Double Negative Visual Effects

On Monday 14th February we were visited by an effects artist who is called Lewis Guarniere from a company called Double Negative which is a popular visual effects studio in the film industry. I have never heard of them up until that day in which he informed us of their history and involvement in the movie industry.

Through out the visit the guest artist informed us on what Double Negative have worked on as he showed multiple show reels in which was informative and then a second reel which showed a scene been broken down and then been put together with different layers. For example the opening scene from the film Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince it was pure CG as the only real part of the scene was the pedestrians on the Millenium Bridge.

Also on the show reels it expanded more on the films and also showed footage from advertisements which was a suprise as I have seen most of them. (I will review some of them on new posts).

It was a suprise with what films they have worked on such films as Inception and Iron Man 2 most of these films have won awards so this shows Double Negative is an award winning studio.

The main purpose of the visit was to inform us on how the industry works and how you can get into it. Lewis told us of his past how he started as a runner then worked his way up the carear ladder. Lewis was informative on how possible involvement in the movie industry. He covered all his past from his studies to further education he went to Bradford University doing the CG Special Effects. During his first years as a runner he earned £11,000 a year.

Another note in which he was very clear about was the process of productions which are involved in any media product as Pre-Production is vital as the planning is formed in which everything is covered as Lewis kept metioning how important pre-production is. He also kept repeating that their are many faults which will be stumbled upon he said the worse problem was knowing that the contact doesn't know what they want.

Iron Man 2


Inception


My Quote: "The industry visit was a positive experience as it enabled me to see what it was like to see how a film was made in post-production, it was evidently an inspiring visit as information was given and also explanations on how most of the times a plan doesn't come together, overall a plesant and informative visit from someone who works in the film industry"