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ILM Showcases "Dead Man's Chest" Effects Work
bonniegrrl writes "The work of ILM folks (including VFX supervisor John Knoll) is being showcased in a site just launched to explore the mind-blowing visual effects of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (heavy Flash). Interactive clips at the site allow you to peel back layers of animation to see what ILM had to start with before transforming actors wearing tracking markers into astonishingly real characters. Test your effects awareness by making the call: what's real and what's ILM, rotate turntable models of the animated characters, and download some goodies." The submitter also claims that there are a few Easter Eggs of footage in there somewhere.
showcased in a site just launched to explore the mind-blowing visual effects of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
I don't know about mind-blowing, but I do distinctly remember quite a bit of "Snot"-blowing special FX at the end of PotC:DMC.
How I miss the old days when no editor dare fellow the request of us mere users.
I liked the one where the whole pirate ship jumped over a giant shark.
The whole movie was just way over the top.
My Karma: ran over your Dogma
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Really, you could tell it was CG? Sheesh, you must have some keen eyes and a brilliant intellect, because I thought they had created a real mutant squid-man and taught him to act.
Woah... there's a movie out that has tits and explosions, and nobody told me?!?
In Soviet Rush, today's Tom Sawyer gets high on you.
The shark still looks fake.
I didn't notice much of a coherent plot either. Maybe that was computer generated?