HEY, here's a THREAD 🧵 on the engineering behind that eyeline system used on 'Avatar: The Way of Water' from the in-depth @beforesmag article (including how it was nearly a drone instead of a cablecam!) ... VP supe Ryan Champney: “We already had a mo-cap system going as well, so we thought we could just give the drone a point in space & the mo-cap system would self-correct it, i.e. you could push it away and it would fly back. We ended up not going that route just because of sound.”

Here's a quick @beforesmag THREAD on some of the special presentations studios and companies are doing at @siggraph #siggraph2022 in Vancouver... First up, it's the @autodesk Vision Series (I'm particularly looking forward to 'Camila Cabello & the Toughest Green Screen Shot I’ve Ever Undertaken')
cvent.autodesk.com/event/bcf9e9f7…

In this thread I promise nothing more than just 'Scooby-Doo' (2002) stuffy and stand-in shots. The movie's 20th anniversary is this week!

Look, 'Speed 2: Cruise Control' -- celebrating its 25th anniversary today!! -- was not a great film (shock horror) but I will forever remember the very cool VFX website that Rhythm & Hues established to demo their work. You can find it here: rhythm.com/speed2/ I spent HOURS on that website because it was one of the only ones at the time with very cool Flash-related or gif related befores/afters, and gave a fun insight into how VFX shots were done. Like the plane, and propellor shots in the film