Supervising the Show

摘要

Grady Cofer and Pablo Helman shared the job of supervising the visual effects for Battleship. Cofer was involved from the start in 2009 when director Peter Berg pitched the idea to Industrial Light & Magic. Helman joined the crew later, after he finished work on Airbender. All told, the film had 1500 visual effects shots, with ILM creating the majority. In addition to a crew of 250 at ILM, the supervisors and Animation Director Glen Mclntosh oversaw work from three other studios: Image-Engine, the Embassy, and Scanline. The effects consisted of the water simulation, creature animation, ships, and destruction. The creatures were linebacker-sized humanoid aliens but with four fingers spread around their hands like a claw; they usually appeared wearing a full suit of armor.