John Berton Jr. shares how you can avoid the pitfalls of very bad VFX.
In a recent episode of Corridor Digital’s YouTube Series VFX Artists React #78, hosts Wren Weichman and Niko Pueringer talked to VFX ILM Supervisor and industry veteran John Berton Jr. about the early days of CGI. Berton has worked on a variety of iconic projects, including Terminator 2, Willow, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Jurassic Park, to name a few.
However, in what even Berton considers a dark moment in his career, he was the visual effects supervisor for what has been considered the worst visual effects shot ever—the Scorpion King from The Mummy Returns.
Sitting down with the gang from Corridor Crew, Berton explained why the CGI character of the Scorpion King ended up looking so bad and why it didn’t hold up, even when the film was released. Check out their video below.
The Importance of Reference
While we may be able to blame the infancy of the technology at the time, Berton’s explanation is a bit more about fundamentals.
Author: James DeRuvo
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
