Production & Post-Production

32Ten Studios Blows up a Bridge for The Lone Ranger

Thu, 07/25/2013 - 16:22 -- Nick Dager

32Ten Studios, San Rafael, California provided a number of practical effects for Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ The Lone Ranger, which opened July 3rd in the U.S. 32Ten worked directly with Disney’s associate producer and VFX producer Shari Hanson, ILM’s VFX supervisor Tim Alexander and MPC's VFX supervisor, Gary Brozenich. The primary sequence created by 32Ten was the destruction of the train trestle bridge, including several shots of the bridge blowing up and collapsing.

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32Ten Studios
practical effects
The Lone Ranger
exploding trestle bridge

DP Alessandro Beltrame Meets the Antarctic Challenge

Thu, 07/25/2013 - 16:15 -- Nick Dager

The mainland is a white desert of snow, surrounded by a clashing cold ocean, and scarcely populated. Only the animals and few plants are accustomed to the difficult living conditions. This is the Antarctic. DP Alessandro Beltrame from Italy left his warm southern European homeland for two documentaries for The Antarctica Project, a cooperative project of the Italian government and the private broadcaster Mediaset.

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documentaries
Antarctica
Sachtler FSB 6/2 D tripod
DP Alessandro Beltrame

Uncharted Territory Production Team Rides Shotgun to White House

Fri, 07/19/2013 - 12:57 -- Nick Dager

White House Down co-producers Marc Weigert and Volker Engel set up their management platform Uncharted Territory in 1999 to serve as the production and visual effects hub on films they’ve been involved with including 2012, Anonymous and others. Due to the very tight, 12-month delivery schedule for White House Down, Weigert and Engel, who also served as co-VFX supervisors on the film, recruited ten visual effects vendors around the world—all using Shotgun software to push and pull shots.

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Uncharted Territory Production
Shotgun Software
visual effects
production workflow

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