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Priest: not your average vampire movie

Director Scott Charles Stewart’s Priest envisions an alternative post-apocalyptic world pitting man against vampire, and spiritual warriors helping to win the war. The effects in the film range from the vampires to whole cities and towns, a baron wasteland and a train…

Aiding the invasion in Battle: Los Angeles

Aiding the invasion in Battle: Los Angeles

In Battle: Los Angeles, the Californian city once again finds itself under attack from alien invaders. Visual effects supervisor Everett Burrell and an army of effects artists wrought havoc on the city as well as realizing the other-worldly warriors. Seeking to…

SPIN has a blast in LA with PFTrack

SPIN has a blast in LA with PFTrack

Toronto-based visual effects studio, and long-time PFTrack users, SPIN VFX, recently delivered 200 shots for the military sci-fi thriller Battle: Los Angeles. Their work included creature effects, crowd simulations and the general destruction of the city of Los Angeles. The…

Career advice: Jeff Campbell, SpinVFX

CG Channel: What does your current job involve? Give us the one-line summary. Jeff Campbell: I suggest creative and technical solutions all along the VFX process from script to screen. Read more: CG Channel

Legion: More Than a Wing and a Prayer

The premise of Legion (which opened Friday from Screen Gems) is that a biblical apocalypse descends on the world to destroy mankind. Mankind’s only hope is in the hands of a fallen angel (Paul Bettany) and a group of strangers in a…