PLF provided a complete visualization solution for Marvel's Iron Man, directed by Jon Favreau. Academy Award winning VFX Supervisor John Nelson collaborated with our team for 19 straight months. In early pre-production, PLF assisted suit designer Phil Saunders with motion-test suit concepts and 3d design implementations. We then moved forward with previsualization on ten different sequences.
PLF’s team size expanded and contracted as the needs of the production changed. As the shoot progressed, PLF transitioned into a Postvis team. We worked closely with both VFX and Editorial to complete preliminary versions of the VFX shots. This included tracking and
animating effects into plates. The flexibility to tweak and revise sequences allowed the filmmakers to quickly hone in on the most effective solutions for the VFX shots without the added cost of a large vendor. As shots were approved for delivery to the final vendors, PLF provided 3D scene data for both Industrial Light and Magic and The Orphanage.
PLF also completed 35 shots for the show as a final effects vendor. PLF's shot responsibilities included designing and compositing the Stark Industries operating system as well as creating the graphics for the Combined Aerospace Operations Center (CAOC) during the movie's “dogfight.”
In addition, PLF Supervisor Kent Seki worked in conjunction with VFX vendor The Orphanage to create 53 shots of Iron Man's Heads-Up-Display (HUD). These shots included Iron Man’s point of view (POV) as well as shots of Robert Downey Jr. inside the mask itself, surrounded by the graphics that overlay his POV. Acting as a liaison between the production and the vendor, Seki supervised these highly conceptual shots that combined live action with graphics.
Pixel Liberation Front appreciated the privilege to work with such a talented and collaborative production.
PLF Iron Man Team
Visualization / Heads-Up-Display Effects Supervisor
Kent Seki
Executive Producer / Visual Effects Producer
Sean Cushing
Coordinators
Beverly Abbott
Jody Rice
Tanissa Potrovitza
Laura Zentil
Lead Artists
Todd Jansen
Kyle Robinson
Christopher Batty
Mary Manning
Technical Director
Brad Friedman
Artists
Jason Wesche
Scott McGinley
Brad Mullennix
Keely Colcleugh
Raul Moreno
Mahito Mizobuchi
Samir Lyons
Gavin Wright
Kelvin Lee
John Lee
Raffael Dickreuter
Mike Murphy
Alex Reyes
