Issue 13

Issue 13 Winter 2018

£6.95

This issue showcases some of the pioneering work being done in fields beyond film and TV – truly ground-breaking prosthetics skills and applications. Of course, there are the usual fantastic behind-the-scenes stories and images that you’ve come to expect as well!

Look out for 

  • Academy Award winner Christopher Nelson and his FX makeup co-designer Vincent Van Dyke on becoming part of the Halloween legacy
  • Mike Defeo and Josh Turi collaborate on creating a practical prosthetic using a digital process
  • Justin Raleigh and his Fractured FX team’s incredible work on medical simulation with Boston Children’s Hospital

Features

Christopher Nelson and Vincent Van Dyke on Halloween / Louie Zakarian on heading up the Saturday Night Live makeup department for no less than 25 years / Blue Whale Studio’s Jonah Levy and Matthew Silva on the challenging ageing makeups for Uncle Drew / Jamie Kelman creates the prosthetics for crime thriller Galveston single-handed / Millennium FX’s use of traditional creature techniques for horror comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez / Göran Lundström on the Oscar-nominated makeup FX for Swedish fantasy thriller Border.

Tutorials and tech specs

Mike Defeo and Josh Turi share their breakthrough process for creating a practical prosthetic using a digital technique, and Stuart Bray and Todd Debreceni on the popular ‘foreign object lodged in the body’ effect done successfully and safely.

Plus: wisdom from multi-award winner Barrie Gower, Scott Essman’s profile of classic monster meister Jack Pierce, the development of prosthetic techniques for revolutionary medical simulation at Boston Children’s Hospital, and this issue’s B-Sides: Academy Award winner Mark Coulier and team’s character work that didn’t appear in Dracula Untold.

Inside this issue

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