Just last night I watched Rupert Wyatt's installment in the 'Planet of the Apes' franchise. The film kept me glued to the edge of my spot till the very end. It was magnificent, period.
The Oscar-nominated movie has a very creative, technical, and tedious background to it as one might expect. So I went over to CGSOCIETY and found this behind-the-scenes production focus.
Andy Serkis took his already-renowned talent as a mo-cap actor to an amazing peak by playing the most badass ape ever, Caesar.
Lighting was obviously one of Weta's major concerns, “Because we were doing live motion capture of Andy (Serkis), and that was being translated into Caesar, We had Andy
there on set as a reference for lighting. We spent a lot of time focusing on highlights in the eyes and making sure the eyes read really well.” Serkis was dressed in the motion capture suit “which gave us an idea of what certain values were. We could also look at his skin tones to reference to Caesar’s skin.”
