"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (2015), visual effects by ILM. Vfx supervisors Roger Guyett & Pat Tubach. Full ILM credits: ilm.com/vfx/star-wars-…
Animation by Paul Kavanagh, environment by Quentin Marmier, ship lighting by Carlos Munoz, fx by Vinh Le compositing by Todd Vaziri.
Animation by Paul Kavanagh, environment by Quentin Marmier, ship lighting by Carlos Munoz, fx by Vinh Le compositing by Todd Vaziri.
The biggest challenge for this sequence was getting the right exposure balance--making the flight through the Star Destroyer feel dark, scary, and claustrophobic while still having bits of sunlight blast through holes--and making it feel as photographic and readable as possible.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (2015), visual effects by ILM. Full ILM credits: ilm.com/vfx/star-wars-…
Animation by Michael Easton, environment by Quentin Marmier & Tim Mueller, ship lighting by Carlos Munoz, fx by Vinh Le, compositing by Todd Vaziri.
Animation by Michael Easton, environment by Quentin Marmier & Tim Mueller, ship lighting by Carlos Munoz, fx by Vinh Le, compositing by Todd Vaziri.
I pitched the idea of the Falcon pulling flames along with it as it emerges from the fireball (my visual touchstone being the Falcon emerging from a fireball at the end of Return of the Jedi*), rather than it emerging visually unscathed.
*I always thought that Lando's escape from Death Star II had him pulling tendrils of fire along with it. Only later did I realize that's not the case. It just so happens some miniature pyro spark shooters coincided with the Falcon's vector, and I put those together in my mind.
