Hal Hickel

Animation Director, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Oscar, BAFTA winner

Puppets Versus Pixels: How nostalgia for old school fx, and the backlash against CG affect the perception of visual effects.

What's "real" and what's "fake"? ILM Animation Director Hal Hickel examines our perceptions of old school physical VFX versus modern CG techniques, and the ways those perceptions shape our response to what we see on screen.