Joey Paur
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I’ve got an incredibly cool video here for you to watch that offers a behind-the-scenes look at some of the VFX work that was created to bring John Wick: Chapter 4 to life. The crazy thing is, the scene that the video breaks down… you didn’t even know that the majority of it was visual effects.
The scene involves that crazy-ass action scene that’s set at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. While all the stunts to create this scene were real, the whole Paris setting was digital! It’s pretty incredible to see exactly how they pulled it off!
The video was shared by the Montreal-based Rodeo FX who created the scene for the film. When talking about the scene, Rodeo’s Javier Rocas said:
“The rendering was very complex. It was 113 shots. It was almost like doing a short animated film at 4K, with so many different elements. We had to render two different lighting scenarios for the artists to combine. So, we had Paris, which was always rendered fully. And then the Berlin ‘lights’, to make sure that those lights that they used on the Berlin location were also being reflected on the CG cars. Plus, the other way around, on the stunt cars, we were getting the lights of our CG Paris on top of them as well.”
Roca went on to explain that due to the various swapping between locales, the VFX ensured that continuity remained tight between shots:
“The idea was that everything needed to be living under the same type of lighting conditions. Headlights but especially taillights and brake lights are a huge part of a car’s design, so we needed to replicate, or at least re-invent, these lights to be modern, LED vs halogen, taking into account the colour temperature depending on new versus old cars, have the right exposure while still giving lig/comp flexibility to adjust them…and not to mention indicators.”
You can watch the video of Rodeo FX’s work on John Wick: Chapter 4 below: