Terminator Genisys

Time to stop the end of the world

Credits

Director

Alan Taylor

Producers

David Ellison, Dana Goldberg

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Dneg VFX Supervisor

Pete Bebb

Dneg VFX Producer

Rupert Porter

Overall Stereo Supervisor

Corey Turner

Stereo Supervisor

Richard W. Baker

Stereo Producer

Matthew Bristowe

Release Date

1st July 2015

VFX

Our London office handled approximately 900 shots including the T1000, T5000, and T3000 Terminators, the helicopter and bus chase sequences, and the explosion at the Cyberdine headquarters. We were delivering some of the heaviest VFX sequences in the movie.

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Terminator Genisys fires on all action cylinders when director Alan Taylor follows the model James Cameron set in the first two films.Rolling Stone

Synopsis

When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline. Now, Sgt. Reese finds himself in a new and unfamiliar version of the past, where he is faced with unlikely allies, including the Guardian, dangerous new enemies, and an unexpected new mission: To reset the future.

Stereo

The Stereo team’s work on Terminator: Genisys involved lots of augmentation of shots with stereo particulates and the now standard use of head geometry for the main characters to ensure accuracy and consistency of facial sculpting across shots.

Some of the most challenging sequences were the scenes in the teleporter room. The characters were fighting within a glowing sphere with layers of vapour going around them, lightning, explosions and more. The layering of these elements in depth was a challenge. There were some shots that were originally going to be stereo renders from VFX that ended up being stereo converted.

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