International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) Magazine takes a good in-depth look at the VFX-driven cinematography workflow on the recent sci-fi boxing movie
Real Steel. The film was lensed in HD by Mauro Fiore, Oscar-winning DP of
Avatar, and the workflow leveraged and advanced many of the tools developed on that picture.
Bringing in a VFX-heavy feature for $80 million is no mean feat, and
Josh McLaglen, a veteran of the some of the most complex logistical
films in recent memory, points to the unique workflow as a big part of
that process. “If you’ve got two ordinary people talking over coffee or
even fighting each other for most of your movie, our production paradigm
is unnecessary,” he concludes. “But if two of the four main characters
are paranormal, it makes really good sense, and is a cost-effective
methodology for budgeting complex films. Avatar was translated
virtual-to-virtual, only rarely with humans being interactive. But this
one is going virtual-to-live-action in the real world. To accomplish
that, I think we used the tools better this time.”
Read the entire article here. Also of note is this
fxguide "Case Study" on Real Steel and the accompanying
fxpodcast.
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