Rebuilding the Prehistoric World: VFX Mastery on Prehistoric Planet
In this episode, we go behind the scenes of Prehistoric Planet with Elliot Newman, EFX Supervisor for the groundbreaking Apple TV+ series that reimagines the age of dinosaurs through a documentary-style lens. Over the course of three years, Elliot and his team tackled immense technical and creative challenges—from simulating realistic water physics and animating deep snow to designing 58 entirely new dinosaur species.
Elliot shares how visual effects and virtual production techniques were used to seamlessly blend real-world location photography with CGI assets, creating environments that feel both scientifically accurate and emotionally immersive. He also discusses the critical role of previsualization in shaping the narrative, refining workflows, and grounding each scene in a believable setting—whether it’s a windswept desert or a frozen tundra.
In This Episode:
🦕 How the team built 58 new dinosaurs from scratch
❄️ The challenge of animating deep snow and matching real-world water properties
🎬 The role of previs and storyboards in shaping location and tone
🌍 Blending real photography with CGI for seamless realism
🧠 Insights into refining processes and managing a multi-year production pipeline
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Byte – Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Premiere Interviews
🎬 Episode Overview This Byte episode takes to the Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 premiere. From red carpet
🎤 Talent Interviews This episode features exclusive conversations with:
Wayne Knight
Matthew Lillard
Josh Hutcherson
Producer Jason Blum
Director Emma Tammi
See the interviews and footage of the premiere on Plus Today
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Byte: Red Carpet Interviews – Avatar: Fire and Ash Hollywood World Premiere
The Hollywood premiere of Avatar: Fire and Ash, held at the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre, the event marked a triumphant return to Pandora, blending spectacle with heartfelt storytelling.
🎤 Red Carpet Interviews The evening featured exclusive interviews with the following cast and creators: Edie Falco, CCH Pounder, Joel David Moore, Oona Chaplin, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, James Cameron, and Suzy Amis Cameron.
See all the sights and sounds of the Hollywood Premiere Exclusively On Plus
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Building Worlds, Breaking Time: The VFX of Foundation
In this episode, we dive into the epic scope of Apple TV+’s Foundation with Chris MacLean (Overall Visual Effects Supervisor) and Mike Enriquez (Visual Effects Supervisor). From the grandeur of the Starbridge to the intricate planetary environments, they reveal how the show’s ambitious world-building was achieved under pandemic constraints and relentless deadlines.
Chris and Mike share how they collaborated with production designer Rory Cheyne to translate abstract concepts from Isaac Asimov’s legendary sci-fi saga into tangible, cinematic experiences. They discuss the challenges of remote workflows, the evolution of visual effects pipelines, and the emotional weight behind designing scenes that feel both futuristic and mythic.
In This Episode:
🌌 How Foundation’s visual language was shaped across planets, timelines, and empires
🛠️ The making of the Starbridge sequence—technical feats and narrative symbolism
🎨 Working with Rory Cheyne to align production design and VFX seamlessly
🧪 Pandemic-era innovation: remote collaboration, virtual scouting, and compressed timelines
🚀 Why visual effects are storytelling tools, not just spectacle
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Bones, Wreckage, and Time: Unearthing the Impossible
In this mind-bending episode, I zoomed with authors M.E. Ellington and Steven Stiefel to explore their provocative story that begins with a routine paleontological dig—and ends with a challenge to everything we think we know about time, science, and human history. When the bones of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex are unearthed alongside modern human skeletons and a piece of an aircraft—stripped of all identifying marks—the scientific community is thrown into chaos.
Ellington and Stiefel take us behind the scenes of their genre-defying narrative, where paleontologists and crash investigators must confront the limits of their disciplines and the uncomfortable possibility that their academic foundations may be built on sand. As personal agendas clash and professional reputations hang in the balance, the mystery deepens: What really happened more than 65 million years ago?
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