Episodes

  • How on-set scanning of environments and actor capture works
    Jan 20 2026

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats with Clear Angle Studios US Head of Capture, Brian LaBrec, about photogrammetry booths, LiDAR scans and other capture on big projects.

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    39 mins
  • How Framestore helped make the creatures and cinematography of 'Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age' feel so real
    Jan 7 2026

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Framestore and production side visual effects supervisor Russell Dodgson about the Apple TV+ and BBC Studios Natural History Unit series 'Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age.'

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    40 mins
  • Phil Tippett updates us on the state of his personal projects, and his view on AI
    Dec 9 2025

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Phil Tippett about a couple of projects he has in the works - including what could be a follow-up to MAD GOD, ie. MAD GOD 2. There's also Pequin's Pendequin, and the Sentinel feature Tippett Studio already crafted a test for. Plus Tippett shares his candid thoughts about AI (they may not be what you think).

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    28 mins
  • What it's like to run a visual effects studio in China
    Dec 1 2025

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Base FX founder and CEO Chris Bremble about operating a VFX studio for 20 years from China.

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    59 mins
  • The painterly art and tech behind stop-motion animated 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls'
    Nov 24 2025

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' filmmakers Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski and Éric Pouliot about the making of this stop-motion animated film.

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    52 mins
  • Infinite Realities on the path to 4G gaussian splatting in digital human capture
    Nov 18 2025

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Infinite Realities' Lee Perry-Smith and Henry Pearce about the company's journey into the world of scanning, photogrammetry, videogrammetry and now 4D gaussian splats, including for the holograms in 'Superman.'

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Saint Walker on the new Core Skills of VFX Handbook 2025
    Nov 9 2025

    Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Saint Walker, who is the collator of The Core Skills of VFX Handbook 2025.

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    28 mins
  • Discussing a new era in visual effects with Phantom Media Group
    Nov 4 2025

    In this special sponsored episode, Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to the leadership from Phantom Media Group, or PMG, which now includes PhantomFX, Spectre, Tippett Studio, Milk VFX and Lola Post.

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    28 mins