Says Howard, “Jason said that they couldn’t take things away. What Jason was then having to do was with every shot, sculpt in and around what we already had in camera.”īillington cautioned Howard about what he was capturing in camera. Says Howard, “When the tank was the clearest, we would shoot the widest shots, as it got murkier, we would move in closer on the details.” He adds, “We were also creating current, but there were times that we needed to make sure the audience could recognize the speed, pace and intensity of that current. While Billington worked on debris and murkiness, Howard says he tried to get as much as possible in camera. Or if a diver was swimming along the tunnel and he hit his head, we would use that moment to simulate some dust and debris knocking off of that connection.” “When a diver’s flipper flips up in front of the camera, we went for something that would wash in front of the camera to give us something dramatic, trailing off the flipper. The questions Billington and the team faced were about where to use specific simulations. Billington says his biggest challenge was how to depict the movement of the water amid the story of what the divers went through to rescue the kids, and the part VFX would play. Production designer Molly Hughes built four 100 ft.-long water tanks in a warehouse in Australia. Naas Paving & Patio Centre / Real Stone is a nationwide supplier of all natural stone products for the exterior of your home, supplying all sectors including residential and commercial.Says Howard, “I didn’t really understand what the challenge of shooting in the caves was going to mean, and I’ve done a lot of underwater work.”įrom the murkiness of the water to the atmosphere within the cave, Howard’s biggest challenge was the overall environment, but that was where Billington came in.
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