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Apple's highly polished and cinematic Event videos frequently draw inspiration from big budget blockbusters.

"Transformers" (2007), City Fight shot CF630, visual effects by ILM I was lucky to chat with the premier visual effects journalist working today, Ian Failes, for his Befores & Afters Podcast.

A photo of a print of a movie.

We’ve all heard about movies filmed in IMAX, or heard in movie trailers “see it in IMAX” and then looked at a series of confusing diagrams depicting various aspect ratios and theater screen sizes (typically made by fans).

It's time for the Awesomest Oscar Pool Ballot In The History Of Oscar Pool Ballots.

From the "After The Hunt" VFX Breakdown, by Frame by Frame view full breakdown on YouTube When people see a relatively innocuous shot from a movie of a city street, then see that it was an elaborate visual effects shot (either shot against a greenscreen or

Reader warning: there's gonna be a lot of pretend puke photos in this post.

One of the best features of “Halloween Kills” (2021) is the collection of flashback sequences which show the rest of the night Michael Myers came home to terrify Haddonfield, a continuation of the events from the original “Halloween” (1978).

Vanity Fair asked me if I wanted to talk about visual effects in a video, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years. watch Todd Vaziri on "ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More" on YouTube My goal w…

I've been telling artists for decades that it's not always the best idea to scale up a synthetic lens flare when the light source is moving closer to camera, which is typically met with resistance from the artist.

"There's a storm coming in!"

It was back in 2018 when I was a guest on a member special for Reconcilable Differences... and seven years later they asked me back!

I recently had the pleasure of re-watching John McTiernan’s “Predator” (1987) for the umpteenth time with someone who had never seen the movie before.

Lighter Darker, EP20 and Show Notes Lighter Darker, The ILM Podcast’s first season comes to a close with Episode 20, our Lens Flare Extravaganza!

From the future "Peggy Sue Got Married" (2050) remake: view larger This is a very good joke.

I'm really enjoying "The Studio" on Apple TV+, and I just had to make a graphic of the dialogue that opens season one, episode four, with studio head Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) weighing in on the film versus digital debate:

watch on YouTube In March 2025, Jenny Ely and I interviewed John Knoll, the visual effects supervisor of "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew for Lighter Darker: The ILM Podcast.

Movies are handmade, and just like any other art form, sometimes the seams that hold movies together become visible to the audience.

There are a LOT of keys, locks and doors in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991), so I made a video in 2022 highlighting every major key, lock and door in the movie.

“A Different World” (1987 NBC) is now on Netflix, and the HD upscale is... not good.

Having just migrated two new iPhones, Apple needs to address this specific issue, because it can really really mess you up.

It's time for the Awesomest Oscar Pool Ballot In The History Of Oscar Pool Ballots.

James Cameron, directing "Titanic" (1997) updated 3/4/25 for the 97th Academy Awards, with Denis Villeneuve snagging another VFX Oscar.

larger Modern franchise pictures frequently utilize easter eggs, references and callbacks as meaningful cinematic nutrition.

This question comes up a lot, usually in regards to films like "Jurassic Park" (1993) and "Transformers" (2007), especially when referring to franchise films.

Our visual effects work for "Transformers" (2007) is still being lauded to this day, which is a testament to the amazing talents of the visual effects teams at Industrial Light & Magic under the supervision of Scott Farrar, Russell Earl and Scott Benza.