6 MOVIE STARS REBORN IN CGIMind-blowing effects from the world’s best studios

PRESENTS:

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“I just don’t think CGI is up to manipulating the human face yet. I have yet to see anything digital to do with the human face that doesn’t just look ridiculous!”

Rian Johnson, Director

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BEN FOSTER• Movie: X-Men: The Last Stand • Created by: Framestore • VFX Supervisor: John Bruno • Director: Brett Ratner • Reality factor: 8

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FUN FACT: THESE FEATHERS ALSO APPEAR IN HARRY POTTER

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Framestore used Maya and RenderMan to add CG wings to a

live action actor, as well as replacing him altogether with a full CG double in some shots.

IMELDA STAUNTON• Movie: Maleficent • Created by: Digital Domain • VFX Supervisor: Kelly Port • Director: Robert Stromberg • Reality factor: 7

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DOMAIN DID IT WATCH NOW

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“We needed them to be photo-realistic and we didn’t want to be confused by any of the stylistic treatments that we were using.”

Kelly Port, VFX Supervisor

JEFF BRIDGES• Movie: TRON: Legacy • Created by: Digital Domain • VFX Supervisor: Eric Barba • Director: Joseph Kosinski • Reality factor: 7

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“All of the facial expressions were driven by Jeff, and made

from his facial movements. Facial animation at the photo-real level

is incredibly difficult.”Eric Barba, VFX Supervisor

BRAD PITT• Movie: The Curious Case of

Benjamin Button • Created by: Digital Domain • VFX Supervisor: Eric Barba • Director: David Fincher • Reality factor: 8

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“For the first 52 minutes of the film it’s a full 3D head, there were 325 individual shots.”

Eric Barba, VFX Supervisor

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OLIVER REED• Movie: Gladiator • Created by: The Mill • VFX team: Rob Harvey, John

Nelson, Neil Courbould, Tim Burke

• Director: Ridley Scott • Reality factor: 9

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Rob Harvey, VFX Supervisor

“Oliver's character dies just before the end of the film. This

was a great actor in an important movie, and we had to make it look

seamless.”

VFX BABY!• Movie: Children of Men • Created by: Framestore • VFX Supervisor: Tim Webber • Director: Alfonso Cuarón • Reality factor: 10

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DID IT! WATCH NOW

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Tim Webber, VFX Supervisor

“Alfonso made it clear that the logistics of the sequence, the

'how', was entirely up to us. That was a great feeling - if scary!”

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