Extract: “The City of IO” — The Matrix Resurrections VFX by DNEG

In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating The Matrix Resurrections, DNEG environment supervisor Ben Cowell-Thomas and production visual effects supervisor Dan Glass discuss the creation of the city of IO, the secret cavern where the remnants of humanity have joined forces with their new machine allies to build a vast underground city. Read … Continue reading Extract: “The City of IO” — The Matrix Resurrections VFX by DNEG

The Visual Effects of Ex Machina

In 2015, I had the pleasure of interviewing visual effects supervisor Andrew Whitehurst about Ex Machina, Alex Garland’s iconic film about a startlingly human robot and the quest for artificial intelligence. The resulting Q&A appeared on the Cinefex blog and, when the film went on to win that year’s Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, … Continue reading The Visual Effects of Ex Machina