VFX Legion Helps Nocturne' Hit the Right NotesWith FX for Blumhouse's Occult-Themed Thriller
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Brie Clayton February 20, 2021
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Director Ze Quirke's feature film debut, a horror film set in a music academy steeped in the supernatural now streaming on Amazon calls on the remote VFX company to help bring the emerging filmmaker's vision to life.
Film and television visual effects company VFX Legion delivered all of the effects for Nocturne,' director Ze Quirke's feature film debut, for Welcome to Blumhouse.' Amazon Studios joined forces with Blumhouse Television to create the theme-related series showcasing emerging filmmakers who bring a fresh perspective to the horror genre. Legion's team produced a mix of complex computer-generated effects that helped elevate the visceral fear and foreboding evoked by the thriller's untraditional occult theme.
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Written by Quirke, Nocturne' is a story about the sibling rivalry between twins set against the backdrop of a competitive music academy. Vivian, a piano prodigy, outshines her sister Juliet, a less accomplished pianist who lives in her shadow. A mystical book with supernatural powers guides Juliet on a paranormal path as her talents surpass her sister's, and she discovers the high cost of success.
Blumhouse brought us on board during the early stages of preproduction before everything was set in stone, says James David Hattin, VFX supervisor and founder. Working with their team from concept through completion enabled our team to apply the full breadth of its experience and technical ingenuity to create effects that heightened the intensity of the thriller while getting the most out of the film's tight budget.
data-src=https://gcs.creativecow.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/19235857/Nocturne_Amazon.jpg alt= class=lazyload wp-image-2404269/>Shot on location in Southern California, the production wrapped before COVID-19 shut down filming. Legion's on-set VFX supervisor Matthew T. Lynn worked closely with Quirke and cinematographer Carmen Cabana, streamlining the shoot and addressing issues with creative solutions that eliminated the need for costly fixes.
Postproduction began after the pandemic when theability to work from home became essential. Legion, a fully remote company since its launch in 2013, was hired to create all of the visual effects for Nocturne,' as well as six other original films produced for the Welcome to Blumhouse' series. With a well-oiled collaborative pipeline, honed protocols, and a collective of 200+ remote-savvy senior artists place Hattin assembled a team and headed up the production of visual effects with the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality that Blumhouse films demand.
The paranormal force takes on the role of the sinister character in the story, manipulating Julia and manifesting violent events. Legion created a myriad of computer-generated mystical objects and aberrations that bring this dark force to life, along with complex effects grounded in the real world.Artists digitally removed a mountainous terrain, added verdant computer-generated trees, dressed up the campus with a digitally constructed courtyard, and digitally rebuilt a cave entrance to accommodate a critical scene. And, thanks to digital crowd duplication, the sister's recitals in the academy's large auditorium played to a full house.
A symbol on the journal's cover represents the orb of yellow light that lures Juliet into the occult's dark world throughout the film. Legion developed multiple manifestations of this mystical light tailored to various environments from blazing golden spheres radiating beams of light that fill the screen and luminous yellow mists.
Artists delivered an exterior shot that shows Juliet frantically running from the large sphere of light as it comes up over thehorizon. They created the sequence digitally using footage of the actress running in place on a treadmill in front of a blue screen.
The production relied on an overhead shot to capture the emotion of a pivotal moment as the main character stands on a rooftop ledge. The tight schedule didn't allow time for the complex camera set up needed to shoot the footage, leaving it to Legion to re-create it digitally. Its team created matte paintings, composited different elements, and explored various options. While CGI capabilities fell just short of achieving the precise look, it provided a shot that worked, and the project moved forward.
Hattin, known for his tenacity and going the extra mile, continued to work the problem with his team. Thinking outside the box, he looked beyond the traditional digital realm and came up with an unorthodox approach and went to great lengths to execute it. Three weeks later, Legion delivered a final shot that brought the director's vision to life.
VFX Legion is no stranger to Blumhouse's fine-tuned approach to producing highly successful genre movies on a micro-budget. Over the years, they have provided the production company with end-to-end visual effects for Sinister 2,' Insidious 3,' and Ma,' among other thrillers. More recently, it delivered all of the effects for the seven original Amazon films in the on-going
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VFX Legion Helps Nocturne' Hit the Right NotesWith FX for Blumhouse's Occult-Themed Thriller 
