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Dragon Ball FighterZ has some incredible hidden cutscenes and easter eggs, which can be found by choosing the right characters and stage. Here are all the ones we’ve found so far!

NOTE: This is a re-upload which corrected an error in the previous version.

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If you haven’t seen Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water yet, I heartily recommend you do. It’s simply a great story, which I won’t spoil. But it’s also incredibly engaging as a film that combines practical make-up and suit effects with digital augmentation.

Del Toro has taken that approach in several of his films – he just seems to ‘get’ what makes it work. In fact, I had forgotten that he used to run an effects company called Necropia. Over on Indiewire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, interviewer Chris O’Falt talked to the director about, among other things, making decisions between practical and digital and about the language of visual effects. The comments are great, because we don’t always get to hear directors discuss VFX.

Del Toro says he learned special effects while making his short films. “I studied with Dick Smith, and for 10 years I ran a company that did animation, rotoscope, compositing, make-up effects, suits. And we did it efficiently, with very little money, and that discipline stays with you.”

In the podcast he praises the digital work of Mr. X in the film, in particular in simulating the hair of actress Sally Hawkins for some underwater scenes. And he notes that in working out during the pre-production phase of filmmaking what might require visual effects, he harkens back to what he learned from classic films.

“I studied the classical effects from classical films. I don’t know only the new techniques, I know the old techniques. When you were talking about compositing an image, the language is still the same – matte lines, roto, matte paintings. You’re using the same language as before. Grain, haze, atmospheric dispersion, specularity – the language is the same.”

If you’re interested in more on the effects of The Shape of Water, I wrote about the work for VFX Voice and Cartoon Brew. And definitely go see the film!

Die Hard star Bruce Willis is back to flexing his muscles in action flick titled Death Wish. Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer (MGM) picture’s presents the re-imagining of the 1974 movie, which had a similar plot.

Since the release of the second trailer, a teaser poster has been revealed that geared up the arrival of the main protagonist Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis), who is out for revenge against the people who assaulted his family.

Here’s a synopsis of the movie: Dr. Paul Kersey is an experienced trauma surgeon, a man who has spent his life saving the lives of people on the verge of death. But when his wife is killed and his daughter rendered comatose after a brutal home invasion, Kersey uses his unique skills to become the vigilante killer nicknamed “The Grim Reaper.”

As Willis goes all guns blazing in this revenge saga, the fans can smell blood in the water with the release fast approaching.

Death Wish is directed by Eli Roth and is slated to hit the screens in English, Hindi and Tamil on 9 March 2018.

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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

While this may be the same hackneyed proverb heard over the years, its relevance is abundant in today’s time. Not to be preachy, but, one needs to take one’s mind off work at times, to get back to work with fresh ideas. That is one of the reasons why you will now see reading rooms, gyms, cafeterias, “chilling” areas, indoor games and lots more side-by-side the workspaces in big corporates.

With tight deadlines and tremendous work pressure, recreation has now become important to animation and VFX studios as well. While the studios may not be having game zones, they do host various activities round the year so that Jack does not turn into a dull boy.

India’s Green Gold Animation holds at least one event or activity every month. Some of these include Diwali party, Garba party, table tennis/badminton tournament, Antakshari competition and fun dress up days. “Bommala Koluvu” is their traditional toy display during Dusshera where in all the toys exhibited are hand made by the employees.

The company’s HR department is responsible for the planning and execution of all of these, with inputs from managers and artists taken from time to time.

“We are aware that they (studio members) spend a major part of the day at work and with each other. Good relationships with each other help bring out better work,” said Green Gold Animation HR head Nageswari. “Everyone here are artists and a good environment is necessary to keep stimulating their creativity. For all of these reasons, we keep an active social calendar.”

One event particularly of notice is the cricket league that India’s Green Gold Animation holds annually.

Krazzy Kings: One of the teams of GGPL

Green Gold Premiere League (GGPL) is an IPL-format inter department cricket tournament that the company organises. The tournament spanning two months with 15 teams going against each other is Green Gold’s most popular event of the year.

The tournament time is decided by three factors – work pressure, project delivery dates and weather conditions. It has varied from year to year; last two years, it was held from December through January. And currently, the matches for this year’s league are going on.

The league is managed in-house, and the matches are held in nearby cricket grounds. A small employee committee is created to take care of the organising part. All the arrangements, from renting the cricket ground to umpiring, purchase of equipment, trophies, managing match schedules, hosting a dinner party for final match etc. are made by this employee committee. The teams have their own designed and customised jerseys.

The matches take place in the evening, for five hours straight. “One of the great things about playing cricket in the evenings is that our regular office work doesn’t get affected,” stated Green Gold Animation CEO Rajiv Chilaka.

He added, “We have about 600 people working in Hyderabad and many times they don’t know each other and during this time they get to meet and interact with more people. Cricket is a team sport and our teams are formed department wise to teach the members that they need to work together to win a game..and the same continues at work.”

The idea to organise various activities throughout the year is the product of Green Gold’s management philosophy – a happy person is a productive person. “Also we have high respect for an artist,” added Nageswari. “Hence employee engagement and good floor environment are very important to us.”

I AM NO.1: Another team of GGPL from last year

“Work pressure and stress is an inevitable part of an animator’s life. Creativity takes time and perfection needs focus. Sports competitions such as GGPL act as natural painkillers. The physical activity during these events produce happy hormones decreasing overall levels of tension, elevate and stabilise mood. Cricket is perfect anti-anxiety drug,” said Pramod Patil who heads the BG department.

So what kind of change is experienced at the studio? “The production floor is definitely more cheerful and energy levels seem higher,” Nageswari exclaimed. “Even with all the teasing that goes around different teams, there is camaraderie and good bonding. Also we always see that post GGPL seasons, there is a lot more rapport between the old employees and the recent joinees. Productivity also has bumped up post the season.”

“We have always seen new ideas or new IPs being born around the months of December-January and it’s probably because everyone is working together and are stress free,” Chilaka highlighted.

Considering that the league is now going on, all eyes will be on the studio. Can something be expected to pop up post the event?

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The legend of Lara Croft returns to the screen for a third bite of the cherry, and this time, in the shape of Alicia Vikander who takes the Tomb Raider legacy ahead with her upcoming release.

Primarily based on the 2013 game of the same name, a new trailer has surfaced online that captures Croft’s backstory before eventually setting her on a quest to find her missing father, braving some menacing ship-wrecks and tornados on her way to the Dead Sea in an amazing VFX sequence.

Once on the hermit land, Croft encounters Mathias Vogel (Walton Goggins), a rival archaeologist to her father who also holds the latter’s clandestine, while also unscrupulously pursuing a tomb that holds the key to something big.

Vikander, the newest torch-bearer of the kickass female game character, is seen going through the motions here– fisticuffs amid the dense jungle, swimming against the forceful tides, lung-bursting chases and what not, promising high-octane action and visual delight.

Rising Sun Pictures, Scanline VFX and Soho VFX have helmed the visual effects for the movie.

A Warner Bros. Pictures distribution, Tomb Raider is directed by Roar Uthaug and releases on 16 March 2018.

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