On apollo s 20th anniversary, a look at how they made. We spoke with the team that made the effects, and learned how. Oscar winning vfx supervisor tim webber and members the visual effects team at framestore talk about their experiences of creating the incredible awardwinning gravity. Recreating zero gravity on film jump to media player gravitys director alfonso cuaron and effects house framestore on the painstaking process of creating the films awardwinning special effects. A stunning marriage of art, storytelling and technical wizardry. The most complicated special effects in modern movie history. Alfonso cuarons pioneering gravity faced enormous specialeffects hurdles before it could achieve lift off. Quentin tarantino placed it in his list of the years best movies so far for 20, while james cameron stated. Fx is a movie i had been hearing about for years, so i finally buckled down and rented it, and i was pretty surprised.
Todays blog post describes the utilization of vfx as well as animation in the famous multiple award winning movie, gravity this blog initiative is taken by maac kolkata to inform the readers about the diverse visual effects, camera, and other apparatuses. Gravity movie behind the scenes interview for kids mocomi. Looking at talking guy and scenes from the movie is not a making of. In film making, visual effects abbreviated vfx is the processes by which imagery is created andor manipulated outside the context of a live action shot. Subscribe now 2 catch the best trailers and the latest hd official movie trailer, film clip, scene, making of, and behind the scenes video. The zerogravity hallway fight scenes were achieved by using. Preproduction, production and postproduction vfx and special effects. Today, hollywood has nearly perfected the art and application of computergenerated imagery cgi in movies and tv shows. Theres not much gravity in gravity, and sandra bullock spent whole days inside a hightech rig to create the.
This is the first in a new series looking at the best cinematography in movies both old and new. Most of the film unfolds in the cold vastness of space, so clearly a. Like a piece of fine art or a classical symphony, its appeal has only grown over time. The visual effects in 2001 a space odyssey leo costa. How gravitys visual effects were created creative bloq. In 2014, it won among many other awards the academy award for best cinematography. It was the closest thing to feeling like i was flying making this movie, the 12wire. The secrets behind its groundbreaking special effects eric eisenberg the day before we were shooting, the robot went right through the dummy that was in the rig, in the light box. Bullock plays a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with clooney as a veteran. In 1895, alfred clark created what is commonly accepted as the firstever motion picture special effect. But getting that zerogravity effect to work took years of effort and. As melanie ralph reports the uk is leading the the way in the field of special effects. Aside from everything else that can be said to praise the new warner bros. Wonderhowto diy projects for movie props and special effects.
One look at the spaceset thriller and anyone can see there are several reasons gravity won and. Visual effects supervisor tim webber the dark knight worked. Theres tons of projects here, from superhero suits to iconic horror movie weapons to chromakeying a perfect lightsaber effect. Alfonso cuaron s pioneering gravity faced enormous specialeffects hurdles before it could achieve lift off. The film gravity starring sandra bullock and george clooney has already won a host of awards. The space movie gravity has swept the technical awards at the oscars. Gravity is the story of a gifted medical researcher, selfalienated from earth and the community of humans, who must confront her deepest demons, ultimately deciding the costbenefit ratio of survival. Go behind the scenes of gravity in this making of featurette.
If you didnt walk out of gravity asking yourself how did they do that. What were the techniques that the filmmakers and visual. Gravity visual effects breakdown prime focus stereoscopic conversion. How the sound masters of gravity broke the rules to make. Passengers vfx supervisor on creating zero gravity mayhem. How were gravity fight scenes in inception filmed by. And dont forget to share your own movie props and special effects secrets. Richard graham, visual special effects project mangager for gravity, says,youll only want to go to space for the first 12 minutes of the movie. When the light box came together, i knew it was not only going to be the. The movie is a hybrid of liveaction, computer animation and cgi, with sets, backgrounds and even costumes rendered digitally.
Visual effects also have a share in the success of hollywood movie gravity. Our inhouse former movie critic submits an epic watch list for trying times. George clooney has less to do in the movie, but his presence has a comforting affectwhether intentional or not. Itll be a sham if any other movie wins the best visual effects oscar.
The british technology behind gravitys oscarwinning visual effects the british production team behind gravity offer an exclusive insight into the creation of their awardwinning visual effects. For gravity, directorcowriter alfonsocuaron and his film crew invented. Filming stretched over four and a half years, forcing warner bros. How gravity revolutionized visual effects and blasted sandra bullock into space.
We named gravity as our favourite film of 20, and so its come as no. Comparable, in recent times perhaps only to avatar where the creator of the film pushed the envelope of technology to unprecedented limits to do something. It was the closest thing to feeling like i was flying making. As the movies visual effects supervisor, franklin oversaw the creation of the lavish and impressive visual effects of interstellar, which was released last month. How gravity revolutionized visual effects and blasted sandra.
It stars sandra bullock and george clooney as american astronauts who are stranded in space after the midorbit destruction of their space shuttle, and their attempt to return to earth. Created by visual effects supervisor neil corbould, this system resembled a marionette, and the production brought in some of the best puppeteers in the business to play puppet master. Upon its release gravity received almost universal consensus amongst film critics and audiences that it is an exceptionally good piece of moviemaking with outstanding direction, storytelling, acting, soundtrack and stunningly realistic visual effects. Gravitys score received the same kind of dynamic panning as the sound effects and dialogue. Much of the groundbreaking work on conveying space and weightlessness was done at londons framestore. In honor of the films 20th anniversary, heres a look back at how director ron howard brought the reallife story. The secrets behind its groundbreaking special effects. Its a good, suspenseful movie with nice effects, a decent story, and some good performances except for the girl who plays the effects assistant, though shes not onscreen a lot. The special effects at this juncture in the film are spectacular, but so is the acting which ratchets up a notch here, too. What is visual effects 2014 what is special effects. All traces of wires, rigs and harnesses were digitally removed, and more special effects were added in. Gravity 20 film gravity is a 20 science fiction thriller film directed by alfonso cuaron, who also cowrote, coedited and produced the film. How gravity revolutionized visual effects and blasted.
Behind the scenes with gravitys special effects bbc news. Some of the best and most funniest movie moments happen behind the scenes. Gravity and special effects in the movie oscar 726 words. Gravity behindthescenes visual effects reel collider. Gravity is an amazing portrayal of courage and faith, in conjunction with incredible special effects of the setting and background showing a vivid magnified view of planet earth. Perhaps more importantly though, the technological advancements and sheer scale of special effects on display could herald a new era of filmmaking, with gravitys successes serving as a.
Bullock also spent an enormous amount of time in a special 12wire rig designed to allow her to float as if she were in zero gravity. While jurassic park is often held up as the pinnacle of ageless special effects, 1995s apollo deserves similar praise for crafting a realistic depiction of outer space that could easily stand alongside meticulously created modern space fare like gravity and interstellar. In 1857, oscar rejlander created the worlds first special effects image by combining different sections of 32 negatives into a single image, making a montaged combination print. Gravity visual effects by framestore subscribe and click the. Watch a behindthescenes video showing how the visual effects in alfonso cuarons gravity were created. But amidst all the tools and effects, the creatives behind gravity. Punjabi sensation ihana dhillon is making heads turn with her sultry pictures. The movie puts lead actor sandra bullock all alone in space and on screen for enormous stretches of time.
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