Vfx

Where is the main visual effects shot in that movie?? Hint: There are five VFX shots, four of them are modifications of the fire in the scene. One of them is something else, what is it?

Believe me, I *know* how much effects cost or don't. They can even be inexpensive with CGI -- we managed to turn out over 150 VFX shots for SUPER MARIO BROTHERS (script and editing: NOT MY FAULT) for about $4M. But the cost of the SETS still pushed it up into the $30-40M range. And on-set effects and construction costs were also behind the exorbitance of T2 (Visual Effects: ~$18M) and the "other" L.A.Hero (Total ~$130M).

Digital re-composite: assuming Lucas saved all the original film shot in the making of the trilogy, it would be theoretically possible to digitize each element (footage of indivdual spacecraft, pyrotechnic shots, backgrounds) and reassemble the VFX seamlessly using the computer instead of the ever-twitchy optical printer that was the state of the art 10-15 years ago.

It’s as grand a spectacle as the Hightowers (and House of the Dragon’s VFX team) can cook up, as thousands of bodies are packed into the Dragonpit to await Aegon’s arrival.

When we were filming all the scenes in Charlie’s house, I had a huge scab. I think they VFX’d it out and that’s where most of the budget went.