Angelique Jackson As the Met Gala sets its return to the first Monday in May, the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced plans for the 2022 spring exhibition themed “In America: An Anthology of Fashion.”The Met curators, led by Andrew Bolton, the Wendy Yu curator in charge of the Costume Institute, have enlisted eight film directors —- Janicza Bravo, Sofia Coppola, Julie Dash, Tom Ford, Regina King, Martin Scorsese, Autumn de Wilde and Chloé Zhao — to help bring the exhibition to life.“Anthology” is the second of a two-part presentation saluting designers and dressmakers who worked in the United States from the 19th to the mid-late 20th century. It follows Part One, titled “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” which opened in September 2021.
How Chloé Zhao’s Unique Approach to ‘Eternals’ Impacted the Film’s Visual Effects
28.01.2022 - 18:09 / thewrap.com
“Eternals” feels completely different from every other Marvel Studios release, and much of that has to do with writer-director Chloé Zhao’s unique approach to the material – largely skipping green screen sets in favor of natural locations, favoring outdoor lighting, and a generally more philosophical approach to the material and characters that is mostly missing from other Marvel Studios productions. Watch any five minutes of the movie, and you can tell how unique it is – both in the Marvel Studios ecosystem and in big budget filmmaking in general.And this approach can be felt in the visual effects as well, which somehow have an earthier texture too.
TheWrap recently spoke with Stephane Ceretti, the VFX Supervisor on “Eternals,” and Matt Aitken, WETA Digital VFX Supervisor (he previously oversaw the end battle on a little movie called “Avengers: Endgame”), about how Zhao’s approach shaped the visual effects, what it was like bringing an ancient god to life, and everything you wanted to know about Pip the space troll but were afraid to ask.What was it like bringing Chloe into this world? Because she comes from such a different background. And obviously is someone who, I’m assuming, would want to take charge of these kind of things.Stephane Ceretti: And she did.
She really did. It was great.
I mean, it was challenging because she had never done something of that scale. But at the same time, she had a pretty clear idea of how she wanted to approach it from a story point-of-view, from a visual point-of-view, from how we would shoot it.She wanted to make it the way she does our smaller indie films.
She wanted to shoot it with one camera, on location mostly. She wanted to shoot it at the right time of the day, so we would have
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Action! Met Gala exhibit will highlight 8 top film directors
NEW YORK -- Hollywood will have a strong presence at this year’s Met Gala in May — and not only on the red carpet. A group of top film directors including Sofia Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Regina King and last year’s Oscar winner Chloé Zhao will be a key part of the Costume Institute exhibit launching the gala in May.Star curator Andrew Bolton on Tuesday announced the list of eight directors who will create what he called “cinematic vignettes” in the period rooms of the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Budweiser’s Clydesdale Horse Is Back In New Super Bowl Ad Directed By Chloé Zhao
After a years away, Budweiser is bringing back a Super Bowl tradition.
Budweiser's Super Bowl 2022 Commercial Brings Back Clydesdale Horse & Dog, Directed by Chloe Zhao!
The Clydesdale horse is back in Budweiser‘s return to the Super Bowl!
Seth Rogen: ‘Maybe People Just Don’t Care’ About the Oscars, and ‘Why Should They?’
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Douglas Trumbull (1942–2022), visual effects pioneer on “2001,” “Blade Runner”
Douglas Trumbull was a visual effects legend and filmmaker who created groundbreaking effects for films including “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Blade Runner.”Trumbull was new to the field of visual effects when he was hired to work on “2001” – his sole previous credit was a short about spaceflight for the 1964 New York World’s Fair, “To the Moon and Beyond.” But he created visual magic for “2001” as he built memorable effects including the “Star Gate” sequence. Trumbull innovated the use of slit scan photography for the sequence.
James Gunn Rejects Steven Soderbergh’s Claim About Sexless Superhero Films: ‘Some People Are F–ing’
The Daily Beast. “Nobody’s f—ing! Like, I don’t know how to tell people how to behave in a world in which that is not a thing.”On Tuesday, “Suicide Squad” director Gunn politely fired back.
Jane Campion Becomes First Female Filmmaker To Have Two Career Directing Oscar Noms After ‘The Power Of The Dog’
Jane Campion made Oscar history this morning as the first female director to be nominated for Best Director twice, after The Power of the Dog. She was previously nominated in the category for The Piano in 1994, but won in the original screenplay category.
Robert Blalack Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Star Wars’ Visual Effects Artist, ILM Co-Founder Was 73
Robert Blalack, a towering figure in the world of visual effects, died on Wednesday. His wife Caroline Charron-Blalack confirmed the news to Deadline. He was 73.
Jennifer Lopez Wears White Bikini Top Cropped Blazer For ‘Marry Me’ Performance On Fallon
Jennifer Lopez, 52, wowed on Feb. 4 when she made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in an eye-catching set of outfits. The singer performed her new song “Marry Me”, from the new film Marry Me, with Maluma, and wore a flattering white bikini top under a matching cropped blazer and a long skirt. Before she sang, she also wore a long bright red dress with spaghetti straps as she happily chatted with the show’s host, Jimmy Fallon.
Super Bowl Ads: Watch The Latest Spots And Teasers With Paul Rudd, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Hart & More
Super Bowl LVI, set for February 13 at LA’s SoFi Stadium, will have a decidedly different feel than last year’s edition.
Ian Evatt on Morecambe keeping Cole Stockton as Bolton Wanderers travelling fans sent message
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Salma Hayek becomes the wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger in a multimillion-dollar ad for the Super Bowl LVI
Salma Hayek becomes a Greek goddess for the upcoming BMW ad set to premiere during the Super Bowl LVI. Hayek, who is portraying Hera, will star next to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ralf Moller.“I am very excited that my first @BMWUSA ad is for their first-ever electric iX. Check it out on 2.13.22,” the Mexican actress wrote on Instagram, alongside the official poster of the campaing.
Budweiser Super Bowl 2022 commercial shows comeback of wounded Clydesdale
Super Bowl LVI ad takes the reins on all of our emotions.Titled “A Clydesdale’s Journey,” it’s the minute-long story of a wounded horse who finds the will to run in a tale more hard-hitting than a 12-pack of the brand’s lagers.Directed by Oscar winner Chloé Zhao of “Nomadland,” the horse is shown enduring a painful fall into barbed wire along with the crushing sadness the hurt equine felt while confined to its stable, unable to run.After what appeared to be a long and hard winter, the horse — with motivation from Budweiser’s iconic retriever dog — manages a heartfelt recovery to a slowed-down tune of the “Star-Spangled Banner” as its owners look on in awe as the Clydesdale takes off at full speed through their ranch.“This Super Bowl we have one message for America: In the home of the brave, down never means out,” the beer brand captioned the commercial.The inspirational tale that follows one of the brand’s beloved Clydesdales is meant to be a metaphor for what the nation has been enduring, said Daniel Blake, Budweiser’s vice president of marketing.“The Clydesdales are, for many people, a symbol of America, a symbol of hope, of strength, of resilience,” Blake told USA TODAY Sports of the “comeback story.”The move to pull on the nation’s heartstrings comes after Budweiser opted to not run any ads during last year’s Super Bowl, instead putting the money toward vaccine education.“For us to come back, with a symbol of America but also a story of injury, the road to recovery and ultimately, this triumph, I think is a really important message for the country to hear right now and one that really, only Budweiser can tell in this way,” Blake added, predicting the spot will hit people “kind of deep in their core.”The moving
Man arrested in connection with racist abuse of Ashley Cole during Man City FA Cup tie at Swindon
A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the racial abuse suffered by Ashley Cole during Man City’s FA Cup tie at Swindon Town.
How Visual Effects Pros Created Catastrophic Events in ‘Moonfall’
Ed Meza @edmezavarIn making “Moonfall,” his latest world-destroying sci-fi epic, Roland Emmerich once again tapped talent from his native Germany to bring his apocalyptic visions to life.“Moonfall” follows two former astronauts and a brilliant but discredited scientist, played by Patrick Wilson, Halle Berry and John Bradley, who team up on a mission to save the planet after the moon is knocked out of its orbit and begins hurling toward Earth, creating catastrophic environmental devastation in the process.Of the four VFX companies that worked on the film’s massive action sequences, two originated in Germany, Scanline VFX and Pixomondo, while the others, DNEG and Framestore, are British.Scanline, which is being taken over by Netflix, has been a regular partner for Emmerich since the 2009 disaster film “2012.” That project coincided with Scanline’s arrival in Hollywood, says Stephan Trojansky, the company’s president and senior visual-effects supervisor. Scanline had also just made a major splash with its proprietary fluid effects software Flowline, which won the company a Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Award in 2008.“That was just when I arrived in Los Angeles and Roland had this little movie called ‘2012,’” Trojansky recalls.