Director Ron Howard is no stranger to working with his VFX supervisors. “Inferno,” “Solo: A Star Wars Story” and “In the Heart of the Sea,” all required close collaboration with the VFX team. But h…
In “Thirteen Lives,” Howard knew Jason Billington, MPC VFX Supervisor, would be a key collaborator. “I knew Jason was going to be additive, but what was most interesting to me was that there was a large amount of work which I expected, but it was not the work that I thought we would be doing.”
From 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. While Billington worked on debris and murkiness, Howard says he tried to get as much as possible 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.
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