It was actually quite challenging because the actor was a young kid with a smooth and clean skin, which meant there wasnt a lot of detail for us to play with. For shots where his body parts grew really large, we had to paint separate texture maps.
One issue that we had to address was the way the skin textures stretched. Then, since a different part of Tucker grows fat in almost every shot, we had to build a specific model for each scene - a foot, a head, an arm, etc. We started with a basic CG model of the actor that we built in Maya from a cyberscan. For one thing, we never had to worry about getting clean plates. Since we were going to add body parts that were bigger than him, it was pretty easy to cover him over. We just shot the actor playing the scene on set without any blue screen, Sretschinsky says. Reminiscent of Eddie Murphys Nutty Professor vfx, the growth effect was primarily realized via 3D animation, with the first stage being created with a 2D morph. One of the four teens, Tucker, has the ability to grow enormously fat, a talent that he learns to control as the movie progresses. The script called for six different superpowers to be created via visual effects. In charge of producing some 280 shots, the team also included vfx producers David James and Todd Isroelit, digital effects supervisor Serge Sretschinsky and CG supervisor Johnny Gibson. To this purpose, director Peter Hewitt turned to Digital Domain and to visual effects supervisor Mark Forker. He must now teach a group of unwilling teen superheroes how to control their special skills and ultimately how to save the world.Īs with any superhero movie, visual effects played a key part in visualizing the special powers of the characters. 11), he portrays an out-of-shape former superhero who has lost his powers.
In Zoom (released by Columbia Pictures on Aug. Both movies have Tim Allen as the reluctant down on his luck hero. Just like Galaxy Quest was playing the Star Trek mythology for laughs, Zoom is a comedy playing with the superhero frenzy. All images and clips © Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios.
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