The Fox hit series “24″ was back in true form when the 6th edge-of-your-seat season started out with a bang. Valencia, California, north of Los Angeles, was blown off the map in a nuclear explosion. The heart stopping action continued in grand “24″ style as terrorists not only threatened the complete destruction of major US cities but managed to blow up homes, offices and even the president throughout the harrowing day. Ending in a grand finale at an off shore oil platform, Jack Bauer and his crew barely escaped with their lives as F-18 fighter jets bore down on the site and launched the final attack. Emmy award-winning visual effects houses Zoic Studios and Eden FX contributed the stunning effects for this season.

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As most moviegoers now know, “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” contains a 20-minute climactic sea battle in a massive maelstrom. There is said to be more visual effects in this one sequence than are found in many VFX-driven feature films in their entirety.

The big challenge in this “Pirates” sequence — and the new film — was the water.

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Imaginary forces put together this teaser for the second installment of National Treasure.

The 1:40-minute teaser, art-directed by Sean Koriakin of Imaginary Forces, opens on a CG 19th century globe.

The viewer is taken into the globe where script type - from the 18 missing pages of Booth’s diary - is revealed.

Gates (Cage) provides the voiceover, telling the story as though we are seeing the adventure in his head.

Through his deductive thought process, we follow the type where highlighted clues and symbols lead to animated images of President Lincoln and his assassination, and to various landmarks in Paris, London and the US where this global journey takes Gates and his team.

Cgsociety has an awesome 3 page article featuring the making of Spiderman 3. includes: some of the effects and techniques they used on the film, the tools they used to create the sandman, and how the evil goo effect was conceived. Warning there are some spoilers.

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