So Image Engine has finished up a small selection of shots for the upcoming 20th Century Fox release "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." Basically a 911 job (we were the last and smallest of all the visual effects vendors chosen to work on the film), but I think it is the highest profile work the studio has ever undertaken - unless perhaps "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" turns out to be higher profile, but I doubt that. Anyhow - a pretty cool step forward for everybody I think. The shot pictured here - I robbed from the theatrical trailer which is out now - was the largest chunk of work. A dynamic panning shot revealing a spy satellite circling the earth. A straight forward all computer generated shot, although it was actually a lot trickier than you'd think. The foreground element was all done through our Maya & 3Delight pipeline, but the background was a kind of 2.5D approach using a scene set up in Maya and then exported out for use in Nuke. The background is essentially a huge (4K) matte painting from source imagery of the earth (I think from the Hubble or something). It required loads of noodling to get it right. The people - Corrina Wilson, Oskar Wahlberg, Ori Ben-Shabat, Reynold "Bo" Mosley, Greg Massie, Jeremy Mesana, Roberto Hradec, Stefanie Boose - all did a wonderful job. Given the last minute notice and the inclusion of the shot in the film's trailer - it was a pretty crunched schedule. Onwards and upwards!
Friday, June 15, 2007
Rise of the Image Engine
So Image Engine has finished up a small selection of shots for the upcoming 20th Century Fox release "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." Basically a 911 job (we were the last and smallest of all the visual effects vendors chosen to work on the film), but I think it is the highest profile work the studio has ever undertaken - unless perhaps "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" turns out to be higher profile, but I doubt that. Anyhow - a pretty cool step forward for everybody I think. The shot pictured here - I robbed from the theatrical trailer which is out now - was the largest chunk of work. A dynamic panning shot revealing a spy satellite circling the earth. A straight forward all computer generated shot, although it was actually a lot trickier than you'd think. The foreground element was all done through our Maya & 3Delight pipeline, but the background was a kind of 2.5D approach using a scene set up in Maya and then exported out for use in Nuke. The background is essentially a huge (4K) matte painting from source imagery of the earth (I think from the Hubble or something). It required loads of noodling to get it right. The people - Corrina Wilson, Oskar Wahlberg, Ori Ben-Shabat, Reynold "Bo" Mosley, Greg Massie, Jeremy Mesana, Roberto Hradec, Stefanie Boose - all did a wonderful job. Given the last minute notice and the inclusion of the shot in the film's trailer - it was a pretty crunched schedule. Onwards and upwards!
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