Pixion adds VFX shimmer to Anees Bazmees Thank You : Bollywood News

Akshay Introduction

The complexity of achieving the final appearance of this shot is an example of technical innovation meeting artistic requirements. The shot starts with a Helicam shot of Toronto skyline and finally settles down with a close up of Akshay Kumars character Kishan. To accomplish their mission, the team at Pixion had to stitch three different shots to make one seamless shot. This shot was recorded using a helicopter but because of technical reasons, the camera hooked on to the chopper couldnt get close to Akshays face but since this was a crucial establishing shot, they shot the close ups using another camera mounted on a zip rig. Since there was a lot of distortion and warp in the camera movements in the chopper shots in the different angles taken, our challenge was matching two different magnifications, this was a tricky task for us, said Naveen Paul VFX supervisor of the film. The crowd in the scene was digitally multiplied and the different camera shots were stitched using Boujou and Maya. The composite was accomplished through Nuke. Sohail Shaikh with his team of match movers and compositors used projections in Nuke and accomplished the purpose of the shot. The shot where Akshay lands on was actually black and made red digitally.

Pixion adds VFX shimmer to Anees Bazmee's Thank You