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Prime
Focus, India's leading integrated end-to-end post production and
visual effects services house, successfully delivers the post production
and visual effects in, Raaz2, the mystery continues. Dubbed as Bollywood's
most-expensive horror film, the movie has been directed by Mohit
Suri and stars Emraan Hashmi and Kangana Ranaut.
The
movie deals with issues of the "evil within" the human
psyche and how it manifests itself. Based on the myths and superstitions
that are still widely existent in the contemporary Indian society,
the movie extensively uses VFX and ahs become an integral part of
a movie's story and appeal. With over 500 shots Prime Focus has
created a magical and thrilling experience using their different
facilities in Mumbai & Hyderabad.
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Commenting
on the use of VFX in today's cinema, Mr. Merzin Tavaria, Creative
Head VFX/Animation, Prime Focus said "The success of VFX lies
in its ability to convince the audience that the scene is real,
it is the effect that an audience is unable to interpret. For instance,
there was a bull sequence in the movie where a group of bulls attack
Emraan and Kangana's car. We first studied references of the model
& then created a computer generated bull. The sequence required
to give a lot of detailing to the structure & the realistic
movement of the animal. The audience could not decipher that visual
effects were used in this movie."
"The movie also involved a lot of Matte painting, which is
a painted representation of a landscape, set, or distant location
that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment
that would otherwise be too expensive to build or visit" added
Mr. Tavaria.
The
most thrilling sequence in the movie was the mirror sequence with
Kangana. The effect of her getting surprised by her ghost and gripping
the audience was a brainstorm. We did start of this sequence where
Kangana bends to pick something up and her reflection remains in
the mirror. Later, we had to add fog to the glass created because
of the steam coming from the hot water and after the fog gathered,
the water droplets were created to add realism to the mirror and
shots.
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