Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/017We chat with matte painter Jesse Silver about his work on Tron, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Labyrinth, moving from real paint to digital for Super Mario Bros., and o

Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/016 We chat with Brian Covey about the making of Something Wicked This Way Comes, and discover that it might be an overlooked CGI first. Listen for your chance to win a free

Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/015 Cinefex Associate Editor Joe Fordham joins us to discuss the making of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. — The Extra-Terrestrial, we try to figure out how E.T.’s innards work

Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/014 We talk the making of Clint Eastwood’s Firefox with Russian speaker Mike Gower, and we marvel at John Dykstra and Apogee’s technical advances for the effects of the s

Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/013 Mike Gower chats with us about the making of Poltergeist, and we learn how to make ectoplasmic goo and body-sausage water guns. Listen for your chance to win a free 1-

Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/012 We talk with Joe Fordham and Jeff Bond, authors of Planet of the Apes: The Evolution of the Legend, covering all incarnations of the Apes! Listen for your chance to wi

Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/011/ We talk with Douglas Trumbull about his history as a creator and inventor of VFX and immersive film technology, making Back to the Future… The Ride, and his latest pr

Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/010/ We talk with Douglas Trumbull about his history as artist, animator, and VFX legend, from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Brainstorm, and hear about what caused him to become a

Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode_008 We chat with visual effects artists Harrison Ellenshaw and John Van Vliet about their work on the 1982 cult classic Tron, and hear about the hand-drawn animation that peop

Complete show notes (with links) are available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode_007 We chat with creator and publisher of Cinefex, Don Shay, about the life and work of stop motion pioneer Willis O’Brien, including The Lost World, King Kong, Mi