CGI VFX Breakdowns HD: "Now You See Me" - by Rodeo FX

Check out this revealing VFX breakdown for the entertaining 2013 film "Now You See Me", by the talented team at Rodeo FX!! Rodeo FX has delivered 350 complex VFX shots serving as the film's main VFX vendor. The film was released by Summit Entertainment on May 31st.

The Rodeo FX team created and produced a huge and diverse array of shots for the new film, comprising 23 total minutes of visual effects-driven screen time.


Official Website - http://www.rodeofx.com/all-films/now-...
Behance - http://www.behance.net/gallery/Now-Yo...
Official YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/RodeoVFX
Twitter - https://twitter.com/FXRodeo
Now You See Me Movie - http://www.nowyouseememovie.com/

• About Rodeo FX •

We are a Montreal based Visual Effects Production Studio for high-end Film and Advertising. We service all aspects of Visual Effects. Our crew is a dedicated and passionate team of people who bring their best to every shot on every project we are privileged to be a part of. We have Global Experience at creating shots for Award winning, International Advertising Campaigns. Rodeo FX is proud of its reputation for consistently delivering unparalleled quality work, always creative and always with integrity.

*Flying leaf - 99 frames entry + Breakdown

Done for 99 frames - the social animation project. Group here vimeo.com/groups/158719

Final v3 - Done! Couldn't fix the texture flickering at the start - seems to be a known bug with physical renderer.
Breakdown here - vimeo.com/60548918
Inspired by MTV bumpers, onedotzero and wipeout 2097.
Done with Physical Renderer, bodypaint and mograph. Also trying out the new normaliser shader of r14, works great!
Awesome Sound Design by
Wesley Slover at sono sanctus
sono-sanctus.com/
Final version coming soon!
generatormotion.com
everydayallweekallyear.tumblr.com/

Breakdown for 99Frames - *Flying Leaf

Maybe not so much of a breakdown but more of a collection of playblasts/renders and screen captures while i was making this. All made with cinema4D with physical renderer, after effects and a bit of nuke.

UPDATED
You can grab the scene file here generatormotion.com/?p=409
Created for the 99frame project
99frames.tumblr.com/
and
vimeo.com/groups/158719
The final movie can be found here
vimeo.com/58213359
Music - college - the energy story
generatormotion.com
everydayallweekallyear.tumblr.com

Red Tails - VFX Breakdown

This project was a great opportunity to show our skills in animation.

We also had to create a very large environment in order to cover all the angles of the main military base. This was successfully achieved by using a judicious blend of matte painting and CG techniques.

Lights Out - Stereoscopic

  Don your 1950's 3D specs (the red and blue ones) cos this version of "Lights Out" comes to you in Stereo vision!


This is a little animation I've been tinkering around with for a while. The original incarnation was designed for the Piranhabar reception desk which spanned 3 HDTV's so it was wiiiiiiiide. This version is a little easier to swallow on a single screen. The Sterescopic version is just a little experiment by myself to see how to go about doing something in Stereoscopics if ever called to the front line. It's not perfect by any means buts it was fun to try and a great learning experience for what does and doesn't work.

The animation follows a little robotic character who's just trying to grab some shut-eye but the factory around him springs to life unexpectedly. A serious design flaw in the factories ergonomics prevents the poor guy from reaching the off switch and the rest is history!

I pretty much did everything you see and hear here. Visuals were done in XSI, comping and grading in After Effects and sound was done in Premiere. Sound design purely based on sound effects was a new venture for me so I hope the result sounds ok!

check out my site rightpsyche.com for a few more bits :)

Check out a behind the scenes at:
vimeo.com/11548159

work completed at Piranhabar: piranhabar.ie

 Lights Out - Breakdown

A few people have requested this so I just put together a very simple walkthrough/shot breakdown of my little animation "Lights Out". The intial wide screen version was put together in under 10 days so my sketches are very basic but it should give you an idea of the process from sketch to compositing the process I went through to complete "Lights Out".

Check out my website for more bits:
rightpsyche.com

work completed at Piranhabar:
piranhabar.ie

The music is a track by Deework called "Lose My Fire" which is being used under the creative commons license. Check out his stuff at: deework.com

"Bird" - A Decent Animal, Directed by Jon Balcome

  This short film/music video was inspired by the San Fransisco based band, A Decent Animal. The film crew and visual effects crew was comprised of 39 SCAD students along with the aid of Option D Films for the use of their RED Camera. Breakdowns and documentary can be seen at ada-bird.com/visual_effects.php and ada-bird.com/on_set.php.

"Bird" - Visual Effects Breakdown

This video includes breakdowns of some of the visual effects shots for "Bird". I would do them all, but there are 29 of them so I just stuck with a few key ones. Hope you enjoy.

Bird VFX Comparison

This version of the film "Bird" shows a comparison of the final product with what came directly out of the camera.

"Bird" - Behind the Scenes

This is a compilation of footage that was shot by Patrick Longstreth while on set of the film "Bird".

Female Head From Thesis Film "Bird"

Female Head From Thesis Film "Bird"

Bird - Animatic