As real Actors Consider Striking, Digital Actors Take Over
Massive Digital Actors In the Foreground of Changeling
Clint Eastwood’s newest film "Changeling" tells the story of a mother’s search for her lost son.
At first this doesn’t sound like the type of film that would require a lot of visual effects until the setting is taken into account. eastwood had to recreate the bustling metropolis that was Los Angeles in the 1920s and ’30s.
Shooting on the Universal backlot required the city being rebuilt digitally. Set extensions are standard fare for VFX house CIS Vancouver, but this one had other requirements. CIS Vancouver used High-Rez Models, Tons of Mo-Cap and Massive to Populate 1920s LA. They added crowds of digital people into their CG environments to replicate the bustling city environment.
Adding crowds has been done before and it was always done well. But the digital actors in these crowds are not just wandering around in the background, they are crossing right in front of camera and interweaving among the real actors shot on set. They take center stage!
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