Breathtaking Visual Effects Breakdown Reel For Robert Zemeckis' THE WALK
If you didn't get a chance to see Robert Zemeckis' The Walk in IMAX 3D, you really missed out on something special. The Walk was an incredibly visually stunning film, and it was easily one of the greatest cinematic experiences of the year. Watching the movie on your TV just will not carry the same weight or awesomeness that it had on the big screen. This film affected me in a way that no other film has before in terms of feeling anxiety and profusely sweaty palms. I watched the movie in IMAX 3D three times while it was in theaters, forcing people to go see it who didn't want to. Of course, after they saw it they were blown away by the experience.
There's a lot of work that went into bringing the story of Philippe Petit to life and his 1974 high-wire walk across the twin towers. It was an especially huge undertaking for the special effects artists who worked on the project. They managed to bring the Twin Towers to life in astonishing detail. Atomic Fiction released a video reel that shows off a breakdown of the VFX that were completed for the movie and it's awesome! The VFX team went over tons of documents, original blueprints, and photos from the entire history of the buildings in New York City to make sure they got all the details just right.