FX2: Visual Effects

This is a featurette located on the 2-Disc DVD of X2, and it deals entirely with the effects.

Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad.

Visual Effects in Foreign Correspondent

In this 2013 interview, visual effects expert Craig Barron looks at the creation of some of FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT’s thrilling set pieces.

Making Magic - a visual effects story

In the magical world of visual effects, anything can happen. Making Magic is the story of how visual effects are created for films and video games - and how they are influenced by the laws of nature that govern the real

Visual Effects in Television

An introduction to the devices, techniques and operational methods of the visual effects department of BBCTV.

Day of Chaos: The Visual Effects of 'Dredd'

Featurette focuses on the special effects that permeate the film, looking at the theories behind the look, the concept art created during pre-production and what it took to shoot the film in 3D, with interviews with Mant

Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man

A seven-part "making-of" documentary featuring Jon Favreau, visual effects supervisor John Nelson, Embassy VFS supervisor Winston Helgason, 3D artist Paul Copeland, lead 3D artist Michael Blackburn, Orphanage VFX supervi

Digging the Dirt: The Visual Effects of Tremors

new featurette looking at the film's then groundbreaking effects. Former crews of Fantasy II Film VFX and 4-Ward Productions VFX are featured

Shaping the Sphere: The Art of the Visual Effects Supervisor

Special Effects Supervisor Jeff Okun gives an overview of his responsibilities on Sphere, and takes us through some of the techniques used to create the illusions that sell the film, from storyboards and concept drawings

A Time of Innovation: Visual Effects in the Gold Rush

Craig Barron discusses photographic technique in the film The Gold Rush.

The Visual Effects of 'Scary Movie 4'

In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

Director Francis Ford Coppola and production staff reveal the secrets behind the 1992 masterpiece.

Movie Archaeologists: The visual and sound effects of War of The Worlds

Visual-effects supervisor Craig Barron and sound designer Ben Burtt are historians of specialized filmmaking techniques. In this short documentary, they discuss the production of The War of the Worlds, including the film

Fantastic Voyage: Lava Lamps & Celluloid - A Tribute to the Visual Effects of Fantastic Voyage

The making of The Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage: "Making Of"

Behind the scenes of Richard Fleischer's 1966 film Fantastic Voyage