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Congrats to all the Emmy nominees 🏆

In this issue:

🏅 All the VFX Emmy nominees and BTS videos of their work
🌅 Using ChatGPT to animate images
🗓️ Samsung pushes back their VR headset

And more! Let’s dive in.

The 75th Emmy Awards nominees were announced. Let’s jump into the VFX nominees and behind-the-scenes breakdowns of their work.

Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie

Andor

Disney+ • Lucasfilm Ltd.

Sadly Disney hasn’t put out a making-of series about Andor, like they have for their other Star Wars series. But there are a few, quick BTS featurettes on YouTube.

• Mohen Leo, Visual Effects Supervisor

• TJ Falls, Visual Effects Producer

• Richard Van Den Bergh, Special Effects Supervisor

• Neal Scanlan, Creature Effects & Droid Supervisor

• Liyana Mansor, Lead Visual Effects Editor

• Scott Pritchard, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor

• Joseph Kasparian, Hybride Visual Effects Supervisor

• Jelmer Boskma, Scanline Visual Effects Supervisor

• Jean-Clément Soret, Colorist

House of the Dragon

HBO Max • HBO in association with 1:26 Pictures, Bastard Sword, and GRRM Productions

This episode goes into detail about the volume used for House of the Dragon. Here’s a full playlist of all the BTS features on the show.

• Angus Bickerton, Visual Effects Supervisor

• Nikeah Forde, VFX Producer

• Thomas Horton, VFX Producer

• Sven Martin, VFX Supervisor

• Mark Spindler, VFX Co-Supervisor

• Mark Dauth, Virtual Production Supervisor

• Sebastian Meszmann, VFX Producer

• Mike Bell, VFX Supervisor

• Tobias Graa Winblad, VFX Producer

The Last of Us

HBO Max • HBO in association with Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Dog

Also check out HBO’s full playlist for The Last of Us, but the BTS videos are mixed with promos and other clips.

• Alex Wang, Overall Visual Effects Supervisor

• Sean Nowlan, Overall Visual Effects Producer

• Joel Whist, Production SFX Supervisor

• Stephen James, Visual Effects Supervisor, DNEG

• Nick Marshall, Digital Effects Supervisor, DNEG

• Simon Jung, Visual Effects Supervisor, Wētā FX

• Dennis Yoo, Animation Supervisor, Wētā FX

• Espen Nordahl, Visual Effects Supervisor, Storm Studios

• Jonathan Mitchell, Visual Effects Supervisor, Distillery VFX

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 

Prime Video • Amazon Studios

DNEG also has their VFX breakdown of their work on the show.

• Ron Ames, VFX Producer

• Jason Smith, VFX Supervisor

• Nigel Sumner, VFX Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic

• Ara Khanikian, VFX Supervisor, Rodeo FX

• Dean Clarke, SFX Supervisor

• Ken McGaugh, VFX Supervisor, Wētā FX

• Tom Proctor, VFX Supervisor, DNEG

• Greg Butler, VFX Supervisor, Method Studios

• Joe Henderson, Visualization Creative Supervisor, The Third Floor, Inc.

The Mandalorian

Disney+ • Lucasfilm Ltd.

An hour-long BTS special on the making of Season 3 of The Mandalorian just dropped the other week (which we covered previously), but you can only watch it on Disney+.

• Grady Cofer, Visual Effects Supervisor, Production

• Abbigail Keller, Visual Effects Producer

• Paul Kavanagh, Animation Supervisor, Production

• Cameron Neilson, Assoc. Visual Effects Supervisor

• Scott Fisher, Special Effects Supervisor

• Hal Hickel, Animation Supervisor, Production

• J. Alan Scott, Legacy Effects Supervisor

• Victor Schutz IV, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor

• Bobo Skipper, Important Looking Pirates Visual Effects Supervisor

Congrats to all the nominees! 75th Emmy Awards scheduled to broadcast live on September 18th (strikes pending).

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Animating Images with Code (and AI)

OpenAI rolled out Code Interpreter to ChatGPT the other week.

Try a version of ChatGPT that knows how to write and execute python code, and can work with file uploads. Try asking for help with data analysis, image conversions, or editing a code file.

Chase Lean discovered you could use the code interpreter to animate images.

Here’s the prompt he used:

It also has the potential of dollying in and out.

Basic? Yes. But early steps in a future of text to creative modifications.

Around the Web

• Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore launched a virtual production program in partnership with Pixotope.

• Samsung is redesigning its headset in response to Apple Vision Pro. Pushed from Q1 2024 to Q2 or Q3.

• Upload large files and folders fast with MASV*

• 9 to 5 Mac tries out the $6500 Varjo XR-3 to get a better sense of what the AR of the Apple Vision Pro will be like.

• Article on using AWS, like Amazon WorkSpaces and EC2, for Unreal Engine development

• Disguise is running more Virtual Production Accelerators in LA, NY, and UK.

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