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‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’: Weta FX VFX Supervisor Erik Winquist Uses New Tech For Added Realism


'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes': Weta FX VFX supervisor Erik Winquist utilizes new tech for added realism

“Our three actors worked with Wes Ball until they arrived at something that adds a wonderful depth to the relationship between these three friends,” says Weta FX VFX supervisor Erik Winquist. Before they got to that point, as part of their preparation, the actors attended “ape camp,” and Andy Serkis, who played Caesar in the three previous movies, visited with them to share some pointers. Says Winquist, “We went to great lengths to match the optical signature of [the lenses] when adding the rendered apes into clean live action plates.”

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