Welcome to the Chicken Bone— our take on what is interesting in the world of visual effects.
“Foundation” VFX Reel / Breakdown
Foundation on Apple TV Plus was a blast to work on. It has now won two VES awards: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode for "The Emperor's Peace" and Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project for "Collapse of the...
“SEE” Reel & VFX Behind-the-Scenes
Chicken Bone FX's work on SEE spanned 6 episodes of season 2. The work ran the gamut from simple paint and cleanup fixes to matte painted backgrounds, day for night conversions, CG set extensions, and crowds, to extended battle sequences with CG swords, arrows,...
A Time for Thanksgiving
What We Are Grateful For This Year We love Thanksgiving-- it's such a great time to pause, reflect, and embrace gratitude. We've been doing some fun things over Slack these past few days and thought we'd share with you what we are thinking about. Our entire company...
Never Forget 9/11
Today we honor all of those who lost their lives, lost loved ones, and are still haunted either physically, mentally, or both by the events of 9/11. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took place in New York and Washington on September...
SEE Season 2 Has Arrived on Apple TV+
SEE season 2 has arrived on Apple TV+ as of August 27, 2021. In a short amount of time, it has already set a new ratings benchmark for the streamer. Awarded the Ruderman Family Foundation Seal of Authentic Representation, See is set in a brutal and primitive...
Two Shows That Start with an “H” Debuting in the Same Week
The Chicken Bone FX team hopes you watch two shows that premiere this week which both happen to start with an "H"-- "Hacks" and "Halston!" Yes, we are nerds and these types of anomalies tickle us. The types of visual effects our talented artists used for these shows...
Vegas, The Mandalorian, & New Virtual Realities
Image by Lothar Dieterich from Pixabay When we hear the phrase “virtual reality” we tend to think of individual headsets and the video games and other applications they enable. These are indeed what most people are referring to when they talk about virtual...
The Chicken Bone FX 2021 Reel is Here!
We hope you enjoy our new VFX reel for 2021. This reel gives you a taste of what kept Chicken Bone FX busy in 2020. We are incredibly proud of being Netflix's sole visual effects partner on The Queen's Gambit, which has won numerous awards already: Golden Globe -...
Chicken Bone FX on “Through The Frame” Podcast
We were thrilled when Jesse Korosi approached us as a guest on "Through The Frame," a podcast he hosts for HPA (Hollywood Professional Organization). In this episode of "Through The Frame," VFX Supervisor, John Mangia, and Chicken Bone FX CEO, John Renzulli, for a...
New Year and New Crowd Duplication Reel
Happy New Year! Chicken Bone FX would like to thank our production and artist crews for their involvement and participation in many projects this year! Your relentless pursuit of quality, artistry and community are noticed and greatly appreciated in this crazy time. ...
“Dash & Lily” VFX Reel
Chicken Bone FX created the New York City holiday magic you see in Netflix's new American romantic comedy streaming television series created by Joe Tracz, based on the young adult series Dash & Lily's "Book of Dares" by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn. The...
“The Queen’s Gambit” VFX Reel
If you are into VFX, we hope you enjoy our new reel showcasing Chicken Bone FX's work. "The Queen's Gambit" VFX reel is here! Chess pieces, set extensions, crowds, period accurate cities around the world, CG planes, and more. Variety recently caught up with us to ask...
“Dash and Lily” Official Trailer is Out!
The Dash and Lily official trailer is here! As you can imagine, the visual effects work for the show were done during COVID-19. While most of the Chicken Bone FX team usually work from home, being that we've always been a largely virtual company, the strain of...
‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Premiers Today on Netflix
"The Queen's Gambit" is available TODAY on Netflix! There has been a ton of press on the The Queen's Gambit over the last few days. Keep your eyes peeled for yours truly (Chicken Bone FX) to be featured for its' part in helping Scott Frank's creative vision come to...
“The Queen’s Gambit” Trailer
We are very excited to see some visual effects in the recently released, "The Queen's Gambit" trailer. Debuting October 23rd on Netflix, "The Queen's Gambit" stars Anya Taylor-Joy ("Split," "Emma") as Beth Harmon, a unicorn in the 1950's world of competitive chess who...
Chicken Bone Makeup Reel 2020
Our makeup reel includes scenes from Westworld and Netflix shows we've been working on. CG Relighting Impractical Makeup Fixes Hybrid Creature Makeup Full CG Face and Limb Replacements Beautification Aging/De-Aging [video width="960" height="640"...
“The Queen’s Gambit” Set to Release Next Month
“The Queen’s Gambit” is set to release October 23, 2020, on Netflix.
COVID-19’s Effect on Production
Technology developed for the video game industry could play a role in getting Hollywood back to work and Chicken Bone FX is in on the action.
Set Extensions As Part of Virtual Production
Virtual production (VP) uses a few robust MX and gaming technologies to facilitate the creation or augmentation of fully 3D environments to allow assets like set extensions–similar to the ones pictured here– to be rendered alternatively in real-time on set giving directors, production designers, and art directors ready access to digital toolsets.
VFX Can Do More Now Than Ever
As TV and film production resumes with new safety protocols in place, VFX capabilities such as crowd duplication to digitally create large crowds and virtual location technology to re-create set locations & backgrounds can help solve social distancing and other new production issues in the post-COVID world.
New Crowd Duplication Reel
We've got a new crowd duplication reel to share with you. #crowdreplication #crowdduplication #crowdsimulation https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC39UcQaGHHreTd7QxGLiBmw [video width="1280" height="720"...
Behind the Scenes: Westworld
The Chicken Bone FX team thought this was one of the more interesting shots in the work we’ve done on the Westworld series.
Chicken Bone Visual Effects Reel 2020
The Chicken Bone Visual Effects 2020 Reel highlights our work with HBO, AMC, Marvel, Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, Warner Bros., and NBC, to name a few. Our experienced VFX teams in LA and NYC deliver the highest caliber visual effects for the best TV and Film...
Chicken Bone’s COVID-19 Announcement
Here at CBFX, we place the utmost importance on the health of our employees and clients. To ensure everyone's safety, we have taken the necessary precautions in response to the recent COVID-19 outbreak by having our in-house employees work remotely and we will...