Digital ET, Special EFX

The Lone Ranger: the best VFX you never noticed?

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Good article on the VFX that cannot be easily spotted and what it took to creat them. Complete article here

Here are a few excerpts:

  •  ..the best part of the movie may be the one that most critics never noticed – or rather, never noticed had been created by human hands. Industrial Light & Magic contributed 375 visual effects shots to The Lone Ranger, almost all of them invisible, including photorealistic trains and environments.
  • Although based on live background plates, Gore Verbinski directed ILM to make its digital environments “bigger and bolder” than reality, heightening the chase sequences’ sense of speed and drama.
  • We did most of the asset build in 3ds Max, but it could be in ZBrush [or other packages] if we needed it; there were a variety of approaches. The texturing is a mix of photographic work and hand painting. There are certain shots that are more matte painter-ish and you need a matte painter’s eye to pull everything together, but we had terrific photo reference, and that keeps you honest.

 The work I’m most proud of is probably going to be the work that people never recognise, and that’s because it’s invisible. I had people stopping me in the hall to say that they didn’t realise that the environments were CG until they happened to see the plates.

 

 

Digital ET, Gaming

Ubisoft, Sony to Produce Movie Based on ‘Watch Dogs’ Game with New Regency

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“Watch Dogs” revolves around a brilliant hacker bent on revenge and inflicting his own brand of justice after a violent family tragedy. In the game, he hacks into Chicago’s Central Operating System, which controls the city’s infrastructure, including security cameras, traffic lights, and public transportation, as well as databases containing key information on the city’s residents and turns the city into his weapon.

The “Watch Dogs” game bows Nov. 19.

More at Variety.com

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ET, Movies, Music

Bollywood’s music monarch

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Those who know him say he keeps a close tab on every aspect of business, especially finance, and holds costs on a tight leash. “Even a Rs 100-bill has to have his endorsement,” says someone who has known him for years. Also, while his father had promoted new talent like Anuradha Paudwal under the T-Series banner, Kumar prefers to keep away from such commitments.

On August 12, 1997, businessman Gulshan Kumar was murdered outside a temple at Andheri (West) in Mumbai. It was left for his 19-year-old son, Bhushan Kumar, to run the privately-held “T-Series” empire that comprised music, consumer electronics, FMCGs and even packaged water. Bhushan knew the grave responsibility that had fallen on his young shoulders. “Chane bechunga,” he had said when asked if he had a Plan B ready in case his inexperience ruined the business. Sixteen years later, it is clear that no Plan B is required.

“I learnt from him that a music company has to work on the conviction of its owner. You cannot leave this job to a professional. He must understand the public taste and not get swayed by his own,” says Bhushan.

More at Business Standard

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