Tag: Digital Media World

DIGITAL MEDIA WORLD: Cinesite Powers Up for Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3

The final battle in ‘Iron Man 3’ brings together the heroes and villains at night at a floodlit, abandoned marina. This was the primary sequence Marvel approached Cinesite to work on. “We came onto the production just nine weeks before delivery, which is an unusual situation for our team,” said VFX supervisor Simon Stanley-Clamp. “We […]

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 […]

DIGITAL MEDIA WORLD: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Adriene Hurst of Digital Media World interviews Simon Stanley-Clamp, VFX supervisor, and Michele Sciolette, head of VFX technology about Cinesite’s work on “On Stranger Tides” The team at Cinesite opens ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ with a thrilling chase through the streets of old London, led by VFX Supervisor Simon Stanley-Clamp. Of the […]

DIGITAL MEDIA WORLD: Prince of Persia – City Building

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Sue Rowe, Visual Effects Supervisor for Cinesite, was on set throughout the shoot in Morocco and later at Pinewood Studios, collecting data for her team and preparing how they would handle the tasks they had been awarded, comprising 280 shots. The shoot ran from the end of August and into December. “Although the art department […]