“Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper desends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera. the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives. ”
Cloverfield is not showing yet on the screens here in Germany, however the trailer and the reviews I did read do promise that Cloverfield could be a little DFX and VFX masterpiece, which alone makes it worth while to watch the movie.
David Schnee who has worked on the Movie as a Digital Compositor has some great informations in his blog and shares some insights about the movie and some other project he is working on currently or has worked on in the past years.
Of course there is more to read about Cloverfield or just watch the trailer below.
In this clip you can learn how you can create a VFX scene that looks likes it was done with a big budget and by a large team. However 3 graphic designer have done it in 4 days. Very impressive work.
Doug Chiang is interviewd in the latest episode of fxguidetv episode 013: Doug Chiang. Doug did art directed films such as ‘Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace’, ‘Forest Gump’, and ‘Terminator 2′. In his latest project he did head up the production design for the upcoming movie Beowulf. Doug Chiang talks about his latest project Beowulf. To visit the main web site for Beowulf click the poster to the left.
DRAGON WARS: D-War is based on the Imoogi legend that only exists in Korea. An Imoogi is a serpent that by possessing the Yuh Yi Joo can transform into a dragon.
I was following this new movie for some time on the Korean web site d-war.com, mainly because of the Visual Effects (VFX) in the movie which has been done by younggu-art.
The VFX are looking impressive and very well done. I did not watch the movie itself so can’t say much about the story beside the synopsis below.
The Director and Writer of D-War Hyung Rae Shim is often called the George Lucas of Asia. Shim established Younggu Art Movies in 1993 with a vision of making high concept science fiction films using state of the art computer technology. DRAGON WARS: D-WAR is his seventh feature film.
“I came up with the concept of DRAGON WARS: D-WAR ten years ago with the goal to create a science-fiction film based on a Korean legend. My intentions were to combine myth and history with elements of a blockbuster science fiction film. The drama of the 5000 year-old Korean legend, the dragon, is the basis of the DRAGON WARS: D-War screenplay.” (Hyung Rae Shim)
Short Synopsis
Dragon-like creatures from an ancient legend appear in Los Angeles, scale buildings, flip cars and terrorize the city in search for a girl named Sarah. While investigating one of the disaster sites, a TV reporter Ethan, uncovers a piece of debris which directly links him to this legend. Ethan must realize his destiny as an ancient warrior who was re-born to protect Sarah from the evil dragons and save the city from total destruction.
“Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper desends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera. the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives. ”
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