https://shotonwhat.com/vfx-tools/the-foundry-vfx The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:05:41 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/avatar-2009 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:34:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/avatar-2009
Director: James Cameron
Cinematographer: Mauro Fiore
A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/als-het-leven-soms-anders-is-2024 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:26:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/als-het-leven-soms-anders-is-2024
Director: Lotte Ruules
Cinematographer: Max van de Pol
At the age of nine, Sam starts to realize that she is different from her classmates. Over the years, she receives many different diagnoses, except the correct one. Finally, after a childhood with much uncertainty, she knows: autism. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/je-bent-al-hier-2024 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:07:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/je-bent-al-hier-2024
Director: Inez Eltink
Cinematographer: Jor Broeder
Becoming the best version of yourself, the goal everyone consciously or unconsciously strives for. Everything can always be better, more beautiful, bigger, faster. Nowadays silence is the only time we can relax, but the world we l... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rups-2024 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:05:41 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rups-2024
Director: Susanne Hagen
Cinematographer: Jesse Post
A film about the silent power of the introvert and the magic of fantasy. ]]> 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/geluid-van-het-einde-2023 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:03:53 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/geluid-van-het-einde-2023
Director: Piter Reitsma
Cinematographer: Isabella Klauwers
When a singing super heroine isolates herself from her surroundings by screaming because of her tragic past, she is forced to overcome her trauma to save the world from a meteorite impact. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/waiting-for-smiths-trilogy-2024 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:59:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/waiting-for-smiths-trilogy-2024
Director: Sebastiaan de Reuver
Cinematographer: Isabella Klauwers
This short film by the artist 'Waiting for Smith' forms an audiovisual triptych in which the video clips of 'Nature's Mind', 'White Light of Love' and 'Let Light In' are told in a continuous story. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/instorten-2022 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:59:02 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/instorten-2022
Director: Piter Reitsma
Cinematographer: Isabella Klauwers
Lisa's brother, medic doctor Joe, develops a potion to travel to alternate dimensions. They go looking for their sister Nina, whom they lost. However, they must be careful, as they are not allowed to change anything in alternate w... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/control-delete-2024 Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:53:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/control-delete-2024
Director: Kris van Melle
Cinematographer: Britt Adriaansen
]]> 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/kompas-2024 Tue, 28 May 2024 15:25:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/kompas-2024
Director: Luca Larsen
Cinematographer: Isabella Klauwers
On the Dutch coast, old friends Kas and Maartje meet for the first time in seven years. Things have changed, so a dilemma arises in Kas's mind: fall back into naive nostalgia or move on to a new kind of relationship? ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/wortels-uit-blik-2022 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 23:23:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/wortels-uit-blik-2022
Director: Keno Aladjuz
Cinematographer: Mans Buskop
When his father has to move back to Italy, Thijn is in conflict because he wants to stay with his friends in The Netherlands. Do his problems stay problems as he keeps living in his mind? ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/beautiful-creatures-2013 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 21:00:20 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/beautiful-creatures-2013
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot
Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-enchantress-of-number-2018 Sat, 08 Apr 2023 22:54:56 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-enchantress-of-number-2018
Director: Rebecca Murga
Cinematographer: David Auner
]]> 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/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/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/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/capsule-2015 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 09:32:01 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/capsule-2015
Director: Andrew Martin
Cinematographer: Felix Forrest
After years of flying fighter planes and 5 years as test pilot, Guy is now, Dec. 4, 1959, on a secret British space capsule orbiting Earth trying to reenter but things start going wrong. Can he, despite cold war, get back to Earth safely? ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/ex-machina-2015 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 09:45:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/ex-machina-2015
Director: Alex Garland
Cinematographer: Rob Hardy
A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I. ]]> 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/pretty-little-liars-2010 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 08:16:02 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/pretty-little-liars-2010
Director: Norman Buckley, Ron Lagomarsino, Chad Lowe, Arlene Sanford, Michael Grossman, Melanie Mayron, I. Marlene King, Wendey Stanzler, Chris Grismer, Roger Kumble, Zetna Fuentes, Patrick R. Norris, Arthur Anderson, Joanna Kerns, Oliver Goldstick, Joseph Dougherty, Lesli Linka Glatter, Elodie Keene, Janice Cooke, Bethany Rooney, Tripp Reed, Larry Reibman, Paula Hunziker, Kimberly McCullough, Jamie Babbit, Liz Friedlander, Dana Gonzales, Paul Lazarus, J. Miller Tobin, Dean White, Tim Hunter, Mick Garris, Joshua Butler, Nzingha Stewart, Michael Goi, Tawnia McKiernan, Troian Bellisario, Marta Cunningham
Cinematographer: Larry Reibman, Dana Gonzales, Buzz Feitshans IV, Craig Fikse, Robert LaBonge, Geoffrey Haley
Four friends band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while also investigating the disappearance of their best friend. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/atlas-shrugged-who-is-john-galt-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:42:32 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/atlas-shrugged-who-is-john-galt-2014
Director: James Manera
Cinematographer: Gale Tattersall
In a post-apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one mysterious man named John Galt, who has the power and influence to change everything.. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sanatorium-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:34:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sanatorium-2013
Director: Brant Sersen
Cinematographer: Daniel Sharnoff
In 1955, a insane patient left his room, walking to the children's ward. There he killed three children while they were asleep. Now, a group of paranormal investigators will go into the ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/before-i-disappear-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:33:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/before-i-disappear-2014
Director: Shawn Christensen
Cinematographer: Daniel Katz
At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours. ]]> 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/emperor-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 04:57:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/emperor-2012
Director: Peter Webber
Cinematographer: Stuart Dryburgh
As the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, General Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/seventh-son-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 04:48:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/seventh-son-2014
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Cinematographer: Newton Thomas Sigel
When Mother Malkin, the queen of evil witches, escapes the pit she was imprisoned in by professional monster hunter Spook decades ago and kills his apprentice, he recruits young Tom, the seventh son of the seventh son, to help him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/akta-manniskor-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:45:56 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/akta-manniskor-2012
Director: Harald Hamrell, Levan Akin, Kristina Humle, Christian Eklöw, Christopher Panov
Cinematographer: Trolle Davidson, Linus Rosenqvist, Frida Wendel, Andres Rignell
In a parallel present the artificial human has come into its own. Robots no longer have anything robot-like about them. New technology and advancements in the field of science have made it ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/as-brasileiras-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:45:46 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/as-brasileiras-2012
Director: Cris D'Amato, Tizuka Yamasaki, Daniel Filho
As Brasileiras (The Brazilian Women) is a Brazilian dramatic, romantic comedy television series. It is a spin-off of As Cariocas. The series has 22 episodes, each episode has a separate ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/vegas-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:45:34 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/vegas-2013
Director: Matt Earl Beesley, Duane Clark, Roxann Dawson, Paul McCrane, Christine Moore, Greg Beeman, Gary Fleder, Anthony Hemingway, James Mangold, Jeff T. Thomas, Alex Zakrzewski, Michael Chiklis, Jerry Levine, Rosemary Rodriguez, Frederick E.O. Toye, James Whitmore Jr.
Cinematographer: Joseph E. Gallagher, Kramer Morgenthau
Ralph Lamb, a former MP for the US Army, becomes sheriff. His brother, Jack, and his son, Dixon, are deputized. Meanwhile, Vincent Savino comes from Chicago to Vegas to run The Savoy hotel and casino. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/percy-jackson-sea-of-monsters-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:43:22 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/percy-jackson-sea-of-monsters-2013
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Cinematographer: Shelly Johnson
In order to restore their dying safe haven, the son of Poseidon and his friends embark on a quest to the Sea of Monsters, to find the mythical Golden Fleece, all the while trying to stop an ancient evil from rising. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-great-gatsby-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:42:40 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-great-gatsby-2013
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Cinematographer: Simon Duggan
A writer and wall street trader, Nick, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby. ]]> 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/fruitvale-station-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:54:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/fruitvale-station-2013
Director: Ryan Coogler
Cinematographer: Rachel Morrison
The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008. ]]> 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/bhoot-returns-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:10:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/bhoot-returns-2012
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Cinematographer: Siddhartha More, Harshraj Shroff, M. Ravichandran Thevar
A family moves into a possessed bungalow. A sudden turn of events in the house leaves them astonished. When things worsen, escape seems to be their last resort. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/department-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:08:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/department-2012
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Cinematographer: Siddhartha More, Sapan Narula, Zaryan Patel, Harshraj Shroff, M. Ravichandran Thevar
A suspended cop joins hands with inspector Mahadev Bhonsle to free the city from underworld. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/boardwalk-empire-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:05:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/boardwalk-empire-2014
Director: Timothy Van Patten, Allen Coulter, Jeremy Podeswa, Ed Bianchi, Brad Anderson, Alik Sakharov, Jake Paltrow, Simon Cellan Jones, Brian Kirk, Martin Scorsese, Alan Taylor, David Petrarca, Susanna White, Kari Skogland
Cinematographer: William Coleman, David Franco, Jonathan Freeman, Kramer Morgenthau, Stuart Dryburgh, Eric Moynier
An Atlantic City, New Jersey politician plays both sides of the law, conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era. ]]> 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/tornado-alley-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:35:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/tornado-alley-2011
Director: Sean C. Casey
Cinematographer: Sean C. Casey, Peter Rubi
A team of storm chasers track a tornado. ]]> 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/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:34:41 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted-2012
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon
The Madagascar animals join a struggling European circus to get back to New York, but find themselves being pursued by a psychotic animal control officer. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sams-im-gluck-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:29:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sams-im-gluck-2012
Director: Peter Gersina
Cinematographer: Gerhard Schirlo
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/r-i-p-d-2013 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:29:28 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/r-i-p-d-2013
Director: Robert Schwentke
Cinematographer: Alwin H. Küchler
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. ]]> 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. ]]>