VFXWorld has a good write-up on the VFX used in the movie InkHeart.
Given the nature of the story vfx played a key role in the production of the movie a mission that was overseen by Visual Effects Supervisor Angus Bickerton and VFX Producer Crystal Dowd. “We started with about 260 shots ” Bickerton recalls. “It went all the way up to 689 and then down to 594 shots in the final cut. We had approximately five months of postproduction. Director Iain Softley is very aware of visual effects and was always keen to seek a real practical alternative or if vfx were inevitable that they be as real as possible. He has a keen critical eye and pushed for photographic realism. Although we finished with a lot of visual effects the aim was always to create a believable world and not stray into a realm that was too fantastical. We didn t want the film to have an unreal visual effects veneer.”
With information from Double Negative, The Senate, Peerless Camera, and Cinesite London, there’s alot of information in the article covering both the setup, generation, and post-processing of many of the most VFX-heavy scenes in the movie.
