Creating the Knightship in Transformers: Age of Extinction Video

ILM has posted a new behind the scenes video for Transformers: Age of Extinction that gets into some of the design choices and details that were created for the massive Knightship (aka Lockdown's ship).

Michael Bay On Action in Transformers: Age of Extinction

Below is a newly posted featurette for Transformers: Age of Extinction that has Michael Bay discussing his approach to filming action sequences for the movie. This is the same special feature that was part of the Blu-ray release of the film.

Behind the Magic for Transformers: Age of Extinction

Below is a new "Behind the Magic" video from the ILM Visual FX YouTube channel that shows off how some of the visual effects were done for Transformers: Age of Extinction.

The Finishing Touch Video for Age of Extinction

MichaelBay.com has released a new 22 minute behind the scenes video for Transformers: Age of Extinction that covers the post-production process as they reached the finish line on finishing the movie. It covers editing, sound, music, voice acting and more.

Transformers 4: Age of Extinction Outtakes

From MichaelBay.com, here is an outtakes video from the set of Transformers: Age of Extinction. It's a bit different as the emphasis is about some of the fun on set and some of the unexpected things that can happen on set including lots of Bayhem and his mom.

Transformers: Age of Extinction Concept Art

The official Facebook page for Transformers has posted concept art from Age of Extinction that looks like it was the near final version that was approved for the movie. The nine image gallery is here.

Big Robots, Big Sounds in Transformers: Age of Extinction

Variety has posted a video that discusses the sound effects used in Transformers: Age of Extinction with mixers Greg P. Russell and Scott Millan. Like most making-of movie featurettes it is kind of sales-pitchy but still might find it interesting. I don't think this is part of the Blu-ray release of the movie.

Transformers: Age of Extinction Blu-Ray Cavalry Charge Feature Clip and Trailer

Next week is the digital release (9/16) of Transformers: Age of Extinction followed two weeks later by the Blu-Ray and DVD release of the movie in stores (9/30). Below is a clip from one of its special features with a look at the Dinobot Cavalry Charge followed by an "extended" trailer/commercial. The digital release is going to be $20 and Blu-Ray release with digital copy is also going to be $20 so you might as well just wait the two extra weeks and get the physical copy.
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First Look at the Creation of the Dinobots from Transformers 4 Blu-ray Release

Now that we know the September 30th release date Transformers: Age of Extinction, here is our first look at the "Creation of the Dinobots" special feature that will be on the Blu-ray release of the movie.

Transformers: Age of Extinction Concept Art from Josh Nizzi

More concept art from Transformers: Age of Extinction has been posted. The latest comes from Concept Artist Josh Nizzi (frankly one of their best in my opinion) that provides his take on the Dinobots, some of the unseen Knights mentioned in the film, Optimus Prime, weapons and shields and a bunch more. That includes another look at the "Creator" hand in a striking image that reminds me a lot of what DC Comics uses when talking about its own origin of the universe. The full gallery of images can be found at Josh Nizzi's website or mirrored here.

The Sound of Transformers: Age of Extinction

From Soundworks Collection, below is a vid that gets into how the sounds were created for Transformers: Age of Extinction that often came from unexpected places. For example the sound of rusted Optimus Prime truck actually came from a monster truck while Lockdown had a deliberate homage to Darth Vader. Apparently there was moments of sound used from the classic Generation One cartoon (I think they were referring to the phone ring tone).

More Detailed Look At Transformers: Age of Extinction VFX

While Transformers: Age of Extinction had a host of flaws, once again ILM brought their A game to the movie with some great visual effects. An extended article from FXGuide.com provides a more detailed looked into how they did their work, much more than could attempt to summarize on the blog. Check out the full article here.

More Concept Art from Transformers: Age of Extinction

More concept art from Transformers: Age of Extinction has been posted online. This time it is the art created by Wesley Burt for the movie with a focus on the Dinobots, Crosshairs, Hound, and Drift. I didn't see a date for it but you can see the different takes that were considered for the characters. The full gallery is here.

The Cars of Transformers 4 Featurette

Below is a Transformers: Age of Extinction featurette that focuses the new vehicles being used in the movie. Thanks to Feris O. for the link.

Transformers 4 Concept Art from Robert Simons

Over at his website, movie concept artist Robert Simons has posted multiple images of his concept art for Transformers: Age of Extinction. His art mostly focused on designs for Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Lockdown and his ship. Of note though is the dates on the art are around 9/27/2009 which is two months after Revenge of the Fallen was released. Does that indicate that Lockdown was in early consideration for Dark of the Moon? Maybe the TF4 story was being tossed around for TF3 until chose a different direction? Any case you can hit the link above to view his work or the mirror of the images here.

Transformers: Age of Extinction's VFX Supervisor Talks Robot Complexity

In an interview with Gizmodo, Transformers franchise visual effects supervisor Scott Farrar discussed the complexity of creating the robots for Transformers: Age of Extinction and how each film is actually harder to do despite improvements in technology. Highlights below, full article here.

"We've all been students of how to make the Transformers characters look more real, more metallic, better acting, more photographically real in each of the films. Certainly the robots look better than they have before in this one. They're sharper, the colors are more detailed, and the biggest change is, I think, the large amount of work that we had that was all robots, lots and lots of shots in the film don't have human actors in them at all. In fact, our work accounts for about 90 minutes of the movie. It's data-heavy, it's the largest film I've ever done, and it's the largest data push through in ILM history.

More B-Roll from Hong Kong Filming of Transformers 4

Here is more B-Roll from the filming Transformers: Age of Extinction on Wulong Valley China. The behind the scenes footage has no commentary or other details, just a string of scenes as cast and crew work on the movie.

Transformers: Age of Extinction B-Roll Video

Below is a fairly long "B-Roll" that shows little snippets of footage from Michael Bay, the cast and crew as they film Transformers: Age of Extinction. It covers a pretty good range of material from setting off large explosions, to filming on the Great Wall of China, and a whole lot more. If anything, it is cool to see how some few seconds of boom and other moments can become this epic looking moment for the movie. Thanks to Colin H. for the link.

Transformers 4 IMAX 3D Digital Camera Featurette

Below is a video from IMAX that looks into the use of their 3D Digital Cameras first used by Michael Bay for Transformers: Age of Extinction. The vid is a quick look at behind the scenes of the movie as it shows the camera being used to film scenes for the movie as explosions and the like going off as the not yet inserted CGI Transformers lay waste to the set.