"Anytime you have a wide establishing shot of an island, it's generally a digital shot, an all CG shot. X Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Berardi. "We shot the film in Montreal and we didn't have obviously an island completely surrounded by water that would have the feel that director was looking for," explained Mr. X, the primary visual effects studio, and Rodeo FX are located in Canada, where Death Race was filmed. Two vfx firms were hired specifically to bring a strong sense of photorealism to this futuristic action film. If the vfx look in any way phony or unrealistic, the story becomes laughable. "Get ready for a killer ride" is the tag line, and they weren't kidding.Įven though vfx were meant to enhance the story and not overwhelm it, a film such as this is very much indebted to its effects. Imagine NASCAR with heavily armored vehicles firing at one another.
intends to do - and make a lot of money doing it by televising this death sport to a global audience thirsting for violence. Now that is certainly one way to reduce prison overcrowding, which is exactly what the Weyland Corp. Anderson's remake, Death Race (opening today from Universal), takes place on Terminal Island: a futuristic prison island where inmates are forced to brutalize and kill one another in road races. X.īased on the 1975 film, Death Race 2000, Paul W.S.
Chaos reigns in the world of visual effects for Death Race.
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