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Where’d the Color Go?

‘Women Talking’ and ‘Emancipation’ Cinematographers on Why They Desaturated Their Oscar Contenders. Luc Montpellier, Robert…

Solo Studios: creating high-end experiences with a one-man team

Creators like Bryce Cohen from AOE effects argue that ‘Hollywood style’ production technology has become so advanced, portable, and…

Creating a Hollywood-style music video with a one-man team

As a full-stack visual effect and virtual production studio, specializing in innovative visualization solutions, Area of…

How one person with Faceware and Unreal created an entire music video

Recently, a virtual production arm at Area of Effect was tasked to see what one person could…

PREMIERE: SALLY BOY / I LOVE U (MUSIC VIDEO)

Shot Using Motion Capture With Sally Boy Acting Out The Movements Of The Main Character,…

Post Magazine March/April 2022

We are excited to be featured in Post Magazine discussing Rogue Initiative Studios & Area…

Christopher Nolan, Rob Legato Join SMPTE Engineers Advisory Board

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan and three-time Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Robert Legato are among the members of…

Rob Legato Is Achieving VFX’s Long-Sought Photorealistic Breakthrough

Three-time Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Rob Legato (“The Jungle Book, “Hugo,” “Titanic”) has translated virtual…

VES Awards: Honoree Rob Legato Reflects on ‘Titanic’ and Advances in Virtual Production

Legato — a three-time VFX Oscar winner for Titanic, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo and Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book — has…

ASC, VES Release Virtual Production Glossary

A Virtual Production Glossary launches today at VPGlossary.com, through a collaboration between the Visual Effects Society, American…