Fabrice Hourlier, director and designer of these images worked out a unique graphic process, which he called "Spatial Compositing ".
First of all, the actors are filmed against a green background by a stationary camera in a studio. The actors move and act in costumes in front of the camera which stays in one place. This particular technical will allow the shots to be edited and integrated into one or more 3-D scene (battle field, room, ship deck). The shots can even be multiplied and used to create larger scenes. The backgrounds are entirely virtual and are created separately. |
| Creation of the Bucentaure staircase. |
The backgrounds are based on detailed research: either current visual references (shots are filmed in natural settings, thus representing geographical accuracy) reconstructed from historical and archaeological research. |
Finally, by combining overlapping layers, the final image takes form. The final image is composed of real footage of the actors (20 %,) and of virtual scenery (80%) that consist of backgrounds, (a boat, the sea, the sky) and foregrounds (canons, ropes) of objects, shadows and reflections.
In the end, many layers (the 1st shot of the film for example is made up of 180 diverse layers) form the finished scene. Any camera movement is possible, which allows for beautiful wide shots and moving shots that can be used to spectacularly reconstruct history. See the scene in the trailer.teaser |
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