Cinesite's Argumentative Analysis
LONDON 13th December 2016— Cinesite revisited to the world of Harry Potter, delivering just under 100 VFX shots including environments of prohibition-era Manhattan, set extensions and the creation of a magical dinner. Cinesite worked on all eight of the Harry Potter movies. Supervisor, Andrew Morley led the team alongside CG Supervisor, Steve Moncur and Compositing Supervisor, Helen Newby.
“We were really excited to work with Christian Manz, Tim Burke and Ollie Young on this adaptation of J.K Rowling’s much-loved material” said Andrew Morley. “Fantastic Beasts gave us a chance to do some incredibly fun and creative work and it marked a return into the wizarding world for many of us.”
Soaring napkins, flying plates and a floating apple strudel all come together in Cinesite’s key scene in the Goldstein apartment, which sees Queenie use magic so dinner prepares itself, mid-air before settling down on the table.
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In one particular scene, Jacob is a little apprehensive about following Newt into the case. Unfortunately, his passage is not quite as straightforward as the slender Newt, and he sticks on the way in, with the case jumping up and down in an effort to pull him down inside. The original live action was shot with a practical suitcase and Dan Fogler’s legs showing beneath, descending into the floor. The onset suitcase was a slightly different size to the one that Newt jumps through, so it was necessary for Cinesite to replace it with an entirely CG version. Much of Cinesite’s work involved painting and clean-up to remove Dan’s legs and rebuild the floor when the case jumps up into the air. Additional clean-up was required to bend and manipulate Jacob’s arms to convincingly lock them onto the edge of the suitcase (which the team had made smaller), adding interactive shadows to the
“We were really excited to work with Christian Manz, Tim Burke and Ollie Young on this adaptation of J.K Rowling’s much-loved material” said Andrew Morley. “Fantastic Beasts gave us a chance to do some incredibly fun and creative work and it marked a return into the wizarding world for many of us.”
Soaring napkins, flying plates and a floating apple strudel all come together in Cinesite’s key scene in the Goldstein apartment, which sees Queenie use magic so dinner prepares itself, mid-air before settling down on the table.
Having multiple CG plates, bowls, apples, napkins, …show more content…
In one particular scene, Jacob is a little apprehensive about following Newt into the case. Unfortunately, his passage is not quite as straightforward as the slender Newt, and he sticks on the way in, with the case jumping up and down in an effort to pull him down inside. The original live action was shot with a practical suitcase and Dan Fogler’s legs showing beneath, descending into the floor. The onset suitcase was a slightly different size to the one that Newt jumps through, so it was necessary for Cinesite to replace it with an entirely CG version. Much of Cinesite’s work involved painting and clean-up to remove Dan’s legs and rebuild the floor when the case jumps up into the air. Additional clean-up was required to bend and manipulate Jacob’s arms to convincingly lock them onto the edge of the suitcase (which the team had made smaller), adding interactive shadows to the