While Condon reportedly fought to keep the visual effects to a minimum, even with Beasts face, there are many full
sequences of green screen and no humans.
Not exact matches
Despite perilously under - lighting a few nighttime
sequences, cinematographer Rachel Morrison shoots the country so full
of life that it's genuinely hard to believe she didn't film a single frame
of it in Africa (for a movie that's full
of sloppy CG, the environmental
green screen work is astonishing).
Too many
of the wide shots and battle
sequences are all too obviously
green -
screen, in that they consist
of actors running around somewhat aimlessly, looking for their marks and trying to use their imagination.
The real - life Petit didn't have the safety net
of a soundstage and
green screen to complete his trick, but Zemeckis uses these tools to great effect, redefining the phrase «end on a high note» with a
sequence that will leave you breathless and wanting more.
Two later
sequences ensure that tears will be shed at every
screening of «Stronger»: Bauman's reunion with the man who saved his life (Carlos Sanz, extremely moving), which
Green finesses gracefully, without histrionics, and the scene
of Bauman throwing out the first pitch at Fenway.
John Carter (PG - 13 for violence and intense action
sequences)
Screen adaptation
of «A Princess
of Mars,» Edgar Rice Burroughs» sci - fi novel about a Civil War Confederate veteran (Taylor Kitsch) who is magically transported to Mars where he rescues a desperate damsel in distress (Lynn Collins) while on the run from a horde
of 12 - foot tall
green creatures.
Unfortunately, it's also at times these layers looked a bit fake as it sort felt obvious the cast was filming in front
of a
green screen, but to be honest, a lot
of the action
sequences would have been too dangerous to perform in real life or to realistically recreate solely with practical effects.
Whatever can be said about Gods
of Egypt, there are brief glimmers
of visual splendor to be found among the often distracting
green screen sequences, which are further marred by cardboard cutout - level 3D post-processing.
The animated main menu aspires to the sports broadcast look
of much
of the film's ice skating
sequence, with a lengthy intro then giving way to a stadium in which a montage
of highlights is backdrop for a variety
of green -
screen foreground antics featuring the characters.
The many long battle
sequences are so dependent on computer augmentation that it's impossible not to imagine the actors numbly jousting in front
of a
green screen.