‘Zodiac’ has more in common with ‘300′ than I realised
Zodiac was a fucking fantastic film, I’d go as far to say it’s Fincher’s best film. Unlike a lot of his previous work it was visually quite subtle but ‘the look’ really added a lot to the story overall.
Until now I hadn’t realised how much of the film was enhanced by CGI, in fact I don’t remember actually noticing any on screen apart from a couple of long shots over the Golden Gate Bridge, but that certainly worked in the films favour. The reel above is from the post production company that worked on the film and reveals how much blue screen work was involved with the street scenes, it’s really pretty amazing.
Now we just need to wait for a dvd with extras to replace the bullshit barebones disc currently on release. I want to see some featurettes about the CGI.
(nicked from filmstalker & hollywood elsewhere)
[...] Gracias a Solace in Cinema puedo reconocer que me he quedado anonadado al ver el vídeo que os dejo a continuación. Zodiac (2007) de David Fincher contó con Digital Domain como empresa encargada de realizar algunos de los principales efectos digitales de la película. Una vez visto el vídeo en cuestión, que no lo vea el que no haya visto la peli, uno se pregunta cuál es el límite del uso de estas tecnologías para el cine. Supongo que la inclusión de estos efectos abarata enormemente la producción de un film y, en el caso de Zodiac, tengo que reconocer que resulta sorprendente enterarse de algunos detalles. Daba por hecho que secuencias como la del taxi, secuencia que considero genial, contaba con añadidos digitales para lograr la continuidad y el acercamiento del plano sin cortes, pero lo visto en el vídeo no me lo imaginaba. Tras el resultado ofrecido por Digital Domain me cuesta más comprender lo poco resultones que fueron algunos de los efectos utilizados para escenas de La venganza de los Sith (2005) de George Lucas. [...]
Awesome work. It’s clear that it’s of the highest quality when I can honestly say I spotted none of these VFX when I saw it at the cinema.
Apparently the new 2-disc edition is due on January the 8th in the US and it’s being worked on by Charles de Lauzirika, the dvd producer who put together, among others, the incredible 10-disc Alien Quadrilogy set and the forthcoming (and what will surely be the release of the year) final cut of Bladerunner 5-disc uber set. Essentially, it’s in good hands and I’m looking forward to seeing all the making-of docs.
ed_209 brings the dvd nerd knowledge. much respect. Is it just going to be a dvd release? or blu-ray/HD-DVD too?
Hehe. Exclusive HD-DVD release…I know what I’m getting
[...] the reel here. Sphere: Related [...]