TV viewers are well familiar with “technical difficulties” as a euphemism for technical problems. But for visual effects supervisors on an f/x-heavy picture, technical difficulties are a routine part ...

Disney’s much-maligned tentpole “John Carter” received some measure of redemption from the Acad on Thursday with the news that it’s made the list of 10 pics set for the Oscar visual effects bakeoff.

The high-profile advertisements shown within marquee-televised events such as the Super Bowl, the World Cup, Oscars, and this year’s impending Olympic Games have become almost as notorious as the ...

In a television landscape overrun by ghouls, alien invaders and fire-breathing dragons, there’s no shortage of opportunity for visual- effects artists. The trouble is they’re expected pull off feature ...