Visual Effect of The Curios Case of Benjamin Button (2008, directed by David Fincher)
Ed Ulbrich's (from Digital Domain) in his TED talk(2009) presents some of Computer Graphics challenges/achievements for the visual effect of this movie.
Nuggets:
- Around 150 CG/modelers/artists worked for more than 4 years on the visual effect of this film! (why CG is still so time consuming!?)
- This film won three Oscars, for Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, and Best Makeup (2008)
- Watch his complete talk here
- The link to wikipedia page on this film here
The Boxtrolls, a 3D stop-motion animated film (2014)
This animated film is produced by Laika Studio. They have used an interesting printing technology for facial expression of 3D stop-motion characters.
Nuggets:
- This film was an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Big Hero 6.
- The film earned $109 million[4] on a $60 million[7] budget.
- Watch the behind scene of this animation here
- The link to wikipedia page on this film here
