

A sandstorm was digitally generated as well as a fire with great attention to detail and the artistic vision of the creators.
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For the Middle East journey, landscape creations and extensions were necessary to immerse the audience in the burning atmosphere of the desert.For the train journey, MPC teams overlaid corresponding scenery on images initially shot on a blue background. For the sequences in Italy, the balloon was entirely recreated digitally and integrated into the landscape.MPC artists completed the balloon, partially built on set, as spectators travelled through idyllic settings. During the sequence taking place in France, the Parisian scenery, such as the Hôtel de Ville, the Gare du Nord and the landscape overflown by the balloon, had to be digitally reconstituted.During the crossing of the English Channel, the water was recreated in 3D FX and the scenery was overlaid on a blue background. For the sequences taking place in England, London settings had to be digitally recreated to match the reality of the period.Under the overall supervision of Jean-Louis Autret, and the leadership of VFX producer Delphine Lasserre and VFX supervisor Hugues Namur, MPC Film & Episodic teams in Paris and Bangalore worked on nearly 350 VFX shots, creating the visual effects to reflect the historical reality of the time and environments. The epic journey that travels the globe takes place over eight 47-minute episodes, and Technicolor’s MPC Film & Episodic team was there at the beginning, producing visual effects for the first three episodes set in England, France, Italy and the Middle East, as well as the exciting last two episodes set in the United States.

Beginning January 2, it’s being broadcast Sunday nights on Masterpiece PBS. The new series, created by Ashley Pharoah and Caleb Ranson, premiered in France and Germany over the holidays, followed by the UK and other countries. Joining them on the journey is Abigail Fix (Leonie Benesch), the journalist who came up with the outrageous idea. He will need all the resilience he can muster and the assistance of quick-witted Frenchman Passepartout (Ibrahim Koma).
#AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS MOVIE TV#
MPC Film & Episodic won a 2022 Genie Award – Best Visual Effects - TV Fiction – at Paris Images Digital Summit this month.Īround the World in 80 Days is an adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novel that tells the story of Phileas Fogg's (David Tennant) crazy challenge: to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
