Crowd, Camera, Action!
Client: Double Negative / Paramount Pictures
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero 'Iron Man', billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, must forge new alliances - and confront powerful enemies.
Audiomotion worked with the Visual Effects team to capture the spectacular crowd scenes for the jaw-dropping Monaco Grand Prix fight sequence between Iron Man and Whiplash. With a blend of motion capture technology and stunning CGI effects, the results speak for themselves.
Bringing Pegasus to Life
Client: MPC / Warner Bros
Audiomotion was approached by award winning VFX team at MPC to capture action scenes for ‘Clash of the Titans,’ a remake of the 80’s classic featuring the war between man and the gods produced by Warner Bros.
Working with top stunt performers Audiomotion recreated fleeing crowd and soldier sequences for the Greek city of Argos using an assortment of ramp and stair props and most notably, simulating the flying Pegasus sequence using a mechanical horse rig.
Angels, Demons and Explosions
Client: Double Negative/ Sony Pictures Entertainment
For the eagerly awaited film adaptation of Dan Brown's novel of the same name, Audiomotion were asked by VFX company Double Negative to motion capture various digital crowd sequences including the complex explosion scenes in St Peter's Square.
In order to capture a realistic shockwave effect caused by the anti-matter explosion, a team of professional stunt artists and coordiantors were called in to perform the choreographed scenes. Using a of specially constructed ramps, wires and harnesses, we were able to carefully recreate everything from tremors to full scale blasts - all under a controlled environment.
Oscar Winning Effects are Golden
Client: Framestore CFC / New Line Cinema
One of the biggest challenges for New Line Cinema, the studio behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was creating hundreds of characters for the giant battle scenes.
Audiomotion’s motion capture expertise was used to create "digital extras" for the climatic battle scenes and the 'gyptian' crew.
Using a replica of the gyptian ship, using rigging from the Cutty Sark restoration company, stunt men were filmed in combat and the images were replicated hundreds of times.
Winner of Best Visual Effects - 2008 Oscars
The Journey To Narnia Continues...
Client: MPC / Walt Disney
Capturing horses, dwarves and creating half human, half horse 'centaurs' for the great battle scenes was no problem for Audiomotion who took their expertise on location.
'Prince Caspian proved to be our most complex crowd project to date. One of our big challenges was hybrid creatures which required complex motion editing. Audiomotion stepped up to the task, refining the solution to create some truly exciting sequences.' Adam Valdez - Animation Director, MPC
Watching The Watchmen
Client: MPC / Warner Bros
The beginning of 2009 saw the highly awaited graphic novel inspired film adaptation of The Watchmen, a story set in an alternate timeline in which masked, costumed vigilantes fight crime.
With spectacular scenes and flashback sequences, The Watchmen is a visual treat with breathtaking digital effects. For the high impact riot sequence, Audiomotion were called in to capture the synchronised movements of various actors simultaneously. This digital data was then replicated and blended in with real life film extras to make up the huge CG crowds on the gritty streets of an 1970's America.
Motion Capture Goes Prehistoric!
Client: MPC / Warner Bros
An epic adventure with epic special effects, 10,000 BC took two and a half years to make and cost a cool estimated $75million - mainly on the visual effects alone.
To create the huge pyramid scenes, stunt men were motion captured diving off a huge ramp, custom designed and built by our very own Audiomotion hands. And we didn't stop there...
Creating the opening action scenes in which the hero gets caught up in a hunting net and being dragged around by a mammoth was just another days work for the Audiomotion team - and the result is nothing short of spectacular.