Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We often cover the VFX of an entire film, but with the shot count so high in many films nowadays, we don't get to do a deep dive into a sequence. In this fxpodcast we examine shot by shot a VFX action sequence. Instead of focusing on the VFX in the Amazon film Heads of State, Fabricio Baessa, DNEG's VFX supervisor discusses just the dramatic Air Force One attack sequence from the start of the film.
0:00 Intro
0:25 Attack on the Air Force One
2:56 What's on Set?
4:15 Lighting
5:30 The Clouds
7:38 The Cargo Plane
9:10 Balancing Interior vs Exterior Lighting
10:23 Screen Interaction
11:36 Drone Hit on the Fuselage
13:35 Engine Explosion
14:49 Pipeline Tools
17:17 The Barrel Roll
18:20 Body Doubles
19:13 Outside the Hole on the Wall
21:04 Digital Lenses vs Real Lenses
22:28 Camera Shake
24:14 Real Props vs Digital Props
26:06 Drone Hitting Cockpit
27:40 How Long Did This Sequence Take to Make
29:14 Credit to the Artists
30:43 Angle of Death
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We often cover the VFX of an entire film, but with the shot count so high in many films nowadays, we don't get to do a deep dive into a sequence. In this fxpodcast we examine shot by shot a VFX action sequence. Instead of focusing on the VFX in the Amazon film Heads of State, Fabricio Baessa, DNEG's VFX supervisor discusses just the dramatic Air Force One attack sequence from the start of the film.
0:00 Intro
0:25 Attack on the Air Force One
2:56 What's on Set?
4:15 Lighting
5:30 The Clouds
7:38 The Cargo Plane
9:10 Balancing Interior vs Exterior Lighting
10:23 Screen Interaction
11:36 Drone Hit on the Fuselage
13:35 Engine Explosion
14:49 Pipeline Tools
17:17 The Barrel Roll
18:20 Body Doubles
19:13 Outside the Hole on the Wall
21:04 Digital Lenses vs Real Lenses
22:28 Camera Shake
24:14 Real Props vs Digital Props
26:06 Drone Hitting Cockpit
27:40 How Long Did This Sequence Take to Make
29:14 Credit to the Artists
30:43 Angle of Death
Facebook: facebook.com/fxguide
Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fxguide
Follow on X: https://x.com/fxguidenews
Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/fxguidevfx
Follow on Threads: threads.com/@fxguidevfx
Visit our web site: fxguide.com
Subscribe to the fxpodcast: fxguide.com/fxpodcasts
