As the Marketing Manager for The Molecule, I learned how the Visual Effects industry works and how VFX were created.
I interviewed my coworkers, industry professionals, and show creators to make sense of the complicated process of creating VFX for TV and Film.
Technology has evolved to the point where thousands of real people are no longer necessary to create a realistic crowd — all you need is a small team and the right software. However, the reason we’re able to digitally create realistic crowds today is no doubt because of the innovations of our predecessors.
Aziz Ansari’s Netflix series “Master of None” doesn’t seem like a show that would have any VFX at all. But there are a several key moments during Season 2 when Visual Effects were integral to the telling of the story…and for setting up the joke.
The script called for a camera move that pulled up from the fields, all the way into space, past a spy satellite, and down into the fields in Russia.
Lincoln in the Bardo is a novel that is all at once so haunting and heartbreaking that it adapts well to something as deeply immersive as a VR experience. Here’s how The Molecule helped to create the VR adaptation.
Visual Effects and CG were modern solutions that helped take NYC back in time to the Jazz Age.
We here at The Molecule are never ones to back down from a challenge, and the Mannequin Challenge is no exception.
The Molecule went inside the mind of Conan ahead of this year’s Comic-Con International
Creating that pivotal roller coaster scene in Season 2 of Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
How The Molecule’s Motion Graphics team created the titles for HBO’s newest series.
Sometimes in order to keep continuity or better tell a story, visual effects are used in subtle ways leaving the audience oblivious the image was ever affected at all.
A period piece that spans decades, The Butler required cosmetic and wig touch-ups on many of the actors to help them age naturally through the film.
Even though it’s still unseasonably warm, fall is undeniably on its way: sweaters are coming out of storage, and beer taps have changed from Summer Ales to Octoberfests. We’re feeling nostalgic and taking a look back at these busy past few months.