Author: Cinesite

The Daily: Mission to Mars

John Carter

An epic journey to the Red Planet, 100 years in the making. It might seem odd to picture a mile-long city crawling along the surface of Mars, if not for the 12-foot tall barbarians, fantastic environments and exotic creatures also featured in Andrew Stanton’s “John Carter.” The new Disney/Pixar film tells the story of a […]

CG Society: Production Focus – John Carter

John Carter

What does it take to create a planet? A lot more effort than can fit in a seven day week. Ask the hundreds of artists at Cinesite who spent two years creating Martian environments, cities and airships for Disney’s film John Carter, or the 120 animators plus several hundred in the supporting cast at Double […]

DIGITAL MEDIA WORLD: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Harry Potter

The Infinite Staircase Cinesite built an integral part of the interior of Hogwarts, the great marble staircase where a large portion of the action, battles in particular, takes place. It was built as a very large CG asset that could appear in many scenes through out the film at different times of day, and also […]

The Art of VFX: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

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The Art of VFX settles down with Simon Stanley-Clamp, VFX Supervisor at Cinesite, to discuss work on “On Stranger Tides” What is your background? I began my career creating high-end VFX, idents and graphics for commercials and TV. My first feature film project was a pre-visualisation role for “Lost in Space” (1998). Before joining Cinesite […]