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January 2001 |
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In Red Planet, astronauts
from a dying earth encounter dire obstacles as they investigate failing
terraformation experiments designed to render Mars suitable for human colonization.
Faced with daunting challenges of its own - including a competing project
and a ballooning effects slate that threatened to top out at nearly a thousand
shots -- Warner Brothers called upon visual effects supervisor Jeffrey
A. Okun to oversee the massive effects effort. Also recruited were
a dozen effects vendors, delivering everything from space footage and zero-gravity
effects to Martian landscapes and a CG robot performance.
Article by Kevin H. Martin |
For his live-action version
of the beloved Dr. Seuss story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas,
director Ron Howard created the town of Whoville and nearby Mount Crumpit
on massive soundstages at Universal, then relied upon makeup maestro Rick
Baker to transform actor Jim Carrey and a huge cast of supporting actors
and extras into the fictional Grinch and his Who neighbors. Adding
visual dazzle to the proceedings were special effects coordinator Allen
Hall, in charge of on-set gags, and Digital Domain, whose virtual set extensions
and other effects lent style and verisimilitude to the fantasy world.
Article by Mark Cotta Vaz |
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