The end of the new XMen: Origins Wolverine film, called the “Aftermath” sequence, has some intense animation of a post-apocalyptic nuclear facility full of demolished buildings and structures. Luma Pictures did the work, and has issued a press release detailing the depths they went to to make the shot work.
For the Aftermath sequence actors were shot on green screen and were then integrated into multiple 3D environments. Luma artists had to make subtle adjustments to the lighting shading and color tones of the real actors to ensure they reflected the light from the digital environments. “It required articulate rotoscoping and various keying techniques to skew the tonal range-a delicate balance that if not handled correctly could have made the actors look processed or compy ” Cirelli notes. “As a further complication the 3D environment into which the actors were being comped was going through continual refinement through the very end.”
