Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Academy Award Nominee Best Visual Effects | VFX Notes Podcast Ep 52

(chapters below) This week, we talk about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 which is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. We dive deep into creature work, that ’oner’, and so much more. There’s also a small ’rant’ more to the end about BTS, Don’t miss this episode. Chapters: 00:00:00 - intro 00:01:14 - brought to you by Backlight 00:02:04 - Podcast begins 00:03:44 - first impressions of the film 00:06:00 - long time vegetarian and lover of animals 00:08:19 - James Gunn 00:10:58 - amazing cast, including full digital actors 00:12:25 - Rocket’s performance could have been nominated for an Oscar 00:13:52 - maybe a bit too long! 00:14:44 - the Music 00:15:34 - The VFX of Rocket 00:17:04 - Stephane Ceretti appreciation moment 00:19:41 - stages of Rocket including baby rocket 00:24:17 - rocket’s friends - no mocap - hand animation 00:29:04 - the power of hand animation 00:34:33 - Framestore’s Test renders 00:36:08 - sometimes breakdowns are not very clear to the general audience 00:42:44 - the ‘oner’ 00:55:47 - the rant about the BTS 01:06:23 - stuffies 01:07:45 - Cosmo the dog 01:13:12 - Patreon and Members credits Show notes: A word from our sponsor: Backlight Creative enhances the entire creative project lifecycle. For pre-production, there’s Celtx for script writing, beat boards, shot lists, and planning, and Backlight Gem, a narrative design platform for games and VR. For post-production, you’ve got ftrack Studio to manage creative projects with custom pipelines and reviews with cineSync and ftrack Review for high-res, real-time media collaboration. To manage your assets, connect your own storage to Iconik, a scalable cloud-based media asset management platform. You can learn more at: track - Iconik - Gem - Celtx - If you like our podcast, consider supporting the show on Patreon and get the show 3 days before everyone else. You can support us here: You can also support Hugo’s Desk by buying some products from my Amazon UK Storefront (all earned commissions go to the running of the channel): Or join this channel to get access to the perks: #guardiansofthegalaxyvol3 #vfx #cgi