befores & afters

Ian Failes

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The visual effects of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
10/06/2026 | 23 mins.
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' visual effects supervisor Jason Zimmerman about virtual production, digital characters, space scenes and motion graphics.
How to get the most out of the VES On-Set VFX Data Collection and Usage Guide
08/06/2026 | 41 mins.
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Sheena Duggal, and VFX supervisor and virtual production supervisor Jim Geduldick, about the newly released VES On-Set VFX Data Collection and Usage Guide.
Behind the visual effects of 'Ted' season 2, including the bear, and the deepfake Bill Clinton
05/06/2026 | 25 mins.
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Ted' s2 visual effects supervisors Hoyt Yeatman and Blair Clark about the creation of the main character, and the deepfake work that went into the appearance of Bill Clinton.
How ILM invented ambient occlusion for 'Pearl Harbor'
03/06/2026 | 38 mins.
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to ILM's Ben Snow and Hayden Landis on the 25th anniversary of 'Pearl Harbor', looking back at key ILM innovations, including ambient occlusion, from the film.
A mysterious creature in a mysterious retirement community: the VFX of 'The Boroughs'
01/06/2026 | 27 mins.
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Tara DeMarco about 'The Boroughs', and the creature, environment, TV distortion effects and other VFX in the Netflix show.