Digital Domain Helps “The Watch” Defend Earth Against Alien Invasion
06 Agosto 2012 - 11:19AM
Business Wire
Digital Domain Productions, a subsidiary of Digital Domain Media
Group (NYSE:DDMG), recently completed visual effects for “The
Watch,” 20th Century Fox’s comedy starring Ben Stiller, Vince
Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade. Directed by Akiva Schaffer,
the movie tells the story of four suburban guys who accidentally
discover that their town has become overrun by aliens posing as
ordinary suburbanites and save it (and the world) from
extermination.
The movie includes an unusually large number of visual effects
shots for a comedy, and Digital Domain’s work focused on those
elements that were key to supporting the story; particularly, the
creation of hundreds of computer-generated aliens. The look of the
aliens was designed by Legacy Effects, which created a number of
practical alien suits worn by actors. Digital Domain brought its
expertise to the aliens’ movement – achieving digitally what was
impossible practically by giving them dynamics and physicality that
were animal-like and could not be mistaken as human.
Digital Domain’s work supports The Watch crew by giving them
serious science fiction to contend with (and play off) as they
discover, battle with, run from and finally destroy, in spectacular
digital pyrotechnic fashion, the invading alien force. Digital
Domain visual effects supervisor Kelly Port oversaw teams in
Vancouver, British Columbia, and Venice, California, and the work
of visual effects partner Reliance MediaWorks done in India, to
deliver 239 shots in 10 months. Performance capture for the aliens
was done in Digital Domain’s virtual production studio in Los
Angeles.
About Digital Domain Productions, Inc.
Digital production company Digital Domain, founded in 1993, is a
subsidiary of Digital Domain Media Group (NYSE:DDMG). The company
has created visuals for more than 90 movies including Titanic, The
Transformers series, X-Men: First Class, Pirates of the Caribbean:
At World’s End and hundreds of commercials. Its artists have earned
multiple Academy Awards®. Digital Domain recently completed visual
effects for Rock of Ages and G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and is in
production on visual effects for Jack the Giant Killer, 47 Ronin
and other features, and a full slate of commercials. The company is
a co-production partner on the upcoming live-action feature,
Ender’s Game, and recently created a virtual likeness of Tupac
Shakur for Dr. Dre’s show at Coachella. www.digitaldomain.com
About Digital Domain Media Group
Digital Domain Media Group (DDMG: NYSE) leverages its expertise
in digital visual effects (VFX) and computer-generated (CG)
animation across a group of interrelated businesses. At its
foundation is Digital Domain Productions (DDPI), an award-winning
digital production company founded in 1993. This leading provider
of visuals has contributed to more than 90 major motion pictures,
including Titanic, the Transformers series, Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World’s End and TRON: Legacy, hundreds of
commercials, and recently created the virtual likeness of rapper
Tupac Shakur for Dr. Dre’s show at the Coachella Valley Music
Festival. Mothership, a DDPI subsidiary, focuses on creating
advertising, entertainment and branded content from concept to
completion, across multiple media platforms. DDMG, its work and its
employees have been recognized with numerous awards, including
seven from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The
company is building on its success in VFX to participate as a
co-producer in major productions and is currently co-producing the
upcoming live-action sci-fi feature film Ender’s Game, as well as
virtual likenesses for Elvis Presley that will be jointly owned by
CORE Media Group and DDMG. DDMG also converts two-dimensional (2D)
imagery to three-dimensional (3D) imagery and holds key patents in
this area. The company is also applying its CG expertise to produce
original, family-friendly animated feature films at its subsidiary
Tradition Studios. The first movie, The Legend of Tembo, is in
pre-production and two more features are in development. The
company’s education subsidiary, the Digital Domain Institute, sets
a new standard in digital media education through a pioneering
public-private partnership with The Florida State University
College of Motion Picture Arts. DDMG is expanding its worldwide
footprint of the highest quality visual effects and animation at
the lowest possible cost through global partnerships in India and
China. The company has studios in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Florida and Vancouver and is currently establishing studios in
Beijing and Abu Dhabi. http://www.ddmg.co
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