ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.PREY The Feral Predator Arrives BTS ADIstudioADI2023-10-07 | A thorough behind-the-scenes chronicle of Amalgamated Dynamics' design and build of the "feral" predator from the 2022 Hulu Original Film PREY. And, of course, you get to see some footage on set too.Temporary Insanity (Cinema Make-Up School & ADI)studioADI2021-10-29 | When CMS asked me to write and direct a short film for their P.A. Boot Camp I thought it would be fun to depict them as an evil cult. I mean, if I was just starting out that's where I'd like to go to school!
Thanks to Cinema Makeup School for allowing me input into your curriculum. The idea of this film making boot-camp was to recreate my experience at Roger Corman's back in the '80's: Work on a low budget film with experienced professionals as Department Heads and a crew made up of talented, motivated young people ready for hard work and a learning experience.
We had a ton of fun over two 8 hour days, following Covid protocols and throwing ourselves into the thrill of shoestring film making. Stick around for the credits and see who worked on it!
- Alec GillisWoodruff Kong - No IntrostudioADI2021-07-05 | ...GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS Re-Imagining Rodan ADI BTSstudioADI2019-09-28 | GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS offered ADI a unique opportunity to re-imagine one of the kaiju genre's most iconic monsters: Rodan. Art director Tom Woodruff, Jr and his crew of ADI artists worked closely with director Michael Dougherty to bring new style yet retain the classic look to Godzilla's great flying adversary. Concept artists: Ken Barthelmey, Miguel Gerrero, Carlos Huante, Justice Joseph, Mauricio Ruiz, Bryan Wynia. Sculptor: Tim MartinBATFISHEDstudioADI2019-08-23 | Holy shit. It's a vampire buffet!
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.PREDATOR Sculpting The Fugitive Predator ADI BTSstudioADI2019-01-08 | In designing the look of the Fugitive Predator, director Shane Black wanted a character closer to that of the original 1987 Stan Winston design. Based on Bryan Wynia concept art, Wayne Anderson sculpted the head, joined by sculptors Mike O'Brien, Adam Dougherty, Mike Rotella rounding out the team.PLAYTIME Part FivestudioADI2018-12-21 | FOLLOW US HERE! instagram.com/alec_gillis twitter.com/alec_gillis instagram.com/tom_woodruffjr twitter.com/tom_woodruffjr facebook.com/tom.j.woodruff.5
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.PREDATOR 2018 Designing the Predators Menagerie ADI BTSstudioADI2018-12-13 | Shane Black and Fred Dekker's early drafts of the script for THE PREDATOR called for a menagerie of alien creatures to break free from the crashed Predator spaceship. The idea was that a rogue group of Predators would extract DNA for their own use from a diverse group of specimens collected from across the galaxy. Our goal was to create designs that would not look like they came from a single source. To get a wide variety of concepts we brought in Brian Wynia, Ken Barthelmey, Luca Nemolato, Jordan Morris, Farzad Varahramyan, Michael Eppinette and Tim Martin.
As a side note, Shane and Fred always try to work a spider with a human head into every project they can. They're like that. Our job was to try to make one look cool!
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.PREDATOR 2018 Emissary Predator Concepts ADIstudioADI2018-12-06 | Early drafts of Fred Dekker and Shane Black's script, THE PREDATOR, had two characters called Emissary Predators. The Emissaries were of the Scientific Class, the ones who design the technology used by the Warrior Class. Our first instructions were to imagine them as older and wiser versions of the familiar Predators. Later they became fearsome, and eventually they were not part of the final film. Still a fun design challenge!
Thanks to the designers who contributed to the Emissaries shown here in this video-- Farzad Varahramyan, Ken Barthelmey, Bryan Wynia, Mike Larrabee and Steve Koch.
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.BATMAN 10XLstudioADI2018-11-01 | A fat suit and a character in search of material. Script in progress but thought I'd share a look at an early test in full costume. Was able to get far more energy into the movements in the underground parking than in the 92-degree heat on Hollywood Boulevard. Big plans quickly degenerated into just staying on my feet to get back to the parking to undress - or maybe it was tripping on the curb and falling headfirst into a lamp post. Stupid lamp post. Script starts, "Scene One - Air-Conditioned Office - Day".
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.Catching Up With Kevin Yagher Part 2studioADI2018-09-28 | FOLLOW KEVIN YAGHER HERE! IG @yagherfx www.kevinyagher.com
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.Catching Up With Kevin Yagher Part 1studioADI2018-09-10 | FOLLOW KEVIN YAGHER HERE! IG @yagherfx www.kevinyagher.com
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.The studioADI Collection - Swimming Alien Movement StudystudioADI2018-06-14 | ORDER YOUR SWIMMING ALIEN MOVEMENT STUDY MAQUETTE HERE! studioadi.bigcartel.com/product/swimming-alien-movement-study
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.The studioADI Collection - Alien Resurrection Queen 1:3 Scale HeadstudioADI2018-06-13 | ORDER YOUR 1:3 SCALE ALIEN RESURRECTION QUEEN HEAD HERE! studioadi.bigcartel.com/product/1-3-queen-alien-head
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.The studioADI Collection - Queen Alien EmbryostudioADI2018-06-13 | ORDER YOUR QUEEN ALIEN EMBRYO HERE! studioadi.bigcartel.com/product/queen-alien-embryo
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.The studioADI Collection - Alien3 Poster Queen Alien EmbryostudioADI2018-06-13 | ORDER YOUR ALIEN 3 POSTER QUEEN ALIEN EMBRYO HERE! studioadi.bigcartel.com/product/alien3-queen-alien-embryo
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.The studioADI Collection - Newborn Design MaquettestudioADI2018-06-13 | ORDER YOUR NEWBORN DESIGN MAQUETTE HERE! studioadi.bigcartel.com/product/newborn-design-maquette
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.The studioADI Collection - Newborn Alien Face Design MaquettestudioADI2018-06-13 | ORDER YOUR NEWBORN ALIEN FACE DESIGN MAQUETTE HERE! studioadi.bigcartel.com/product/newborn-alien-face-design-maquette
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.The studioADI Collection - 1:1 Scale Newborn BuststudioADI2018-06-13 | ORDER YOUR 1:1 SCALE NEWBORN BUST HERE! studioadi.bigcartel.com/product/1-1-newborn-alien-bust-alien-resurrection
ABOUT US: Amalgamated Dynamics (studioADI) is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio that designs, produces, and performs special characters for film, television, commercials and art exhibits.AVP Filming Predators In Temple ADI BTSstudioADI2018-06-05 | A quick trip through the pyramid stage on the set of ALIEN VS PREDATOR reveals a near naked Ian Whyte being suited up as the Predator. This guy kicked ass! Also some behind-the-scenes coverage of Tom Woodruff, Jr. operating the insert Alien head with the working inner mouth and while Lance Henriksen and Sanaa Lathan await their cues.BANKSY Village Pet Store & Charcoal Grill Part 4 Final Exhibit ADI BTSstudioADI2018-05-24 | Installed secretly in a small storefront in Greenwich Village, Banksy's "Village Pet Store & Charcoal Grill" opened October 2008. Exclusive footage shows the work done during the day while Banksy would come in alone at night and leave instructions for us in the morning.AVP Filming Temple Flashback ADI BTSstudioADI2018-05-19 | Suit performers, puppeteers and cgi were all used quite effectively to create the Temple Flashback scene depicting the predator warriors being overrun by their prey. Here you'll see all the between takes action as well Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Ian Whyte checking out their work on set.BANKSY Village Pet Store & Charcoal Grill Part 3 The Monkey ADI BTSstudioADI2018-05-11 | ADI loves animatronics and primates. Banksy wanted us to build a Rhesus monkey for his "Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill", and we were happy to oblige. The Rhesus monkey is one of ADI's finest examples of subtle detail and natural programmed performance.ALIEN RESURRECTION Newborn On Set ADI BTSstudioADI2018-05-04 | Everyone has memories of baby's first steps. Here is a collection of footage of our Alien Newborn's first steps and, well, his last. Eavesdropping through the main unit camera, time lapse shots of creature rehearsals, and experiencing the frenzy of puppeteering on set--that's all here and more.BANKSY Village Pet Store & Charcoal Grill Part 2 ADI BTSstudioADI2018-04-26 | To bring his "Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill" to life, Bansky enlisted ADI to create all the animatronic pieces for the show. As simple and straight-forward as the engineering may seem, the project had one overall challenge: everything had to run non-stop, twenty-four hours a day, for a minimum of 30 days. Part Two continues with our work on the manicuring rabbit and the hot dogs and bologna. Oh, and of course, the swimming fish sticks, which not only had to swim but manage to keep their batteries dry.