STAR TREK: Into Darkness

VFX Breakdown – Building the Future

Industrial Light & Magic

What does the storied city of San Francisco look like in 2259? How does it function? Who lives there? All good questions — these are exactly the questions that ILM VFX supervisor Roger Guyett, Co-VFX supervisor Patrick Tubach, VFX art director Yanick Dusseault, digital environments supervisor Barry Williams and model supervisor Bruce Holcomb had to answer to create a version of the city by the Bay that satisfied director J.J. Abram’s vision for the film.

Journey to the Red Planet

Industrial Light & Magic

The opening sequence sequence of “Star Trek into Darkness” is a great example of the varied visual effects challenges faced by ILM: large digital environments (with plenty of organic elements), creatures and digital doubles, animation, ships and a tremendous amount of simulation work (lava, smoke, water, etc.) Here we explore what it took to create the “Red Planet”, Nibiru for “Into Darkness”.

VFX Breakdown

Industrial Light & Magic

VFX Breakdown

Pixomondo

VFX Supervisor: Ben Grossmann
VFX Producer: Richard Mann

Total Shots: 343
Project Length: 11 Months
Divisions: Americas, Europe, Asia
Main Disciplines: Environment, CG, FX

VFX Breakdown

Pixomondo / Autodesk 3DSMax

VFX Breakdown

Anselm von Seherr-Thoss – Atomic Fiction

VFX Breakdown

Pixomondo

Making-Of – Ship to Ship

Making-Of – The Enemy of my Enemy

VFX Breakdown – TITLES

Andrew Kramer | Video Copilot | Kelvin Optical

See how we created the Titles for Star Trek Into Darkness using After Effects & Element 3D.