Tag: Press

Digital Arts: Cinesite’s Battle Tactics for Hercules Are Revealed

MGM/Paramount Pictures’ latest release, starring Dwayne Johnson in the title role, is directed by Brett Ratner, with VFX supervision by John Bruno and Dean Wright. Cinesite’s Visual Effects Supervisor was Simon Stanley-Clamp. Having completed his legendary twelve labours, Greek demigod Hercules has his life as a sword-for-hire tested when Cotys, the Lord of Thrace and his […]

CG Society: Coordinating Another Alien Invasion

CGsociety’s Paul Hellard gets a look in on Cinesite’s work for the Battle: Los Angeles. The film follows a marine platoon that’s battling against an alien invasion. Cinesite’s Ben Shepherd was that facility’s VFX Supervisor, responsible for a tally of 110 shots. There was also a fair bit of asset swapping between the studios too. […]

Televisual: Cinesite’s Battle Ready VFX

Sony/Columbia’s new Jonathan Liebesman directed disaster movie Battle: Los Angeles centres on a series of striking visual effects from Cinesite. The VFX giant created many of the film’s intricately detailed battle sequences as well as the Commander Alien character. Liebesman chose Cinesite after seeing its work on HBO’s Generation Kill and being impressed by the […]

Studio Daily: Animating Narnia’s Evil Green Mist

One of the magical elements of the latest Narnia film, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, is a menacing green mist that preys on characters’ vulnerabilities and takes advantage of their weaknesses and desires. As one character puts it, “It seeks to corrupt all goodness – to steal the light from this world.” It fell […]