befores & afters

Ian Failes

The befores & afters VFX podcast from journalist Ian Failes, covering the latest in visual effects, animation and virtual production.

  1. AUG 18

    Behind that crazy creature work in the finale of 'The Umbrella Academy'

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'The Umbrella Academy' production VFX supervisor Everett Burrell about the final episode ‘End of The Beginning’ and the impressive creatures.

    25 min

  2. JUL 20

    What exactly does the role of a visual effects producer involve?

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to VFX producer Lynzi Grant to help demystify the role of a visual effects producer. Lynzi has worked on such films as Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Hocus Pocus 2, Spiderhead and Extraction.

    1h 19m

  3. JUL 7

    How they made the new 'Lilo & Stitch'

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Lilo & Stitch' visual effects supervisor Craig Hammack, from ILM, about stuffies, stand-ins, CG animation and all the challenges of making the live-action film.

    43 min

  4. JUN 16

    The surprising use of visual effects in season 6 of 'The Handmaid’s Tale'

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Brendan Taylor from Mavericks VFX and the VFX of season 6 of 'The Handmaid’s Tale', including the opening train scenes filmed with an LED wall, the wedding scene, which had an interesting object removal challenge, muzzle flash work, crowds, that dramatic plane explosion and the final Boston environment shots.

    38 min

  5. MAY 22

    How Steamroller Animation made a 30 min animated pilot episode in Unreal Engine

    Ian Failes chats to key members of Steamroller Animation - Adam Meyer, Josh Carroll and Dave Alve - about their pilot episode of 'Spice Frontier'.

    37 min

  6. MAY 19

    Version Zero AI has a splines output solution for AI/ML rotoscoping

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Version Zero AI co-founders Chad Wanstreet and Allan McKay about their new platform and tool that utilizes machine leaning for roto, matting, clean painting and paint.

    44 min

  7. MAY 12

    The latest machine learning side of Silhouette

    Ian Failes chats to Marco Paolini and Paul Miller, two names synonymous with rotoscoping tool Silhouette from Boris FX, about the machine learning developments now implemented in the tool.

    27 min

  8. MAY 5

    AI and ML in VFX from a VFX artist/supervisor point of view

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor and VFX artist Andreas Maaninka about his take on the wave of AI and ML tools and techniques hitting the industry right now.

    44 min
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About

The befores & afters VFX podcast from journalist Ian Failes, covering the latest in visual effects, animation and virtual production.

Information

  • Creator
    Ian Failes
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    221
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025
  • Show Website
    befores & afters

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