A new special 10 episode series of the befores & afters podcast focuses on Industrial Light & Magic, with the fourth episode featuring an interview with Rachel Rose, Director of R&D at ILM, initially conducted for the Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation book.
I’m joined by Rachel Rose, Director of R&D at ILM. We discuss a number of innovations that Rachel was directly involved with at the studio. These include the development of virtual production and real-time tools, like StageCraft. Prior to that work, Rachel worked on the tools BlockParty 2 for rigging and Fez for facial animation. Rachel also offers some interesting views, I think, on where VFX art and tech is heading.
Here’s a quick quiz: Name the company that made VFX for these movies?
E.T., Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Abyss, Terminator 2,, Forest Gump, The Mask, Twister, Mission Impossible, Spawn, Speed II, Saving Private Ryan, The Perfect Storm, AI, Minority Report, Cowboys and Aliens, Lucy, Kong: Skull Island, The Revenant, The Batman, Alien: Romulus and Running Man?
Thanks for inspiring us, ILM.
Order the excellent Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation book from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
