Since 2016, Neuchatel has offered three conference cycles, mostly-but-not-entirely oriented towards professional audiences. Collected under the Nifff Extended banner, the “Storyworlds” and “New Worlds of Fantasy” cycles focus on the writing and development processes, while “Imaging the Future” looks at new media and technology.
Running July 5-6, the latter cycle will feature seven panels spotlighting the immersive creators behind festival selected projects alongside a host of industry pros talking about digital creation, audiovisual innovation and storytelling.
Some of the panels include:
Godzilla: From Practical to Digital Effects
Japanese cinema specialist Fabien Mauro and Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Volker Engel (pictured above) discuss 1998’s “Godzilla,” situating the Roland Emmerich take (on which Engel worked) within the larger Kaiju saga.
“The idea is to traverse the full cinematographic saga through their special effects,” says Nifff artistic director Loïc Valceschini. “The effects went from something very practical, with cardboard cities and men in suits,...
Running July 5-6, the latter cycle will feature seven panels spotlighting the immersive creators behind festival selected projects alongside a host of industry pros talking about digital creation, audiovisual innovation and storytelling.
Some of the panels include:
Godzilla: From Practical to Digital Effects
Japanese cinema specialist Fabien Mauro and Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Volker Engel (pictured above) discuss 1998’s “Godzilla,” situating the Roland Emmerich take (on which Engel worked) within the larger Kaiju saga.
“The idea is to traverse the full cinematographic saga through their special effects,” says Nifff artistic director Loïc Valceschini. “The effects went from something very practical, with cardboard cities and men in suits,...
- 6/24/2021
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
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