https://shotonwhat.com/vfx-tools/autodesk-maya-vfx The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:51:35 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-2008 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:16:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-2008
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-rises-2012 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:18:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-rises-2012
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City, now on the edge of total annihilation, from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/skyfall-2012 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 14:56:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/skyfall-2012
Director: Sam Mendes
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/burma-road-flying-tigers-2015 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:53:20 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/burma-road-flying-tigers-2015
Director: Chris D. Nebe
Cinematographer: Josh Lim, Josh Miller, JJ Osbun
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end-2007 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 07:49:09 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end-2007
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cinematographer: Dariusz Wolski
Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, find Jack Sparrow, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/live-free-or-die-hard-2007 Wed, 01 Jan 2020 13:46:36 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/live-free-or-die-hard-2007
Director: Len Wiseman
Cinematographer: Simon Duggan
John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/immortals-2011 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:14:48 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/immortals-2011
Director: Tarsem Singh
Cinematographer: Brendan Galvin
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-2002 Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:04:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-2002
Director: Peter Jackson
Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/unstoppable-2010 Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:40:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/unstoppable-2010
Director: Tony Scott
Cinematographer: Ben Seresin
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/enchanted-2007 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 02:13:02 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/enchanted-2007
Director: Kevin Lima
Cinematographer: Don Burgess
A young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York City by an evil queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/il-ragazzo-invisibile-fratelli-2017 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:51:35 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/il-ragazzo-invisibile-fratelli-2017
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Cinematographer: Italo Petriccione
Three years later Michele (The Invisible boy) meets his mother and his twin sister. Both have stories and superpowers but their intentions may not be what Michele thinks. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/shutter-island-2010 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 22:35:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/shutter-island-2010
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cinematographer: Robert Richardson
In 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer, who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/thor-2011 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 22:02:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/thor-2011
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cinematographer: Haris Zambarloukos
The powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-3-2007 Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:00:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-3-2007
Director: Sam Raimi
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-expendables-2010 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:58:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-expendables-2010
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Cinematographer: Jeffrey L. Kimball
A CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-perfect-storm-2000 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 04:02:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-perfect-storm-2000
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cinematographer: John Seale
An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-2007 Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:05:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-2007
Director: Michael Bay
Cinematographer: Mitchell Amundsen
An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/chappie-2015 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 09:26:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/chappie-2015
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Cinematographer: Trent Opaloch
In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/space-battleship-yamato-2010 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 05:09:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/space-battleship-yamato-2010
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Cinematographer: Kôzô Shibasaki
In 2199, the crew of the space battleship Yamato embark on a dangerous journey to the planet Iskandar to acquire a device that will rejuvenate the war-ravaged Earth. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/community-2015 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 04:48:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/community-2015
Director: Tristram Shapeero, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Rob Schrab, Jay Chandrasekhar, Adam Davidson, Justin Lin, Duke Johnson, Steven K. Tsuchida, Kyle Newacheck, Victor Nelli Jr., Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, Seth Gordon, Anthony Hemingway, Gail Mancuso, Ken Whittingham, Richard Ayoade, Fred Goss, Jeff Melman, Steven Sprung, Dan Eckman, Tricia Brock, Michael Patrick Jann, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Bobcat Goldthwait
Cinematographer: Gary Hatfield, James Hawkinson, Buzz Feitshans IV, Jon Tucker, Michael A. Price
A suspended lawyer is forced to enroll in a community college with an eclectic staff and student body. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/undercovers-2010 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 04:47:20 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/undercovers-2010
Director: Stephen Williams, Tucker Gates, J.J. Abrams, Brad Anderson, Daniel Attias, Anthony Hemingway, Jonas Pate, Rosemary Rodriguez, Frederick E.O. Toye, Jeff T. Thomas
Cinematographer: John B. Aronson, John S. Bartley, Michael Bonvillain
Several years into their retirement, a husband and wife team are re-activated as C.I.A. Agents. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-cape-2011 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 04:46:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-cape-2011
Director: Deran Sarafian, Roxann Dawson, Ernest R. Dickerson, Karen Gaviola, Dennie Gordon, David Jackson, Michael Nankin, David Straiton, Simon West
Cinematographer: John Newby, Michael Negrin, Barry Peterson
Vince Faraday is a cop who has been framed for murder, leading him to fall off the grid and become the super hero known only as "The Cape." ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/no-ordinary-family-2010 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 04:45:41 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/no-ordinary-family-2010
Director: Terry McDonough, David Semel, Paul A. Edwards, Timothy Busfield, David Paymer, John Polson, Wendey Stanzler, Ron Underwood, Tom Verica, Greg Beeman, Milan Cheylov, David Petrarca, Stephen Surjik, Michael W. Watkins, Peter Werner
Cinematographer: Oliver Bokelberg, Joaquin Sedillo, David Boyd
The Powells are a typical American family living in Pacific Bay, California, whose members gain special powers after their plane crashes in the Amazon. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/bones-2-2005 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 04:44:56 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/bones-2-2005
Director: Ian Toynton, Dwight H. Little, Jeannot Szwarc, Chad Lowe, David Boreanaz, Milan Cheylov, Allan Kroeker, Tim Southam, Kate Woods, Steven DePaul, Jeff Woolnough, Michael Lange, Randy Zisk, Alex Chapple, Jesús Salvador Treviño, Tony Wharmby, Allison Liddi-Brown, François Velle, Sanford Bookstaver, Craig Ross Jr., Kevin Hooks, Greg Yaitanes, Gordon Lonsdale, Emile B. Levisetti, Rob Hardy, Anne Renton, David Grossman, Tawnia McKiernan, James Whitmore Jr., Scott Lautanen, Jessica Landaw, Brad Turner, Jeffrey Walker, Arlene Sanford, David Hugh Jones, Patrick R. Norris, Donna Deitch, David Duchovny, Karen Gaviola, Joe Napolitano, Jonathan Pontell, Bryan Spicer, Thomas J. Wright, Caleb Deschanel, Marita Grabiak, Mark Helfrich, Daniel Sackheim, Reginald Hudlin, Steve Robin, Silver Tree, Robert Reed Altman, Anton Cropper, Emily Deschanel, Denise Di Novi
Cinematographer: Gordon Lonsdale, Gregory Paul Collier, Robert Reed Altman, Michael D. O'Shea, Cort Fey, Dennis Hall, Jules Labarthe, Sidney Sidell, Loren S. Yaconelli
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan and cocky F.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth build a team to investigate murders. Quite often, there isn't more to examine than rotten flesh or mere bones. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-lego-movie-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:55:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-lego-movie-2014
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Cinematographer: Pablo Plaisted, Barry Peterson
An ordinary LEGO construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as "special", is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/ncis-2003 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:50:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/ncis-2003
Director: Dennis Smith, Tony Wharmby, Terrence O'Hara, Thomas J. Wright, James Whitmore Jr., Arvin Brown, Leslie Libman, Rocky Carroll, Bethany Rooney, Michael Zinberg, Alrick Riley, Colin Bucksey, Mark Horowitz, Alan J. Levi, Jeff Woolnough, William Webb, Peter Ellis, Martha Mitchell, Edward Ornelas, Stephen Cragg, Michael Weatherly, Holly Dale, Diana Valentine, Donald P. Bellisario, Bradford May, Ian Toynton, Dan Lerner, Aaron Lipstadt, Oz Scott, Craig Ross Jr., Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Michelle MacLaren, Mario Van Peebles, Allan Arkush
Cinematographer: William Webb, Christos Bitsakos, Jon L. Kunkel
The cases of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service's Washington, D.C. Major Case Response Team, led by Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/elf-man-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:44:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/elf-man-2012
Director: Ethan Wiley
Cinematographer: John Grove II
An Elf is left behind by Santa to help rescue the Harper family from a lousy Christmas. The Elf and the family get more than they bargained for, as the kids help the Elf discover his special powers and true identity as a budding superhero. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/warm-bodies-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:30:09 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/warm-bodies-2013
Director: Jonathan Levine
Cinematographer: Javier Aguirresarobe
After a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/beowulf-2007 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:28:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/beowulf-2007
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cinematographer: Robert Presley
The warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone) must fight and defeat the monster Grendel (Crispin Glover), who is terrorizing Denmark, and later, Grendel's Mother (Angelina Jolie), who begins killing out of revenge. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/blades-of-glory-2007 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:28:28 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/blades-of-glory-2007
Director: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Cinematographer: Stefan Czapsky
In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/zero-dark-thirty-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:52:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/zero-dark-thirty-2012
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cinematographer: Greig Fraser
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/les-miserables-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:52:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/les-miserables-2012
Director: Tom Hooper
Cinematographer: Danny Cohen
In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/hyde-park-on-hudson-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:19:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/hyde-park-on-hudson-2012
Director: Roger Michell
Cinematographer: Lol Crawley
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/bela-kiss-prologue-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:16:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/bela-kiss-prologue-2013
Director: Lucien Förstner
Cinematographer: Sven Latzke
Bela Kiss was one of the the most brutal serial killers, who killed 23 young women during the beginning of the first World War. The blood-drained bodies were found in metal barrels, conserved in alcohol. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/saw-v-2008 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:05:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/saw-v-2008
Director: David Hackl
Cinematographer: David A. Armstrong
Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome tests. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/tooth-fairy-2010 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:41:27 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/tooth-fairy-2010
Director: Michael Lembeck
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
A bad deed on the part of a tough minor-league hockey player results in an unusual sentence: He must serve one week as a real-life tooth fairy. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/twilight-2-2008 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:40:40 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/twilight-2-2008
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Cinematographer: Elliot Davis
Bella Swan moves to Forks and encounters Edward Cullen, a gorgeous boy with a secret. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:35:42 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-2012
Director: Peter Jackson
Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie
A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/ice-age-continental-drift-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:35:02 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/ice-age-continental-drift-2012
Director: Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier
Cinematographer: Renato Falcão
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-lorax-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:34:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-lorax-2012
Director: Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/jack-and-jill-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:34:01 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/jack-and-jill-2011
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
Family guy Jack Sadelstein prepares for the annual event he dreads: the Thanksgiving visit of his fraternal twin sister, the needy and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:41:53 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-2009
Director: Michael Bay
Cinematographer: Ben Seresin
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:02:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows-2011
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot
Detective Sherlock Holmes is on the trail of criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, who is carrying out a string of random crimes across Europe. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/captain-america-the-first-avenger-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:28:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/captain-america-the-first-avenger-2011
Director: Joe Johnston
Cinematographer: Shelly Johnson
Steve Rogers, a rejected military soldier transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a war monger and a terrorist organization. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/terminator-salvation-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:27:02 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/terminator-salvation-2009
Director: McG
Cinematographer: Shane Hurlbut
In 2018, a mysterious new weapon in the war against the machines, half-human and half-machine, comes to John Connor on the eve of a resistance attack on Skynet. But whose side is he on, and can he be trusted? ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/hugo-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:20:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/hugo-2011
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cinematographer: Robert Richardson
In Paris in 1931, an orphan named Hugo Cabret, who lives in the walls of a train station, is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:06:28 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1-2011
Director: Bill Condon
Cinematographer: Guillermo Navarro
The Quileutes close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses a threat to the Wolf Pack and the towns people of Forks. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sucker-punch-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:39:40 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sucker-punch-2011
Director: Zack Snyder
Cinematographer: Larry Fong
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, envisioning a plan to help her escape. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rush-hour-3-2007 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:21:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rush-hour-3-2007
Director: Brett Ratner
Cinematographer: James M. Muro
After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Lee and Carter head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:20:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-2011
Director: Michael Bay
Cinematographer: Amir Mokri
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets. ]]>