Interview: David Vickery - Jupiter Ascending's Special Effects Supervisor
27th July 2015
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Jupiter Ascending. It was this year’s only big budget, original sci-fi film.
Lots of people had issues with the plot and Eddie Redmayne’s ummm… “original” acting. But no one would deny that the special effects were amazing. To find out more, we chatted over the phone to David Vickery, the film’s Visual Effects Supervisor.
“Part of my job is really trying to understand people” he explains. “And trying to understand the nuance in their emotion when they’re looking at something. You have to be a Jack of all trades. It’s about making the director’s vision happen”
The effects in Jupiter Ascending certainly would need a Jack of all trades. The movie features planets, spaceships and, for some reason, dinosaurs. Yet, that the effect that David found most enjoyable was none of these. He explains why Cain (Channing Tatum) escaping from a refinery, was special.
“Visually there’s so many amazing frames in that sequence. Visually and creatively Double Negative had full control over that scene.” “There’s this tumultuous, almost liquid, thunderstorm. It was a fun little scene to work on”
Nor were they the effects he struggled with the most.

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