Some of the most enduring images of the 9/11 attacks were the before-and-after photos of the World Trade Center, with the soaring towers beautifully jutting out from Downtown before they fell to th…
DNEG recreated the New York skyline and the weather in visual effectsDNEG helped to create some of the most dynamic visual effects in Paul Greengrass’ “United 93.” No other single event had been so extensively visually documented, therefore the onus was on DNEG to make sure that their recreation of the Lower Manhattan area and the destruction was completely accurate.
The second stage was post-collapse, which involved building Ground Zero in CG along with all the rubble, smoke and dust. Chiang and the team went out on jetties and relied on photographs to help recreate the skyline. They also had to consider the bright sunny morning of that fateful day. “We were shooting in England and it was raining. That footage of Leroy when he does his pre-checks as he walks around the plane. That’s just him in the rain. Everything is recreated. We had to build CG planes, cars and all the ancillary vehicles that would roam around the airports.
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