BBC One’s TV drama ‘Poldark’ includes VFX produced by Lexhag in
London, who built and composited detailed set extensions and 3D
matte paintings in Blackmagic Design Fusion Studio 7.
Lexhag Rebuilds the World of ‘Poldark’ with Blackmagic Fusion Studio |
‘Poldark’ is a new eight part television drama now airing on BBC One with visual effects produced byLexhag, a sister company to The Look in London, including detailed set extensions and 3D matte paintings, which were composited in Fusion Studio 7. |
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Establishing an 18th century mining world was carried out with attention to authenticity. “All of the exterior mine shots were filmed on location in Cornwall in the west of England, in and around the area’s remaining mines,” said Alexis. Lexhag had one major reference image for the Grambler mine build from the turn of the century, which provided an insight into how the working mine would have looked. Using a digital scan of the location, Alexis and his team were able to build, position and light structures in 3D in Fusion. |
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Visual effects artist Ken Turner said, “All the 3D elements were rendered as .exr files and brought into Fusion to relight and grade. The EXR files handle multiple light passes and masks for all of the separate elements, which gives you a lot of control for interactive adjustments in Fusion. Once the still frame was close to the finished article, I then took it into Photoshop for a final paint, breaking up the clean CG edges with grime and rock before taking it back into Fusion where I added people, smoke, grain, lens aberrations and lots of little tweaks to make the still matte painting come to life.” |
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Poldark is currently airing on BBC One, and is set for transmission in the United States and Australia later in 2015. www.blackmagicdesign.com |