The 49th edition of IFFI witnessed the presence of
Tim McGovern who is the first person to win an Academy Award in Visual Effects
(VFX). The man behind the stunning VFX in films like ‘Dunkirk’, ‘Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation’,
‘Total Recall’, ‘Tron’, ‘Supernova’, ‘Ant-Man’ and the ‘Wasp’,
and many more addressed the audience in an In-Conversation session.
While speaking about his experience working with Christopher Nolan
on ‘Dunkirk’, Tim said,
“He (Christopher Nolan) loves distortions and imperfections. He loves his
footage and analog films. He used to dislike use of VFX where he felt could be recreated manually. He is a real master of storytelling
and photography.”
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The debate between anolog and digital has been a long-standing one and
filmmakers over the years have expressed their affinity towards the platform of
their choice. When asked about his choice, Tim was quick to say, “I love digital.
I find no reason to like imperfections. Digital is the only way to go. The
resolution and the colour range is much better.”
The VFX craftsman then went
on to describe in detail the work that went into working on ‘Total Recall’ and his experience
working with Arnold Schwarzenegger. He also gave snippets of working on films
like ‘Ant-Man’ and the ‘Wasp’ and ‘Dunkirk’.
In the recent past, India
has produced some great artistes who continue to work on some big-budget
Hollywood films, as seen in the credits roll of these films. These artistes
from across the world have made the world take note of India as a destination
for VFX post-production. Tim said, “There is nothing in the world that should
stop India from excelling in VFX”, while adding that the VFX work of
significant portions of films like ‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Ant-Man’ and the ‘Wasp’,
among many others, was done in Mumbai.
