VFXWorld has an interview with the guys behind the VFX of the new movie “Knowing”.
“This shot was definitely a challenge ” Jackson recalls. “There were 3 196 frames… When we got the plates we first had to paint out the huge rain towers that were on location. Then we rebuilt the scenery in the computer. Alex wanted to be able to modify the movement of the plane in post. To this purpose we had shot a very slow pan that followed the path of the CG plane. We could then reconstruct the location digitally by using different techniques. The background was a matte painting the major part of the scene was a combination of separate tiles that were shot on location. The 3D card technique allowed us to pan through them with the 3D camera. When the scene was recreated we could precisely adjust the camera to the motion of the plane that was finally approved. “
They also talk to the guys at Animal Logic about some of the scenes they worked in, specifically a train/subway crash.
