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A woman's face being scanned and created using CGI technology.
Production Art

CGI and The Magic of Movies

If you were to watch the original Jurassic Park and then immediately follow it with Jurassic World, you’ll likely notice a few key differences. For starters, one has Jeff Goldblum while the other has Chris Pratt. The other is the difference between CGI dinosaurs and using practical effects. CGI (short for computer-generated imagery) is ubiquitous […]

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Production Art

How to Make a Great Fashion Show

When you think of a fashion show, you picture models strutting down a runway, wearing the latest in haute couture. The spotlights shine on their perfectly made-up faces, pop music blasts from the speakers, and the models may or may not have angel wings (it depends on the company). What you don’t picture are the […]

Production Manufacturing

Robo-Jobs and Manufacturing the Future

It’s a fear that was once nothing more than science fiction but is now all too real: having your job replaced by a robot. Granted, most jobs are not at risk, as robots aren’t at the level of finesse required for non-repetitive work like embroidery or sketching, nor are they personable enough to replace therapists […]

Jim Carrey, Method Acting, Andy Kaufman, Man on the Moon
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Jim & Andy: Extreme Method Acting

Making a movie isn’t always the glamorous process you’d imagine. It’s not always as simple as taking your coffee in your trailer or sitting for hours while droves of people make you look fabulous. There are a lot of real and deep problems a production process can run into. And, with method acting gaining more […]