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Blog of Luma
Director/ VFX artist Sam O’Hare has finished a short film, The Sandpit using the Tilt-Shift method! Awesome grade too. In true Phew blog style, check out the making of HERE!
More examples can be found on Google Images here.
Bnko showcases a gritty, edgy steampunk aesthetic in his new Fire Munn. So for those that are interested check out his site with more awesome pictures HERE!
If you are into the Vinyl toys, check out this site on the latest news in the industry. Vinylpulse.
So you thought Luma was sitting around and doing nothing!? Well my friends Luma Arcade has come out of the dark to show us something even more disturbing, their showreel! Its just a few selects of the games they have been working on. Visit them at www.lumaarcade.com.
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Wes Anderson is my favorite director/storyteller. Now he’s spent the last 5 years working on bringing to life Roald Dahl’s book Fantastic Mr. Fox. Now I have a new best movie without ever seeing it! I’m also getting this fine publication on the Making of.
Hecq Vs Exillion – Spheres Of Fury from Tim.Chris.Film on Vimeo.
Nice side project by Christopher Hewitt and Tim Brown. Shot on a Canon 7D. Liking the end titles!
Here’s another behind the scenes of how we created the global commercial for Standard Bank.

In maintaining the momentum of our “behind the scenes” series we found an awesome post on District 9 from the team at CGSociety. Now we have a little more pride in this movie as it was created by a local man Neill Blomkamp. So for all you tech freaks out there, check out the brilliant articles. Don’t forget the “making of” is a two part series!
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Not only do the Japanese have a Animation Department of Kyoto Seika University’s Faculty of Manga, (phew that is a mouth full), but the Japanese are brilliant when it comes to extreme angles and facial expressions.
We thought we would share with everyone our behind the scenes process of the new Ford Everest TV spot.

Step 1: Get hold of Dreamworks
Step 2: Invite the two directors from Lilo and Stitch
Step 3: Watch the trailer
Check out the official website here, or to read more on IMDb
Luma had the freakin’ awesome privilege of Judd Simantov from Naughty Dog dropping in at our offices. Now if you are unfamiliar with Mr Simantov or Naughty Dog, best you read on!!
With the game that started it all, comes something you may or may not want…THE MOVIE!!!!!!
Lots has been happening here at Luma, and one of our big projects has been Luma Arcade. So what does Luma Arcade do? Well if you are a tech freak and want the behind the scenes, take a look at Brett Seyler’s latest post here on his travels to South Africa, as well as what’s going on with iPhone development, and the role Luma has played in it. Read here.