Lucy
To help Luc Besson visualize how the title character, Lucy (Scarlett Johansson), unlocks the full potential of her brain after an apparent overdose of an experimental drug through no fault of her own, we had to think differently. This wasn’t a typical visual effects film; it was much more abstract so we took a design-centric…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
In addition to creating a variety of photorealistic environments for the film, ILM was charged with bringing TMNT’s four eponymous characters — Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello — their sensei and adoptive father, Splinter, and their nemesis Shredder to life for a combined 43 minutes of screen time. To do so, ILM developed and deployed ILM Muse, the highest resolution, most flexible facial…
Tomorrowland
Early in pre production director Brad Bird and his team of filmmakers decided that Tomorrowland would push to be the first movie to be authored for Dolby’s new extended HDR format of Dolby Vision and in 4K. From an effects standpoint that was exciting, but also a bit daunting. There’s no doubt that a more…
Transformers: Age of Extinction
From the invading alien race that threatens life on Earth as we know it, to the Autobots that rise up to protect humanity, the scope of the visual effects work for Transformers: Age of Extinction was both wide-ranging and technically challenging. Each film in the franchise has presented a series of challenges that eclipse those…