The Vast of Night

“Visual Effects supporting a unique narrative for a sci-fi film”

This was a smart and innovative use of visual effect to contribute with the look and the narrative style of this independent low budget film which become a success!.

In the first place, this was possible thanks to our director, Andrew Patterson, his vision, his confidence and his perfect timing to take contact with us. This is the way vfx WORKS!… starting from the beginning next to the production. So, with an open-mind, he gathered not only our expertise but also the expertise of other areas like our great D.P. Miguel I. Littin-Menz who next to Art and Camera Department worked together to achieve what seemed impossible with the resources available.

We’ve developed a particular oner shot (as our company name refers), a one extended long take of four minutes and a half mixing three different locations working at 6K of resolution.

The camera transportation methods for this oner-shot were hand-held on gimbals, go-kart at ground level, crane rigs, four-truck to speed up and finally on foot again. Then we’ve achieved camera blending and digital stabilization through the use of cgi and vfx compositing techniques. We’ve done full CG shots creating cg environments as well as cg backgrounds for set extensions and cg elements on it. And of course, everything you’ll see at the end of this wonderful film which is (SPOILER ALERT) the great UFO finali.