Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was shot in stereo on the RED One with the MX sensor. Guest Ben Snow from ILM and Mike Seymour discuss the issues of shooting stereo, creating mermaids and some of the special tools for water they created for the film.
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Very interesting podcast. All your conversations wth Ben Snow are really great and let us understand not only ILM’s workflow but the more advanced vfx techniques as well.