Beneath the shell of the stunning 'Ghost in the Shell' special effects
Scarlett Johansson’s new film blurs the line between humanity and technology, and the effects are a dazzling combination of live action with cutting edge CGI.
The new trailer for the upcoming live-action version of the classic anime.
Sequences like the water-filled courtyard fight or climactic Spider Tank familiar to fans of the anime are recreated with complex layers of digital character animation, computer-generated environments and simulations of explosions, gunfire damage and destruction added to greenscreened live action footage.
Recreating the stunning courtyard fight sequence in all its water-y glory meant building a completely computer-generated environment and water effects blended with real stunt footage. The scene was further complicated by adding the invisibility effect of the « thermoptic camouflage » suit worn by Johansson’s character.
Scarlett Johansson films a live action fight scene in front of a giant greenscreen, to which a futuristic cityscape will be added in post-production.
We show how the new movie’s special effects team recreate and reinterpret the legendary anime’s iconic « shelling » sequence with a physical cyborg skeleton.
MPC was also involved in conjuring the movie’s futuristic city. The visual effects team created a library of futuristic buildings and highways teeming with simulated crowds and vehicles. Amongst the towering skyscrapers are giant advertising holograms, dubbed ‘Solograms’. MPC made some 372 Solograms and other holograms to fill the city.
To create these holograms — or photoreal volumetric displays, to give them their proper name — the filmmakers filmed actors with a custom-made rig of some 80 high definition cameras, each running at 24 frames per second. MPC then developed new software and tools to reconstruct, process and manipulate the huge amount of 3D data generated.
A special camera rig was also used for a scene in which the Major’s virtual self explores a rival robot’s memory. 150 DSLRs captured the actors frozen mid-movement so they could be recreated digitally.
« Ghost in the Shell » in theatres now.
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