In America, the methodology is more industrial. In Italy, we have a creative and artistic approach in which one single artist can be responsible for a whole shot. In the United States, there is one artist for the finger, one for the hand, one for the arm, and so on. Also, we use far less artists on any typical project than our American counterparts. It is not as spectacular as the kind of shots that American companies do, but it still is difficult work. Most often, we have to create, rebuild or expand historical buildings or cities to blend them in the period of the movie. We are usually called for historical pieces or author films, which means the bulk of our work is invisible effects. We very seldom work on this kind of projects in Italy, admits Fabrizio Storaro, who shared visual effects supervision duties with partner Paolo Zeccara. For the first time, a major American production was going to be post-produced in Italy. The company had established an international reputation with the Emmy Award-winning effects of the Dune mini-series (also photographed by Storaro). Visual effects duties were first awarded to Proxima, a leading Italian digital effects facility founded in 1991 by Storaros son Fabrizio. Academy Award winner Vittorio Storaro ( Apocalypse Now) remained as the movies cinematographer. When Schrader took over, he implemented the original plan of shooting exteriors in Morocco and interiors on stage at Cinecitta. It all started under the worst omen possible: director John Frankenheimer passed away a few weeks before shooting was about to begin.
Dominion was the first time a major American production was being post-produced in Italy. With the demon now set free, the whole region falls into chaos A chaos that the production also experienced.įabrizio Storaro of Proxima finds that Italian vfx firms usually create invisible effects for period films, so this film was a new challenge. Merrin discovers that the church was never meant to be used for worship it was built atop the crypt only to contain the evil within it. Buried beneath its walls, an ancient crypt contains the remnants of Satanic rituals. Having abandoned the priesthood, Merrin works as an archeologist and unearths a startling discovery: an ancient Byzantine church, preserved in pristine condition, as if it had been buried on the day it was completed.
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Set in 1947 in East Africa, the movie relates the first encounter of Father Merrin (Stellan Skarsgard) with evil. At least thats how it worked until Paul Schrader went to Cinecitta to shoot the interior scenes of Warner Brothers Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist two years ago, which is finally getting a limited theatrical release in the U.S. Producers travel to Italy to take advantage of low labor costs, highly qualified technicians and Romes dolce vita! However, when it comes to creating visual effects, they always turn to American or British companies. And sure enough, none of the American productions that were shot at Romes famed studios Cinecitta including recently The Passion of the Christ and Gangs of New York did their post-production in the country. Indeed, special effects movies have never been a tradition there. Everybody knows the name of Fellini, Visconti, Leone or Scola, but when it comes to special effects, only one name comes to mind for most of the people: Academy Award winner Carlo Rambaldi ( Alien, E.T.).
Italian cinema has built its reputation on dramas and comedies. Proxima added CG buildings and vehicles, the camera move was tracked in Boujou, matchmoved in Matchmover Realviz and the CG elements were composited using Inferno. The main street of Derati was built as a full-size set.
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