About Time

摘要

How do you make time fly? That's the question Digital Domain had to answer visually for The Time Machine, a film based on the novel by H.G. Wells, which begins in the 1890s and proceeds to 800,000 years in the future. Directed by Gore Verbinski and Simon Wells, great-grandson of H.G. Wells, the DreamWorks film is scheduled to open March 8. Guy Pearce stars as Alexander Hartdegen, the scientist/inventor/traveler who zips into the future and discovers two races: Morlocks and Eloi, the hunters and the hunted. The movie's mixed reviews may limit its future at the box office; however, during the process of creating effects, Digital Domain and Industrial Light & Magic solved some color range problems that will impact the future of filmmaking. Digital Domain had the lion's share of the work, handling 250 shots for the three time travel sequences. In addition, ILM created CG Morlocks, Illusion Arts provided matte paintings, and Cinesite took care of wire removal, changed makeup, and helped destroy the world.