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Art of VFXVFXNeagley: WeFX Breaks Down Its Visual Effects Work Discover the visual effects created by WeFX for Neagley, the Reacher spinoff series, featuring more than 250 VFX shots including CG environments, digital doubles, vehicle crashes, and explosive…

Art of VFXVFXGodzilla Minus Zero Japan fought to rebuild. Now, everything is at stake once again! Godzilla Minus Zero unleashes an epic new trailer filled with destruction and an overwhelming sense of impending doom.

Art of VFXVFXViolent Night 2 Santa Claus is back for another round of Christmas mayhem! Go on set with this featurette for Violent Night 2, as the not-so-jolly Saint Nick faces a ruthless gangster terrorizing a shopping mall.

Art of VFXVFXThe Drop: A Snowfall Saga – A Look at the VFX Created by Silverlake Studios From on-set supervision to final compositing, Los Angeles-based Silverlake Studios handled over 400 VFX shots for The Drop: A Snowfall Saga, enhancing the series’ environments while preserving the…

Art of VFXVFXRamayana: Rise of a Legend The timeless Indian epic comes to life in Ramayana: Rise of a Legend! Follow Prince Rama and Princess Sita as their love story leads them into exile and sets the stage for an extraordinary adventure.

Art of VFXVFXDoctor Strange: Stephane Ceretti – Production VFX Supervisor Back in 2016, we spoke with Stephane Ceretti, Production VFX Supervisor on Doctor Strange, about bringing Marvel Studios’ mind-bending world of magic, shifting realities, and extraordinary visual…

Art of VFXVFXThe Bluff: El Ranchito Showcases Storm and Crocodile VFX Explore the visual effects created by El Ranchito for The Bluff, including spectacular storm simulations, sailing ships battling rough seas, digital doubles, and a thrilling sequence featuring…

Art of VFXVFXMoana: Weta FX Explores the Animation and FX Challenges of Te Ka and Te Fiti Discover how the team of Weta FX approached the animation and FX work for Disney’s live-action Moana, with a particular focus on the digital recreation of Te Ka and Te Fiti.

Art of VFXVFXPercy Jackson and the Olympians – Season 3 The stakes are higher than ever in the new trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3, as the young demigod faces a dangerous quest that could determine the fate of Olympus.

Art of VFXVFXReacher Season 4: A Closer Look at the Invisible VFX by BOT VFX Wire removals, bloody injuries and subtle digital enhancements take center stage in this new VFX breakdown featuring the work of BOT VFX on Reacher Season 4.

Art of VFXVFXThe Man with the Bag The trailer for The Man with the Bag introduces Arnold Schwarzenegger as a Santa Claus facing an unexpected crisis just before Christmas.

Art of VFXVFXResident Evil: Kevin Smith (VFX Supervisor), Jo Davison (Additional VFX Supervisor), Eric Reynolds (Animation Supervisor) and Janet Walters (VFX Producer) – Weta FX In 2024, Kevin Smith discussed Weta FX‘s visual effects work on Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. He later went on to work on The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Invasion.

Art of VFXVFXThe Hunchback, Soul of Paris Set against the backdrop of a cholera epidemic and political unrest in 1830 Paris, The Hunchback, Soul of Paris unveils its first trailer, bringing a dramatic new perspective to the legend that…

Art of VFXVFXWeekend Spotlight – October 31st, 2026 Every weekend, we highlight a handpicked selection of stories from Art of VFX. Whether you’ve missed an interview, want to revisit a great breakdown, or discover the artists behind today’s biggest…

Art of VFXVFXMoana: Weta FX Brings Te Ka and Te Fiti to Life in the Epic Third Act From breathtaking tropical landscapes and raging storms to the fiery Te Ka and majestic Te Fiti, Weta FX showcases its spectacular visual effects work on Disney’s live-action adaptation of Moana.

Art of VFXVFXWay of the Warrior Kid Every warrior has to start somewhere! Discover the first trailer for Way of the Warrior Kid, where an unlikely young hero embarks on a journey to discover his inner strength.

Art of VFXVFXThe Boys Season 5: El Ranchito Unleashes a Bloody VFX Showreel Blood, gore and spectacular visual effects! El Ranchito presents its latest VFX showreel featuring its work on the fifth and final season of The Boys, with a collection of gruesome shots that capture…

Art of VFXVFXHeart of the Beast: François Dumoulin – Production VFX Supervisor Back in 2017, François Dumoulin spoke with us about Rodeo FX’s work on Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

Art of VFXVFXYoung Washington: BOT VFX Recreates 18th-Century America with Invisible Effects Explore the invisible visual effects created by BOT VFX for Young Washington, from massive battlefield enhancements to detailed historical environments and seamless digital transformations.

Art of VFXVFXJumanji: Open World The game has changed! The new trailer for Jumanji: Open World reveals a wild adventure as Jumanji unleashes its chaos into the real world.

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The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo