MakingOf recently paid a visit to Industrial Light and Magic in San Francsico, CA. We sat down with Visual Effects Art Director Christian Alzmann, Environment Supervisor Barry Williams, Associate Visual Effects Supervisor Craig Hammack, and Techincal Director Supervisor Daniel Pearson as they discussed the effects used in "The Last Airbender."
As Visual Effects Art Director, Christian Alzmann is responsible for any artwork needed throughout the course of production on ‘The Last Airbender.’
When coming up for a design for the films most important elements: air, earth, fire and water, Alzmann said, “A lot of the work we did in the concept phase was framing out these ‘bending’ events. What does the air look like? Because it’s air and it’s kind of hard to see. [laughs] What does Earthbending look like? Firebending and so on. And we could use the animated series, of course, as a guideline but everything has...
As Visual Effects Art Director, Christian Alzmann is responsible for any artwork needed throughout the course of production on ‘The Last Airbender.’
When coming up for a design for the films most important elements: air, earth, fire and water, Alzmann said, “A lot of the work we did in the concept phase was framing out these ‘bending’ events. What does the air look like? Because it’s air and it’s kind of hard to see. [laughs] What does Earthbending look like? Firebending and so on. And we could use the animated series, of course, as a guideline but everything has...
- 6/28/2010
- Makingof.com
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