'Haunted Mansion': Justin Simien Explains the Power of Practical Effects
One of the conversations that has resurfaced time and again across this year regards the use of special effects by big-budget blockbusters. While we’ve been presented with extreme examples — the heavily criticized The Flash CGI and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer not using CGI at all – directors have been speaking out about their vision vs. the cost of bringing them to life as realistically as possible.
Of course, for a movie about ghosts terrorizing a big house, you’d expect a decent amount of CGI to be involved in the process. However, there are other elements that studios aren’t always committed to making look as real as possible. As Simien told panel moderator Steve Weintraub, Disney had no problem at all in building the entire mansion as a set:
“It is meticulously crafted. The details are so specific and they are everywhere. So, there were so many details… and there wasn’t a fight. I think Disney more than anyone understood the power of those details. But I’ll sum it up and say that I was really passionate about starting with practical in-camera effects, I think that’s part of the magic of that ride...
Haunted Mansion centers around a mother and her hid after they move in to a mansion. When they realize it’s haunted, they enlist the help of specialists to get rid of the ghosts and make the place not spooky. The star-studded cast features LaKeith Stanfield , Owen Wilson , Danny DeVito , Rosario Dawson , Winona Ryder , Dan Levy , Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto .
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