STRICTLY SHOWREELS

Ra-ey_Saleh_2011

I couldn’t help but add this showreel from Ra-ey Saleh. It’s not as fancy as most of the other reels we show here, but it offers a very interesting insight into how much post-production goes into TV-shows that seem pretty straighforward and unedited on the first glimpse. Later in the reel it also becomes obvious how much layering even seemingly simple VFX-shots require. It’s solid, high-quality broadcast work and I find it quite fascinating.

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Sam_Blalark_2012

Our first showreel of 2012 has arrived! Sam Blalark, obviously named after a lesser known Tolkien character, sent us this short but intense VFX showreel. If this is only the beginning of this year’s entries we are in for quite a ride.

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Gurvand_Tanneau_2011

And we’re back to special effects: Gurvand Tanneau shows off his latest compositing and VFX work, impressive as ever. Can you figure out how he created some of these shots?

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GUNGHO_2011

It’s VFX-week and here’s another showreel from this most technically demanding domain of moving pictures. GUNGHO studios from Denmark sent this in and believe me, you do want to see this. VFX has come a long way and today anything seems possible.

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Dan_Warder_2011

Although I have a strong urge to not show any reels containing the Inception or the Tron theme I’m making an exception for the showreel Dan Warder sent us. He’s a senior FX Technical Director and you are very likely to have seen quite a bit of his work if you’ve been to the cinema in recent years. Amazing stuff all around an he makes it look so simple.

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Rich_Pernice_2011

Rich Pernice does fine compositing and VFX work with After Effects and Nuke in New York. Have a look at his showreel and be amazed at the little details that get a VFX-pass these days.

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Martin_Gunnarsson_2011

Real VFX will always have a special place in my heart. The complexity involved in making fantastic visions a reality can hardly be overestimated and it is always a pleasure to watch a compressed collection of impressive CGI-shots. Martin Gunnarsson delivers a neat overview of his work at Mainframe with just enough behind the scenes footage to keep things interesting.

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Enough with the playing around. Here comes one of the really big-budget showreels of the year, from none other than The Mill. This is pretty much the edge of what’s possible and stylish, so take a good look and enjoy these perfect visuals.

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Elias Widerdal sent in this extremely short but promising showreel. He’s another talented alumni of the Hyper Island motion graphic design school and just finished his half-year intership at +1 in Amsterdam. Now he’s back in Sweden and looking for freelance-work and watching his reel I’m sure he’ll find enough.
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Particles – they make motion graphics better. Just take a look at Tom Freitag’s 2010 showreel and tell me those VFX don’t look gorgeous. His skills aren’t limited to simulation, though. As is quite typical for German motion designers he is well rounded and does rendering, modelling and animation with great precision, too. Tom is a freelancer and currently works in Berlin for the likes of Emmerich and Pure.

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