Ok! Story of this shot - during postvis we were just walking rocky next to Grace.Chris&Phil said what if he goes to water to chrck temp. I said what if he rolls into it! They said go for it!!! I am glad we did :)
Seeing Project Hail Mary at the BFI IMAX last night was an incredible experience. Very grateful to have had the chance to play a small part in something that I genuinely ended up loving so much as an audience member as well.
The amaze amaze amaze crew at @Framestore were wonderful partners on this film - and the second half of Rocky’s performance with exquisite animation/lighting/composite work! The film was a beautiful marriage of practical puppetry and digital VFX. Their creativity is all over the screen!
Some clarification here: "no green screen" doesn’t mean "no VFX”.
There were, in fact, thousands of VFX shots in the film (2018!)
Green screen is sometimes used in lieu of building sets or figuring out locations/lighting in advance, which can be noticeable if not done carefully, and is something we didn’t want to do. We built the entire interior of the Hail Mary ship - but within the ship, there were still wire and puppeteer removals and ceiling replacements, etc. When Ryan is outside on the hull of the ship, we shot him in front of a black background for space and a shifting hue background when he was up against the aurora of a planet which allowed for truer interactive light on him than a green screen would. The wide space exteriors and spaceship shots were entirely digital and beautifully done by ILM. Rocky was a seamless blend of puppetry and animation from Framestore. And other great work from many more. It really does take a village and we had the best of the best on our side.
First poster for Phil Lord & Chris Miller’s ‘PROJECT HAIL MARY’, starring Ryan Gosling
The film follows a teacher who wakes up & soon remembers he was sent 12 light-years away from Earth to save humanity after the Sun began to erode.
Trailer releases on Monday.
#Oscars Nominations — Best Visual Effects:
• Dune: Part 2
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Alien: Romulus
• Better Man
• Wicked
See the full nominees list: https://t.co/OKiP9PBUtq
VFX Supervisor Christian Kaestner and Head of Animation Kyle Dunlevy discuss the process of creating photorealistic, ferocious creatures for Gladiator II in an interview with The Art of VFX.
Read the interview: https://t.co/kYMe9zb731
#VFX#GladiatorII#Creatures#Animation
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Putting it out into the universe:
✂️Editor looking for a gig!✂️
Recent credits inc @BBCOne series “Boarders”,@DisneyPlus feature “Matriarch” & over 15yrs of other malarkey.
From highly paid TV to non paying short films, I’m your guy 😀
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