Crafting the Invisible: How DNEG Engineered the Spectacle of Citadel Season 2
When the second season of the high-stakes espionage thriller Citadel hit screens, audiences were treated to a seamless blend of pulse-pounding action and grounded, visceral drama. Behind the lens, the visual effects team at DNEG was tasked with a unique…
Crafting the Spectacle: Inside the VFX Pipeline of ‘Citadel’ Season 2
When the second season of Citadel returned to screens, it brought with it a heightened sense of scale and visceral, high-octane action. Behind the scenes, the visual effects team at DNEG, led by VFX Supervisor Daniel Baldwin, faced the challenge of…
Crafting Terror: Inside the Practical Artistry of Insidious: Out of the Further
The Insidious franchise has long stood as a pillar of modern supernatural horror, defining an era of jump-scare mastery and atmospheric dread. With its sixth installment, Insidious: Out of the Further, now terrifying audiences in theaters, the series…
Crafting Chaos: How VFX Supervisor Kevin Lingenfelser Engineered the Spectacle of Netflix’s Man on Fire
In the modern landscape of high-stakes television, the line between cinematic feature-film quality and episodic content has all but vanished. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Netflix’s latest adrenaline-fueled series, Man on Fire. To achieve the…
Crafting the Galaxy: John Knoll on the Evolving Visual Language of Star Wars
In the latest installment of the fxpodcast, we sit down with legendary Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) visual effects supervisor John Knoll to dissect the groundbreaking production of The Mandalorian and Grogu. More than a simple "making-of"…
