Getting the illusion right proved a challenge as Chu specifically didn’t want Jack to disappear from top to bottom it had to be a complete vanishing act. The shot actually required a complex FX simulation of many thousands of cards falling from the top of frame, encompassing Jack entirely, before he vanishes into thin air all achieved within a 10 second shot. In test screenings the end result proved to be one of the most-liked sequences in the film.Īnother trick sees Jack (Dave Franco) throw a deck of cards into the air in front of an expectant audience, disappearing behind a shower of CG cards as they hit the floor. The team spent a lot of time on how the rain should look when it comes to a stop, and just how much influence Atlas’ movements should have on the rain surrounding him. It also allowed them to generate an impressive looking depth of field and bokeh effect. Once the simulations were approved, the millions of beautifully refracting droplets were rendered with deep data, which allowed the 2D team, led by Compositing Supervisor Alex Payman, to creatively adjust the depth of the rotoscoped crowd layers and therefore the amount of rain in front of them in each shot. Head of FX, Andy Hayes, and CG Supervisor Stefan Putz got to work simulating, lighting and rendering the whole sequence with just the right look and feel. The effect also required lots of development on how the rain drops should behave while they’re hanging in the air, especially given that the magical effect had to based on a physically plausible idea which is explained in the film’. Said Anthony, ‘We experimented with various levels of defocus to get the right look, intentionally deviating from the real world camera settings when required to make sure that the foreground droplets weren’t distracting for the viewer. As well as the huge technical challenges involved in these shots, it was also important to strike a balance between creating beautiful on-screen wizardry and keeping a strong sense of realism. This is all set in front of a live-action crowd of cheering fans in Greenwich. One of the most spellbinding sequences in the film shows magician Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg) stopping rain in mid-air, moving the droplets around with some deft hand movements before falling back into a puddle and disappearing into the water.
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