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The Perfect Storm
The task of bringing director Wolfgang Petersen’s vision for The Perfect Storm to the screen required a seamless integration of very complex CG imagery with blue-screen photography which utilized some of the most elaborate practical effects to date. Because the film’s story is largely based on a real event, Wolfgang placed a tremendous emphasis on creating a movie-going experience that would provide a highly realistic depiction of a severe storm at sea. After reading the script, I immediately decided that everything which could not be achieved with John Frazier’s full-scale watertank setup would be designed by relying entirely on computer generated visuals. While I wasn’t at all sure that the work could be done in a timely and financially viable manner, I figured that an all-CG approach would give us the best shot at pulling off sequences which were to show a fishing boat plowing through 70, 80 and even 100+ foot waves. In the end, we produced about 340 visual effects shots for the project, and more than a few of these turned out to be some of the most complex shots ever done at the facility.
Source: Stefen M. Fangmeier
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