'Black Box': 'Welcome to Blumhouse' -Breakdown Reel /VFX Legion
- 3 years ago
VFX Legion created 200+ visual effects for ‘Black Box,’ one of the series of films in the ‘Welcome to Blumhouse’ anthology that tapped the LA/B.C.-based company’s end-to-end services. The thematically connected package of dark genre movies marks Amazon's first-ever global direct to services deal.
Director/Writer Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.’s psychological thriller is the story of Noland (Mamoudou Athie), an amnesiac desperate to return to his former self. Dr. Brooks (Phylicia Rashad) offers to help the main character regain his memory with the Black Box, an experimental device that immerses him in virtual memories of pivotal life events - where the storyline takes an unexpected twist.
Dylan Yastremski, Head of Production at VFX Legion's studio in British Columbia, managed all of the effects for the film. VFX Supervisor James David Hattin and Head of Production Nate Smalley oversaw the B.C. studio from Los Angeles -seamlessly interfacing with the director, on-set supervisor, and the pioneering remote company’s team of work-from-home artists based throughout British Columbia and the world.
“Close creative collaboration with Emmanuel was critical to bringing his very specific vision to life,” says Hattin. “Working from the director’s original concepts, we delivered a large volume of high-quality effects - including some very complicated sequences - in less than four weeks.”
‘Black Box’ called for both photorealistic visual effects grounded in the real world - and abstract effects that created and heightened nightmarish sequences.
A diverse mix of photorealistic effects - including computer-generated environments, intricate transitions, set extensions, composites, digital removals, screen replacements, rotoscoping, morphing, and matte painting - are seamless integrated into the sci-fi thriller.
Director/Writer Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.’s psychological thriller is the story of Noland (Mamoudou Athie), an amnesiac desperate to return to his former self. Dr. Brooks (Phylicia Rashad) offers to help the main character regain his memory with the Black Box, an experimental device that immerses him in virtual memories of pivotal life events - where the storyline takes an unexpected twist.
Dylan Yastremski, Head of Production at VFX Legion's studio in British Columbia, managed all of the effects for the film. VFX Supervisor James David Hattin and Head of Production Nate Smalley oversaw the B.C. studio from Los Angeles -seamlessly interfacing with the director, on-set supervisor, and the pioneering remote company’s team of work-from-home artists based throughout British Columbia and the world.
“Close creative collaboration with Emmanuel was critical to bringing his very specific vision to life,” says Hattin. “Working from the director’s original concepts, we delivered a large volume of high-quality effects - including some very complicated sequences - in less than four weeks.”
‘Black Box’ called for both photorealistic visual effects grounded in the real world - and abstract effects that created and heightened nightmarish sequences.
A diverse mix of photorealistic effects - including computer-generated environments, intricate transitions, set extensions, composites, digital removals, screen replacements, rotoscoping, morphing, and matte painting - are seamless integrated into the sci-fi thriller.