VFX Legion Creates Effects for 'DMZ' Miniseries (Official Trailer)
- 2 years ago
VFX Legion, the pioneering remote visual effects company, created a mix of digital effects for HBO Max’s dystopian miniseries, ‘DMZ.’ Produced by Emmy® winner/Oscar® nominee Ava DuVernay, and Emmy® nominee Roberto Patino, ‘DMZ’ is based on the DC comic book series of the same name. Set in the not-to-distant future during the Second Civil War, the drama unfolds in New York City, a demilitarized zone abandoned by the country and ravaged by violence.
The LA and B.C.-based company was brought on board at the start of the second episode to craft some of the complex effects that help shape the show’s visual landscape in the final three episodes of the four-part limited series. The 59 final shots delivered by Legion seamlessly blend photorealist digital elements of a fictional post-apocalyptic New York with footage of the real world.
The city of Atlanta stands in for a war-ravaged Manhattan, with the help of visual effects. Legion’s team used a mix of effects to create environments echoing the look of iconic locations in New York City.
Senior VFX Supervisor James David Hattin and VFX Producer Nate Smalley, the co-founders of Legion, headed up the project. Drawing from a diverse international collective of home-based talent the company began building nearly a decade ago, they assembled a team of VFX supervisors, producers, compositors, CG artists, animators, tracking artists, matte painters, VFX coordinators, and QC managers, tailored to meet the needs of the series.
CREDITS:
Title: ‘DMZ’
Genre: Dystopia, Drama
Streaming: 4-Part Limited Series
Original Network: HBO Max
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Benjamin Bratt, Hoon Lee
Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Television, DC Entertainment, ARRAY Filmworks,Analog
Executive producers - Ava DuVernay, Roberto Patino, Paul Garnes, Ernest Dickerson
Show Runner, Creator - Roberto Patino
Writers - Roberto Patino, Carly Wray
Producers - Tim Scanian, Paul Garnes, Dale Williams
Associate Producer - Emanuel Fidalgo
Directors - Ava DuVernay Ernest Dickerson
Production VFX Supervisor/Producer - Trent Smith
Visual Effects by VFX Legion LA/B.C.
Visual Effects Supervisor - James David Hattin
Visual Effects Producer - Nate Smalley
Senior Visual Effects Coordinator - Matthew Noren
Visual Effects Coordinator - Patriz Manalo
QC Coordinator -Joseph Soloway
Digital Compositor - Nick Guth
Digital Compositor – Kim Hong Kyoung
Digital Compositor - Mattias Lowry
Digital Compositor - Courtney Cheesman
Digital Compositor - Kate T.C. Lin
Digital Compositor - Eugen Olsen
Digital Compositor -Vicki Silva
CG Artist - Bryan Shepperd
CG Artist- Shantel Short
Animator - Sebastian Weber
Digital Matte Painter - Dave Tipper
Tracking Artist - Ruy Delgado
Tracking Artist - Lochana Deshpande
Tracking Artist - Mauricio Mansilla
Tracking Artist - Albrecht Steinmetz
The LA and B.C.-based company was brought on board at the start of the second episode to craft some of the complex effects that help shape the show’s visual landscape in the final three episodes of the four-part limited series. The 59 final shots delivered by Legion seamlessly blend photorealist digital elements of a fictional post-apocalyptic New York with footage of the real world.
The city of Atlanta stands in for a war-ravaged Manhattan, with the help of visual effects. Legion’s team used a mix of effects to create environments echoing the look of iconic locations in New York City.
Senior VFX Supervisor James David Hattin and VFX Producer Nate Smalley, the co-founders of Legion, headed up the project. Drawing from a diverse international collective of home-based talent the company began building nearly a decade ago, they assembled a team of VFX supervisors, producers, compositors, CG artists, animators, tracking artists, matte painters, VFX coordinators, and QC managers, tailored to meet the needs of the series.
CREDITS:
Title: ‘DMZ’
Genre: Dystopia, Drama
Streaming: 4-Part Limited Series
Original Network: HBO Max
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Benjamin Bratt, Hoon Lee
Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Television, DC Entertainment, ARRAY Filmworks,Analog
Executive producers - Ava DuVernay, Roberto Patino, Paul Garnes, Ernest Dickerson
Show Runner, Creator - Roberto Patino
Writers - Roberto Patino, Carly Wray
Producers - Tim Scanian, Paul Garnes, Dale Williams
Associate Producer - Emanuel Fidalgo
Directors - Ava DuVernay Ernest Dickerson
Production VFX Supervisor/Producer - Trent Smith
Visual Effects by VFX Legion LA/B.C.
Visual Effects Supervisor - James David Hattin
Visual Effects Producer - Nate Smalley
Senior Visual Effects Coordinator - Matthew Noren
Visual Effects Coordinator - Patriz Manalo
QC Coordinator -Joseph Soloway
Digital Compositor - Nick Guth
Digital Compositor – Kim Hong Kyoung
Digital Compositor - Mattias Lowry
Digital Compositor - Courtney Cheesman
Digital Compositor - Kate T.C. Lin
Digital Compositor - Eugen Olsen
Digital Compositor -Vicki Silva
CG Artist - Bryan Shepperd
CG Artist- Shantel Short
Animator - Sebastian Weber
Digital Matte Painter - Dave Tipper
Tracking Artist - Ruy Delgado
Tracking Artist - Lochana Deshpande
Tracking Artist - Mauricio Mansilla
Tracking Artist - Albrecht Steinmetz