Take a deeper look at ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘F1: The Movie,’ ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth,’ ‘The Lost Bus,’ and ‘Sinners,’ all vying for the Best Visual Effects award on March 15.
VFX supervisor and Oscar-nominee Michael Ralla discusses the challenges of ‘twinning’ brothers Smoke and Stack, both played by Michael B. Jordan, and recreating Mississippi – and its fields of cotton - in Louisiana, on Ryan Coogler and Warner Bros.’ horror drama, just nominated for a record 16 Academy Awards.
The first set of presenters is confirmed for the annual free event that shines a spotlight on the VFX and animation industries; YouTube livestream set for December 8.
Set for August 12 at 5 pm PT, the intimate panel discussion will explore how Production VFX Supervisor Michael Ralla, ILM VFX Supervisor Nick Marshall, and Rising Sun Pictures VFX Supervisor Guido Wolter built a shared vision for the supernatural tale set in the 1930s Mississippi Delta.
Collaborators Jonathan Rothbart, Janelle Croshaw Ralla, and Michael Ralla talk incendiary shotgun shells, a blind assassin’s eyeballs, a CG dog, and hundreds of ring finger removals, on Chad Stahelski and Lionsgate’s shoot ‘em up in volume action-adventure.
The studio delivered almost 400 visual effects shots, with its London facility producing a single 10-minute sequence and Montreal facility creating a range of sequences, including full water simulations, integrating CG ships, digi-doubles and a helicopter crashing into the ocean.
