The Art of VFX: In 2011, Anders Langlands explained the work of MPC on Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. He went on to work on films like Man of Steel and The Martian. He joined Weta FX in 2016 and worked on projects like War for the Planet of the Apes and Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
Beck Veitch started her career in visual effects in 2004 at Rising Sun Pictures. She joined the teams of Weta FX in 2012 and her filmography includes films such as Batman Begins, Speed Racer, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and Alita: Battle Angel.
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I was absolutely stunned by the cinematography and special effects of “The Batman”, I usually hate special effects and absolutely despise many of the most recent Marvel movies because almost the entirety of those films is made-up special effects. For me “The Batman” had a perfect balance of special effects and raw real environments, which I thought was perfectly done. “The Batman” also for me perfectly captured the rawness and grime that comes with living in an urban city like New York in a beautiful and artful way. I loved that most of the show was shot on location, and I personally was even able to connect some of the scenes to places I had been myself which was so much fun. Specifically, the Iceberg lounge fight scene looked incredibly familiar to me when watching the film, and at first glance, I didn’t believe my eyes, but that specific scene was actually filmed in this techno warehouse club I had been to in London. There were also numerous other clips that I connected or associated with parts of New York. All in all, I thought the way they took parts of highly urban cities like New York, Chicago, London, and even Pittsburgh was absolutely stunning and perfectly worked in creating Gotham as a city.
I have been a huge comic book fan ever since I was very young and therefore I have long been a large fan of Batman. I have seen every single movie from the 1960’s live action movie to the wonderfully terrible Batman and Robin movie and I have only recently seen the most recent movie. Which of course I absolutely adored. I loved the fact that they took the character in a different way than other movies and tv shows. I thought the production aesthetic of the movie was so uniquely different from the other movies. It was just as gloomy and full of cool color grading as the other Gothams that have been showcased before, but it had a better sense of the world, I felt. Getting this insight by the designers of this Gotham was really cool to see into the minds of the creators, to see what has carried over from old incarnations and what was totally created brand new.
As a kid, I loved anything behind the scenes. My friend was really into the Batman was I was in middle school and so I picked up on some things about it. Whether it was a documentary about movies, stage productions, or even airports, I loved seeing how everything worked without the general public knowing. It made me feel like I am a part of something secret and cool. I think this was a really fun article to read because it brought out the kid in me. I think how the explosions are made are especially cool. It takes a great deal of planning, knowledge, and a little bit of creativity and insanity to pull something off like that. It also allows me to explore other careers in the industry I never knew existed. I think something like this is so cool and something that is always changing as new technologies allow for cooler, more specific effects. One of the reasons I chose CMU was because of how connected it was to the growing technology industry. I think even things that seem separate from theatre and TV can fit in perfectly with it.
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