Angels & Demons – VFX breakdown

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Visual Effects Supervisor Mark Breakspear’s career path bends him toward virtual environments

Even when I’m in my garden, I’m learning about visual effects,” he says. “The side of a ditch caves in and I think that’s good material for an avalanche. It takes a certain skill to do in-your-face visual effects, but I’m a big fan of people watching a movie and then saying to me, ‘You [...]


Rome churches built in Vancouver

Visual effects supervisor Mark Breakspear headed a team of as many as 50 digital artists at CIS Vancouver, who recreated the interiors of three Rome churches, including St. Peter’s Basilica. Tom Hanks and the rest of the cast were filmed against green screens on Los Angeles soundstages, and Breakspear’s team added the ornate backgrounds digitally. [...]