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Matt and Wren are joined by legendary creature FX artist Alec Gillis to break down the bad and great Practical FX films throughout his career.
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Chapters ►
0:00 Intro
0:24 Alec Gillis joins
1:34 Early Career at Corman's
2:39 Terminator and Practical FX
3:46 Friday the 13th FX
5:46 David Fincher
6:44 Alien 3 Chestburster
9:48 Motion Controlled Faces
11:15 Alien Romulus Androids
12:28 Death Becomes Her
14:28 Jurassic Park T-Rex
15:18 Mortal Kombat Goro
17:51 Goro Eye Engineering
19:44 THAT Dave
21:26 Goro Tribute
22:25 The Thing 2011
24:19 The Thing Practical Effects
25:46 Studio vs Practical FX
26:22 Lessons Learned
28:32 Conclusion
Your next chapter starts today. Get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp online therapy: betterhelp.com/corridorcrew (Sponsored by BetterHelp)
Our videos are made possible by Members of CorridorDigital, our Exclusive Streaming Service! Try a membership yourself with a 14-Day Free Trial ► corridordigital.com
Matt and Wren are joined by legendary creature FX artist Alec Gillis to break down the bad and great Practical FX films throughout his career.
Our Alien Chestburster ► youtube.com/watch?v=L2hqgiW6NXw
Instagram ► instagram.com/corridordigital
Merch ► https://corridordigital.store/
Creative Tools ►
Puget Computers: https://puget.systems/go/CorridorDigital
Aputure Lights: bit.ly/Corridor_Lights
ActionVFX: bit.ly/TheBest_ActionVFX
Greyscale Gorilla: bit.ly/GreyscalegorillaPlus
Cinema4D: bit.ly/Try_Cinema4D
Houdini: bit.ly/HoudiniSims
Nuke: bit.ly/Nuke_Compositing
JangaFX: hubs.ly/Q030gZZ20
KitBash 3D: KitBash3D.com/?ref=corridorcrew
Octane Render: bit.ly/Octane_Wrender
Rendering: bit.ly/TheRenderNetwork
Epidemic Music: bit.ly/Corridor_Music
Chapters ►
0:00 Intro
0:24 Alec Gillis joins
1:34 Early Career at Corman's
2:39 Terminator and Practical FX
3:46 Friday the 13th FX
5:46 David Fincher
6:44 Alien 3 Chestburster
9:48 Motion Controlled Faces
11:15 Alien Romulus Androids
12:28 Death Becomes Her
14:28 Jurassic Park T-Rex
15:18 Mortal Kombat Goro
17:51 Goro Eye Engineering
19:44 THAT Dave
21:26 Goro Tribute
22:25 The Thing 2011
24:19 The Thing Practical Effects
25:46 Studio vs Practical FX
26:22 Lessons Learned
28:32 Conclusion
