director Lee Isaac Chungs Choice tornado as a follow-up to his Oscar-nominated to pain It was surprising at first, but then he talked about why he switched from family dramas to Actions triggered by tornado. Having himself grown up in the storm-battered Midwest, he’s excited about the film’s scientific approach and the opportunity to expand science original tornadoof Use special effects.
talking hollywood reporterChung talks about growing up in Arkansas near the Oklahoma border; like the first movie, tornado The story takes place in Oklahoma, where Bell Push Studios also filmed. Chung also wanted to bring an authentic quality to the scientific elements of the story – both in the real world and beyond. “In the original tornado“The idea of putting these Dorothy sensor balls into tornadoes was total science fiction, but it inspired a generation to want to do scientific research on storms,” he said. “Through this film, Kate’s efforts [Daisy Edgar-Jones] was to see if she could disrupt the power of a tornado, which is also based on many science fiction novels. We were just theorizing, and it’s definitely not what we wanted people to do, but we wanted the film to pay homage to science and research and achieve very big ideas there.
In 1996, the film’s technical advisor came here to help with the production. tornado Walking the line between reality and theory in its story and visual approach through VFX, and making it more accessible to audiences who prefer watching summer action blockbusters rather than science classes. “When I was reading the script and planning the movie, every time I had a question personally, I would think, ‘What does this mean?’ That’s when I thought we needed to tell the audience something.
Fans of the 1996 original will remember that this was basically what Jami Gertz’s character was all about – representing the audience when anything needed explaining – and it sounds like the follow-up will take a similar approach, though perhaps with less focus on a single character ,method. As for those all-important special effects, Chung explained, “Industrial Light and Magic did the visual effects on the original film, and one of their cinematic artists, Ben Snow, was our visual effects supervisor on the movie. He was really excited about it because he knew How far Industrial Light & Magic have come in terms of how they incorporate so much physics into what happens in natural events. They’re able to film environments, and not just show tornadoes in incredible detail, they do it in incredible detail. Incredible detail showing the effects of a tornado, essentially down to the level of every blade of grass.
Mr. Zheng also gave me props tornado Director Jan de Bont enhanced the cutting-edge visual effects of the mid-1990s with a host of practical effects. expected tornado Show similar methods. “We worked with Scott Fisher, who is an incredible special effects artist…he comes from that school where they only use visual effects when absolutely necessary,” Chung said. noting that the artist helps “make any environment we shoot feel like a real tornado is tearing through it,” using jet engines and giant fans to generate as much wind as possible.
To read Chung’s full interview, in which he also discusses the film’s approach to the subject of climate change, see: THR. tornado Opens July 19th.
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