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