kindly posed for photographs. I'll have to draw some <a href="http://joshlange.blogspot.com/search/label/caricature" target="_blank">caricatures </a>of these gentlemen soon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With "Feast" director Patrick Osborne, before the Google Spotlight Stories panel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With master animator and "Duet" director Glen Keane after the end of the panel.</td></tr>
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Walking around the floor was fun as usual, with the chance to view the finely-textured costumes from Batman vs. Superman up close, and exploring the illustrators tables, where I was positively blown away by <a href="http://heathertheurer.com/" target="_blank">Heather Theurer</a>'s incredible fantasy work, especially her <a href="http://heathertheurer.com/galleries/disney/" target="_blank">realistic renditions of Disney characters</a>:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Heather Theurer's take on the <i>Frozen </i>sisters.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lilo and Stitch</i>, with <i>Mulan </i>underneath.</td></tr>
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Another artist, Scott Smith, made a series of typographic prints that fit every line of dialogue from popular movies on them:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I also saw Star Wars concept artist <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/idfungus/iain-mccaig/" target="_blank">Iain McCaig</a> doing some live portrait drawing, which was enlightening (the drawing advice he gave to his subject was to "get completely lost in your reference.") <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/e5/ac/a2/e5aca20ded33d93e878746df9b55321b.jpg" target="_blank">Terry Dodson's "Vespa Girl"</a> was irresistible, so I snagged a postcard of it as I walked by his table. Little surprises like these are the reason why it is still worth it for me to continue going to Comic-con each year.</div>
Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-42121163536699669432015-07-13T09:07:00.000-07:002015-08-05T18:34:51.028-07:00The Speed Chart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In previs, there are often times when you have to animate objects flying through space: birds, helicopters, spaceships, angry flying monkeys, etc. With live action previs, however, the speeds at which your objects move have real-world implications when it comes time for the film crew to shoot, so you'll need to keep accurate speeds in mind. That way your previs team can inform the director and his crew how fast their helicopter will have to travel to catch up with all those angry flying monkeys.</div>
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Speed can be something a bit difficult to visualize for comparison, so here is the Speed Chart I ended up making:</div>
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If I had something like this before I started researching, it would have saved a <i>lot </i>of time. I hope this comes in handy for you at some point.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Helios: http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/spacecraft/q0109c.shtml</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Apollo 10: http://www.history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_10a_Summary.htm</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Space Shuttle: http://www.space.com/12127-8-surprising-space-shuttle-facts.html</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">TOPOL-M: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/RT-2PM2_Topol-M</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">X-15: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/North_American_X-15</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blackbird: http://www.historynet.com/sr-71-blackbird-sets-london-to-l-a-speed-record.htm</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">F-14: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Concorde: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Concorde</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Bell X-1: http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?object=nasm_A19510007000</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">B-2 Bomber: http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=6</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">747: http://www.therichest.com/business/technology/the-10-fastest-passenger-planes-in-history/</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cruise missile: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Cruise_missile</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">P-51D Mustang: http://www.cafsocal.com/our-aircrafts/our-aircraft-and-history/north-american-p-51-mustang-%EF%BB%BFman-o-war/</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Apache: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Boeing_AH-64_Apache</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">News Helicopter: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Airbus_Helicopters_H125_%C3%89cureuil</span></div>
Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-70333253312618478802015-05-05T10:36:00.000-07:002015-05-05T10:36:52.317-07:00Proof CEO Ron Frankel to Speak about Previs and Postvis at FMXFor those attending FMX this year in Stuttgart, Germany, the Proof, inc. CEO Ron Frankel will be presenting there on May 7th. He will go in depth on the work done on <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i> and <i>Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb</i>. For more details, <a href="http://www.fmx.de/program2015/event/5859" target="_blank">click this link for the FMX post</a>.Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-37920853110036371982015-03-06T13:51:00.002-08:002015-03-06T13:51:38.594-08:00New Extended Look at Furious 7's "Cargo Drop" Sequence (With Posters!)I'll get right to it:<br />
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Suffice it to say that this movie has some wild stunts and sequences like the cargo drop, which was the first part of the movie I worked on when I joined the project two years ago. Those who appreciate how the series is going more and more over-the-top will love it for sure.<br />
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<br />Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-84147144758237997442015-03-05T14:07:00.001-08:002015-03-05T14:08:01.123-08:00New article for Influx Magazine<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I adapted <a href="http://joshlange.blogspot.com/2015/02/2015-oscar-recapspace-themed-vfx.html" target="_blank">my last blog post</a> into an article for Influx Magazine about this year's Visual Effects Oscar winner. The article is called </span><a href="http://influxmagazine.com/interstellar-vfx-oscar/" style="color: rgb(218, 68, 68) !important; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">"Interstellar and the VFX Oscar: What History Tells us about how Much the Academy Loves Space Movies."</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> I recommend it to anyone interested in Oscar History and who loves space movies. Please give the link a visit and leave a comment if you enjoyed it. Thanks!</span></span></span>Josh Langehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262108617797740013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326952757392900680.post-67585978978505627132015-02-24T08:46:00.000-08:002016-02-23T09:19:23.642-08:002015 Oscar Recap/Space-Themed VFX Winners of the PastSunday night was the 87th Academy Awards, an event that always provides plenty of pomp, some touching tributes, passionate speeches, so-so jokes, and several "train wreck" moments. It looks like the ratings weren't great this year, and there seemed to be little interest by the Academy in mixing up the format to address the same complaints you always hear about the ceremony (running time, pacing, caliber of jokes). <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Out of all the nominees, </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Birdman</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">'s far-out concept, dream-like cinematography (by back-to-back winner Emmanuel Lubezki), and terrific performance by Michael Keaton (one of my favorite actors) made it easy to root for in the Best Picture category. It was being heavily promoted last year when I was working at the Fox Studios lot, and I'm glad to see so many others enjoyed it. Fox proved to probably have the best 2014 out of all the studios, <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-studio-rankings-2015" target="_blank">coming in #1 with market share</a>, earning the most Oscar nominations, and winning the Best Picture award. The cherry on top was a music tribute to the studio's 1965 box office smash and five Oscar-winning </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The Sound of Music</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> (a mural of Julie Andrews in those iconic Swiss Alps still hangs at the studio lot).</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Since I entered the Oscar pool at work this year, I paid extra attention to who was winning at the Screen Actor's Guild Awards, the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTAs) Awards, the Golden Globes, and the Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards. I</span>n a year with many heavy favorites, the "Best Visual Effects" winner seemed harder to determine. Director Christopher Nolan's space epic <i>Interstellar </i>ended up taking home the Academy Award, which not only surprised those in the VFX industry who assumed <i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes </i>would win, but also broke <a href="http://fxrant.blogspot.com/2015/01/what-is-vfx-predictinator.html" target="_blank">Todd Vaziri's "Predictinator,"</a> a formula specifically devised to predict all of the VFX Oscar winners from 1989 to the present day. The formula weighs the factors of critical acclaim, box office returns, total nominations, release date, whether the movie was a sequel or not, the caliber and type of CG creatures it contains, and actor prestige, and predicted the dark horse space comedy <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i> would win the award.<br />
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<i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes </i>(another movie with lots of creature animation)<i> </i>had won the VES Award earlier this year, which was viewed by many to be a strong contender. The voting body of the VES Awards are visual effects artists who are well-informed of the latest technology and have extremely critical eyes toward this aspect of filmmaking. Before the Oscars, I read a <a href="http://fxrant.blogspot.com/2015/02/an-unfinished-graphic-comparing-ves.html" target="_blank">post by Todd</a> which took a closer look at how good a predictor the VES Awards are for the VFX Oscar, and it turns out that the BAFTAs have been slightly better since 2002 when the VES Awards began.<br />
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Even though it won the BAFTA for Special Visual Effects, a possible knock on <i>Interstellar</i>'s chances at getting the Academy Award was that <i>Gravity </i>won last year for Best Visual Effects, and an argument could be made that it would be unlikely that two movies with the same setting of space would win back-to-back. Despite this nagging thought and a clear Predictinator pick for <i>Guardians</i>, I sided with <i>Interstellar</i>, which had strong Las Vegas odds and a BAFTA win that could not be ignored. I ended up winning our Oscar pool by one point for a total of nineteen correct picks out of twenty-four.<br />
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My <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oscars?src=hash">#Oscars</a> picks from Friday. Time will tell how they pan out... <a href="http://t.co/PtELYPN1yi">pic.twitter.com/PtELYPN1yi</a><br />
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With a two-year trend now established for space movies winning the Best Visual Effects Oscar, I became curious about how the genre had done historically throughout the Oscars, including back in the early years when the award was for "Special Effects" and "Special Achievement in Visual Effects." How many times had space-themed movies won? How many years had one or more been nominated? Did the Academy tend to reward the genre once it became nominated?<br />
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I returned to the familiar sight of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Visual_Effects" target="_blank">Visual Effects Oscar winners Wikipedia page</a>, which was the main resource back when I wrote my <a href="http://joshlange.blogspot.com/2014/03/unearthing-vfx-oscar-elite-my-list-of.html" target="_blank">"VFX Oscar Elite" post</a>. I counted how many years that a story involving outer space had been nominated for Best Visual Effects (or its equivalent), and then compared it to its fellow nominees for those years. I kept track of how the "terrestrial" movies (ones that did not significantly involve outer space) did in these years as well. The breakdown is below:<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">blue </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> year with multiple space-themed nominees</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;">red </span> terrestrial beat a space-themed nominee</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: purple;">purple </span>terrestrial beat two space-themed nominees</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">2014: <span style="color: blue;">Interstellar</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">2013: <span style="color: blue;">Gravity</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2012: <span style="color: purple;">Life of Pi</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">2011: Hugo</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2010: Inception</span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">2009: <span style="color: blue;">Avatar</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">2007: <span style="color: blue;">The Golden Compass</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2006: <span style="color: red;">Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2005:<span style="color: red;"> King Kong</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2004: Spider-Man 2</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2002: <span style="color: red;">The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2000: Gladiator</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1999: <span style="color: red;">The Matrix</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1998: <span style="color: red;">What Dreams May Come</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1997: <span style="color: red;">Titanic</span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1996: Independence Day</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1995: <span style="color: red;">Babe</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1994: Forrest Gump</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1993: Jurassic Park</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1992: <span style="color: red;">Death Becomes Her</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day</span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1990: Total Recall </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(uncontested)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1989: The Abyss</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1987:<span style="color: red;"> Innerspace</span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1986: Aliens</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1985: Cocoon</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1984: <span style="color: red;">Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom</span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1983: Return of the Jedi </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(uncontested)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1982:<span style="color: blue;"> E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark</span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1980: The Empire Strikes Back </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(uncontested)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1979: <span style="color: blue;">Alien (4 space nominees)</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1978: Superman</b> (uncontested)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1977 ("Best Visual Effects" from this year onward): <span style="color: blue;">Star Wars</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1976 ("Special Achievement in Visual Effects"): King Kong</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1975 ("Special Achievement in Visual Effects"): The Hindenburg</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1974 ("Special Achievement in Visual Effects"): Earthquake</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1973 NO AWARD GIVEN</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1972 ("Special Achievement in Visual Effects"): The Poseidon Adventure</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1971 ("Best Visual Effects"): Bedknobs and Broomsticks</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1970 ("Best Visual Effects"): Tora! Tora! Tora!</span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1969 ("Best Visual Effects"): Marooned</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1968 ("Best Visual Effects"): 2001: A Space Odyssey</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1967 ("Best Visual Effects"): Doctor Dolittle</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1966 ("Best Visual Effects"): Fantastic Voyage</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1965 ("Best Visual Effects"): Thunderball</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1964 ("Best Special Effects"): Mary Poppins</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1963 ("Best Special Effects"): Cleopatra</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1962 ("Best Special Effects"): The Longest Day</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1961 ("Best Special Effects"): The Guns of Navarone</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1960 ("Best Special Effects"): The Time Machine</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1959 ("Best Special Effects"): Ben-Hur</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1958 ("Best Special Effects"): Tom Thumb</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1957 ("Best Special Effects"): The Enemy Below</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1956 ("Best Special Effects"): <span style="color: red;">The Ten Commandments</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1955 ("Best Special Effects"): The Bridges at Tokyo-Ri</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1954 ("Best Special Effects"): 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1953 ("Best Special Effects"): The War of the Worlds</b> (uncontested)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1952 ("Best Special Effects"): Plymouth Adventure</span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1951 ("Best Special Effects"): When Worlds Collide</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1950 ("Best Special Effects"): Destination Moon</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1949 ("Best Special Effects"): Mighty Joe Young</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1948 ("Best Special Effects"): Portrait of Jennie</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1947 ("Best Special Effects"): Green Dolphin Street</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1946 ("Best Special Effects"): Blithe Spirit</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1945 ("Best Special Effects"): Wonder Man</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1944 ("Best Special Effects"): Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1943 ("Best Special Effects"): Crash Dive</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1942 ("Best Special Effects"): Reap the Wild Wind</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1941 ("Best Special Effects"): I Wanted Wings</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1940 ("Best Special Effects"): The Thief of Baghdad</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1939 ("Best Special Effects"): The Rains Came</span><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Interstellar?src=hash">#Interstellar</a> winning Best <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VFX?src=hash">#VFX</a> at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oscars2015?src=hash">#Oscars2015</a> makes it the 19th space-themed movie in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oscar?src=hash">#Oscar</a> history to win that award.<br />
— Josh Lange (@THEJoshLange) <a href="https://twitter.com/THEJoshLange/status/569716677048279041">February 23, 2015</a></blockquote>
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In seventy-four years of the award's existence, a space-themed movie has won for Best Visual Effects nineteen times and lost twelve times. Twenty times in the last thirty years there has been at least one nominee of this kind. Not only have there been multiple back-to-back years of space movie winners, there was even a four-year streak between 1977-1980 where the visual effects of space movies were apparently irresistible to the Academy. <i>Life of Pi</i> has been the only terrestrial movie which was able to win the Best Visual Effects Oscar in a year with multiple space-themed nominees.<br />
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On the flip side of these wins, there have been some notable losers with a space theme: <i>Star Wars Episode I and II, The Avengers, Prometheus, Apollo 13, Alien 3, Predator, 2010, Starship Troopers, </i>and more. <i>Transformers </i>movies<i>, </i><i>Star Trek </i>movies<i>, </i>and <i>Star Wars </i>prequel movies have never won in their seven total nominations. Interestingly, <i>Star Trek</i> movies have <i>only </i>lost to other space movies. Three times out of seven did a terrestrial movie beat a <i>Star Wars</i>, <i>Star Trek</i>, or <i>Transformers </i>movie (<i>The Matrix</i>, <i>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</i>, and <i>Hugo</i>). To summarize, <b>when space-themed movies get nominated for the Best Visual Effects Academy Award, history shows that they win 61.3% of the time (19/31). If they are not a <i>Transformers </i>movie or <i>Star Wars</i> prequel, they beat a "terrestrial" movie 67.9% of the time (19/28)</b>.<br />
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Some other things I noticed:<br />
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1) Comic book movies are almost all doomed to lose the Best Visual Effects Oscar, with a mere two wins out of thirteen nominations. A record-setting <i>three </i>comic book movies were nominated this year, and all came up short. All three <i>Iron Man</i> movies lost--two of those three times to terrestrial movies. <i>The Avengers </i>lost, despite its space content and plentiful CG aliens. Every <i>Batman </i>movie has lost, and a <i>Superman </i>movie only won in an uncontested race. Both <i>Spider-Man</i> nominees were in contested races though, and one ended up winning, however that win was in a year with no space nominee.<br />
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2) Peter Jackson movies are two-for-three in defeating space-themed contenders for a Best Visual Effects Oscar. Christopher Nolan movies are two-for-three in this category.<br />
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3) Since 2002, the BAFTAs are now +2 over the VES awards in predicting the VFX Oscar winner.<br />
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4) <i>The Return of the Jedi</i> is probably the most intentionally-funny space movie to win the Best Visual Effects Oscar, which is saying something (and no, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcehSN7lOYs" target="_blank">the exploding head moment in <i>Total Recall</i></a> doesn't count). As it does in the other Oscar categories, the Academy sides overwhelmingly with dramas over comedies. So much in fact, that it's amazing the outright-goofy <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i> was considered a contender for the award at all.<br />
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Conclusion:<br />
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After taking this long look from another angle at the history of the Best Visual Effects Oscar award, I have learned that space-themed movies tend to do very well overall. Audiences have now seen black holes, worm holes, exploding planets, and aliens of every shape and size, and it seems like everything they can imagine has been covered at this point. Conversely, there is practically no limit to what the VFX industry can visualize at this point in its history, and the sci-fi genre will never cease to be interesting to moviegoers, so there will assuredly be many more nominees and winners. Not only did <i>Interstellar's </i>lead actor Matthew McConaughey have "actor prestige," but its Oscar-winning supporting cast of Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Michael Caine, and Ellen Burstyn, (did I miss anyone?) might have been worth a bit more weight in Todd and his wife's formula to tilt <i>Interstellar </i>over <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i>, whose cast only had Oscar nominees as far as I can tell<i>.</i> This could also be seen as a win for the space drama genre over the (all too rare) space comedy. These factors might be worth considering when Todd pops the hood on his Predictinator and looks around for parts to upgrade.<br />
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