Mike DeWolfe : The Daily Edition

I have been in Special Effects land this week, with the daily filming, nightly compositing of images for our stop motion / claymation / mixed media opus. Tonight, the super cool T2: Judgement Day is running. I started meandering around the web and found this article from http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/documents/ves50revelfin.pdf . I like that Citizen Kane is on this list given its bounty of special effects shots-- miracles in the day, now common place-- likely I threw a couple of those into my shorts (er-- short films). The Visual Effects Society Unveils “50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time” Los Angeles, May 10, 2007 – Eric Roth, Executive Director of the Visual Effects Society (VES), announced today the results of the VES 50: The Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time, which was determined by a vote of VES members. The VES 50 is the backdrop of the 2007 VES Festival of Visual Effects, which will take place the weekend of June 7-10 at the Writers Guild ...

Here is an example of a teleportation special effect I did up. After hearing about the Battlestar Galactica Videomaker contest , I thought I should hone my video skills. In the next few days, I am going to post a how-to for this video. As a teaser: with Adobe Premiere Elements, this is SUPER EASY.