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Elvis - VFX Breakdown by Fin Design & Effects
Check out this amazing & insightful VFX Breakdown "Elvis" by the talented team at Fin Design & Effects. For more information, please see the details and links below :
https://www.findesign.com.au/
Working closely with VFX Supervisor Thomas Wood and VFX Producer Fiona Crawford, the FIN team has created CG environments and digital crowds across 180 shots in 3 sequences for Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, with stunning recreations of Tupelo Town, Elvis’s Louisiana Hayride show, and Los Angeles Airport.
Additionally, FIN worked closely with the editorial and post-production teams on a multitude of musically driven ‘digital optics’ sequences for the film.
FIN Head of Visual Effects, Alastair Stephen, explains, “FIN was tasked with a large body of work that needed considerable creative and technical input. The work was varied in its scope and required all aspects of FIN’s artistry to produce.”
HAYRIDE, LOUISIANA
In the Louisiana Hayride sequence, FIN needed to authentically recreate the full auditorium and the audience. Production shot a large number of ‘sprites’ (a digital audience) to be used within this environment, and they had specific actions to build up the exhilaration of the crowd.
FIN Compositing Supervisor Aaron Barclay explains, “These ‘sprites’ needed to be categorised based on the actors, the action, the angle the camera was shooting them at, as well as the direction that their chair faced so that FIN could put them together into a large particle system and get a proper orientation to the camera.
“FIN utilised the Nuke 3D particle system to handle the placement and orientation of each of the cards within a 3D space aligning to the CG seat placements that were in the digital Hayride set. Each individual ‘sprite’ could be offset and adjusted to get the best performance for each shot. Having all this kept within Nuke allowed for a much higher degree of control in integrating the crowd into the plate, thereby giving the ability to get nicer falloff around lights and blend the crowds into the shadows seamlessly. The final pictures must have complete authenticity.”
LOS ANGELES AIRPORT
FIN’s biggest challenge was the jet sequence that occurs at Los Angeles Airport. FIN CG Supervisor Juri Mejan-Fripp explains, “We had a very sparse and empty space that FIN needed to fill with LAX. There was very little on set: a set of stairs, the cars, and the actors.
“FIN started with aerial maps of LAX to build the base structure of LAX airport. There were a few landmarks that needed to be made the hero, the LAX Theme Building being the key landmark to mark this as LAX. Once a solid foundation of the layout was in place, FIN could push work on getting all the assets to final quality and create a distant environment through DMP.
“The vibe for the area around Elvis was to be the private jet hangars, so taking period references, FIN built CG versions of private jets and hangars and started to dress these into the area to give visual interest for this vast space, while not taking away from the emotional storytelling that is the most important aspect of this sequence.”
“FIN was truly humbled with the opportunity to collaborate so closely with Baz Lurhmann, Catherine Martin, and the entire team at Warner Bros. on this once-in-a-lifetime project. FIN is extremely proud of what the team has produced. Opportunities like this are rare, and the key to its success was the collaborative approach Tom and Fiona brought to the table, coupled with the exceptional artists in the FIN team.”
Whilst on a mission to transform the mainstream rock and roll culture of the USA, singer Elvis Presley uses his fame to highlight racism within the country.
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Elvis - VFX Breakdown by Fin Design & Effects
Check out this amazing & insightful VFX Breakdown "Elvis" by the talented team at Fin Design & Effects. For more information, please see the details and links below :
https://www.findesign.com.au/
Working closely with VFX Supervisor Thomas Wood and VFX Producer Fiona Crawford, the FIN team has created CG environments and digital crowds across 180 shots in 3 sequences for Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, with stunning recreations of Tupelo Town, Elvis’s Louisiana Hayride show, and Los Angeles Airport.
Additionally, FIN worked closely with the editorial and post-production teams on a multitude of musically driven ‘digital optics’ sequences for the film.
FIN Head of Visual Effects, Alastair Stephen, explains, “FIN was tasked with a large body of work that needed considerable creative and technical input. The work was varied in its scope and required all aspects of FIN’s artistry to produce.”
HAYRIDE, LOUISIANA
In the Louisiana Hayride sequence, FIN needed to authentically recreate the full auditorium and the audience. Production shot a large number of ‘sprites’ (a digital audience) to be used within this environment, and they had specific actions to build up the exhilaration of the crowd.
FIN Compositing Supervisor Aaron Barclay explains, “These ‘sprites’ needed to be categorised based on the actors, the action, the angle the camera was shooting them at, as well as the direction that their chair faced so that FIN could put them together into a large particle system and get a proper orientation to the camera.
“FIN utilised the Nuke 3D particle system to handle the placement and orientation of each of the cards within a 3D space aligning to the CG seat placements that were in the digital Hayride set. Each individual ‘sprite’ could be offset and adjusted to get the best performance for each shot. Having all this kept within Nuke allowed for a much higher degree of control in integrating the crowd into the plate, thereby giving the ability to get nicer falloff around lights and blend the crowds into the shadows seamlessly. The final pictures must have complete authenticity.”
LOS ANGELES AIRPORT
FIN’s biggest challenge was the jet sequence that occurs at Los Angeles Airport. FIN CG Supervisor Juri Mejan-Fripp explains, “We had a very sparse and empty space that FIN needed to fill with LAX. There was very little on set: a set of stairs, the cars, and the actors.
“FIN started with aerial maps of LAX to build the base structure of LAX airport. There were a few landmarks that needed to be made the hero, the LAX Theme Building being the key landmark to mark this as LAX. Once a solid foundation of the layout was in place, FIN could push work on getting all the assets to final quality and create a distant environment through DMP.
“The vibe for the area around Elvis was to be the private jet hangars, so taking period references, FIN built CG versions of private jets and hangars and started to dress these into the area to give visual interest for this vast space, while not taking away from the emotional storytelling that is the most important aspect of this sequence.”
“FIN was truly humbled with the opportunity to collaborate so closely with Baz Lurhmann, Catherine Martin, and the entire team at Warner Bros. on this once-in-a-lifetime project. FIN is extremely proud of what the team has produced. Opportunities like this are rare, and the key to its success was the collaborative approach Tom and Fiona brought to the table, coupled with the exceptional artists in the FIN team.”
Whilst on a mission to transform the mainstream rock and roll culture of the USA, singer Elvis Presley uses his fame to highlight racism within the country.
#ElvisMovieVFX #ElvisVFX #MovieVFX #Elvis #ElvisMovie
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