INTERVIEW: Special Effects Challenges Behind OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL Movie
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- Last Updated: Tuesday, 12 November 2013 08:02
- Written by Lupe Haas
After the visual presentation, CineMovie's Fernando Esquivel sat down with the senior visual effects supervisor for a more in-depth discussion about the process and to give us insight into the challenges presented by the creation of an non-existent environment as imagined by Sam Raimi.
Take a listen to what he had to say in our video interview.
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More about Scott Stodkyk:
For almost a decade, Stokdyk worked with director Sam Raimi on all three of theSPIDER-MAN films. In 2002 he received an Oscar® nomination for his work onSPIDER-MAN and in 2004 won the Academy Award® for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for his groundbreaking work on SPIDER-MAN 2.
In between the SPIDER-MAN films and OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, Stokdyk supervised the visual effects and animation for Disney’s G-FORCE.
Scott joined Imageworks in 1997 working as a digital artist on CONTACT and STARSHIP TROOPERS. He was CG supervisor on both GODZILLA and STUART LITTLE. Stokdyk received his first Oscar® nomination in 2000 as digital effects supervisor for the creation of the incredible disappearing man and gorilla in HOLLOW MAN.
Prior to Imageworks, Stokdyk worked as a digital artist on TITANIC and TERMINATOR 2, and as a sequence supervisor on THE FIFTH ELEMENT.