MPC - Stronger VFX Breakdown (2017)

Stronger (2017)

MPC Paris looks back at visual effects originally created in 2017 by the former Mikros VFX teams in Canada for Stronger, directed by David Gordon Green.
The film follows the story of Jeff Bauman, one of the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and his physical and emotional recovery. Beyond the creation of several environments and crowd elements, the teams delivered a range of invisible visual effects tied to the main character, portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal, who is depicted as having lost both legs in the attack. This required carefully altering the actor’s body and reconstructing elements concealed by his limbs during filming, with the aim of achieving a seamless and respectful result.

This work echoes a similar approach developed earlier on Rust and Bone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8tsjsGq9BM), where subtle, invisible effects were used to support the performance of a valid actor portraying a character with a disability, and reflects a continuity of expertise that is now part of MPC Paris’ creative heritage.

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CREDITS:
VFX Supervision : Cédric Fayolle, Philippe Desiront, Damien Hurgon
Project Manager : Sonia Marques, Christine Hantzo Stoll, Elodie Pollet
IO Editors : Francois Artacho, Jonathan Perth
VEX Consulting : Jonathan Legris
CG Supervision : Annick Harmel-Tourneur
3D Generalists : Pierre Dufour, Robert Rioux, Sarwar Yahir Khan, Sergey Kononenko, Sylvain Allard, Thibault Claeys
Animation : Eric Maltais, Benoit Gauthier, Felipe Carpinetti, Jonathan Asselin, Marc-Andre Barron, Marco Savignac, Miguel Gonzalez
Lighting : Justin Goran, Simon Lecavalier
FX : Benoit Duchesneau, Glenn Curry, Stephanie Jermann, Thomas Lhomme-Sorel
Lead Tracking : Xavier Goubin
Tracking Artists : Dan Lowenberg, Guillaume Charron, Patrick Taillefer
Compositing Artists : Pascal Depocas, Alexis Peraste, Claudia Velasquez, Cyril Balavoine, Eduardo Villareal, Emmanuel Moulun, Emmanuelle Ngansing, Guillaume Noel, Jan Kegels, Jean-Francois Burdin, Jean-Francois Lafleur, Jeanlin Guillaume, Julie Therrien, Nick Jovanoyski, Yohann Hays
Matte Painting : Nicolas Fidala, Catherine Hebert
Mocap Performance : Javier Peleaz

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