This particular section of the cliff spans approximately a third of a mile, allowing for extreme close-ups of the environment to sweeping cameras that show vast areas. For one hero shot, the group panned all the way up to Mount Olympus, revealing a view of the cliff that was much farther into the distance and included mountain ranges in the background.
According to Hughes, it was up to the compositing team—mainly Jordan Benwick, Janeen Elliott, and Virginie Goulet—to bring all the imagery together. Using arbitrary output variables AOVs from the renders of the cliff and oceans, the artists were able to create reflections from the matte paintings, skies projected onto domes in Nuke, and create visual interest in the ocean, manipulating ripples to create the kind of tidal variations seen in vast areas of the ocean.
There was also a large physical component that supported the effects. About 20 sets were built, each containing a different virtual world, some with degree views. Gieringer says the departments worked hand in hand to make sure things ran smoothly. We needed to take those sets and build the environments around them. No strangers to building realistic CG backdrops, the Image Engine team found the work for Immortals to be the largest environment they had ever constructed.
At the end of the day, the environments can take up the majority of the frame, so they drive the scenes within the film—they are the scenes.
In addition to the environment, Image Engine created interiors for the monastery, extended several corridor shots, and added soldiers to give the appearance of a massive battle, designed the concept of the magic arrow, integrated gore in a number of shots from simpler blood spatters to severing limbs , built various CG weapons, and created a handful of CG hawks and birds. The artists also created shots of Athena, requiring them to project set photography onto BodyPaint to create the appearance that Athena was blended into the set, with the projections changing depending on the viewing angle.
For the final reveal, she pulls a magic cloak initially invisible from the ground, and then is revealed with a spray of gold dust. These shots culminate with a painted projection of the set dissolving into her flesh, revealing Athena in her human form. Geist and Gieringer became involved early in the development process to help Singh conceptualize his film.
The director was very precise about what he wanted, according to Gieringer. We made a very beautiful, somewhat stylized film, with plenty of bang for the buck in terms of the virtual. Immortals utilized several cutting-edge systems to achieve its unparalleled visual style.
We designed everything months in advance. We had matte painters design all the environments on computers. Across the hall, the art department was designing the physical sets that would fit into those environments. Having it all under one roof, Tarsem could bounce between them and make changes on the spot. Because the technology is developing so fast, Kavanaugh says they were able to go one step beyond what was possible for James Cameron when he was making Avatar.
It also allowed him to create the perfect 3D reality and understand which parts of what scene were going to be popping out. During filming, the director used another high-tech system that gave him even more control of the shoot. Singh says the system, along with his attention to detail in preproduction, allowed him to create shots that are perfectly composed.
The system sees past the greenscreen, so I could control the composition. Bursting with Olympian deities, sweeping battles, and breathtaking vistas, Immortals demanded a larger-than-life production style. To realize that unique point of view, we designed the movie in 3D from the beginning.
We tailored everything about the film to maximize the stereo effects. However, shooting the film using conventional 2D cameras and creating the 3D effects in postproduction gave the director more control of the depth and dynamic range than would have been possible shooting in 3D.
The key word was sculpture. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Eons after the Gods won their mythic struggle against the Titans, a new evil threatens the land. Mad with power, King Hyperion Mickey Rourke has declared war against humanity. Amassing a bloodthirsty army of soldiers disfigured by his own hand, Hyperion has scorched Greece in search of the legendary Epirus Bow, a weapon of unimaginable power forged in the heavens by Ares Daniel Sharman. Only he who possesses this bow can unleash the Titans, who have been imprisoned deep within the walls of Mount Tartaros since the dawn of time and thirst for revenge.
In the King's hands, the bow would rain destruction upon mankind and annihilate the Gods. But ancient law dictates the Gods must not intervene in man's conflict. They remain powerless to stop Hyperion, until a peasant named Theseus Henry Cavill comes forth as their only hope. Rallying a band of fellow outsiders, including visionary Priestess Phaedra Freida Pinto and cunning slave Stavros Stephen Dorff , one hero will lead the uprising, or watch his homeland fall into ruin and his Gods vanish into legend.
The Gods Need a Hero. Action Drama Fantasy Romance. Rated R for sequences of strong bloody violence, and a scene of sexuality.
Did you know Edit. Trivia Henry Cavill Theseus refused all assistance from the make-up and visual effects departments to achieve his eight-pack for the movie. He told them, "I do not want you to draw abs on me. Goofs During the "Henry V speech", the soldiers repeatedly bang their shields in agreement.
Several of the soldiers are a little too enthusiastic and it can be clearly seen that the silver spray paint covering their shields is tearing off. One soldier middle-left has almost completely stripped the top-left section of his plastic "shield. Quotes Theseus : Stand your ground! Alternate versions The UK version was cut by 18 seconds to achieve a '15' certificate. Three cuts were made for violence: a mother's throat being cut; a soldier's eyes being gouged; and a king being beheaded.
A disturbing scene of the oracle's 'sisters' being found roasted alive in a large metal bull was also cut. In addition to this the BBFC's website cites "reducing some focus on large splashes of blood". However, two major scenes and some smaller sequences had very significant amounts of gore digitally altered. The very extensive red bloodletting in some scenes has been changed into black 'blood' substantially altering the impact of these scenes.
These changes affect several minutes of screen time. So although the overall running time has been cut by only 18 seconds the amount of censored material is much longer and very significant in changing the overall tone of the film.
The USA version is uncut with an 'R' rating. User reviews Review. Top review. This film certainly has its flaws. Weak character development is the main one, but it's not nonexistent. Immortals was filmed on location in Istanbul with the vibrant Turkish city feeling like a character in its own right. A possible second season is likely to see the return of the majority of cast members from the first outing. Immortals is available to watch on Netflix now.
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