COLLATERAL DAMAGE
 Flash Film Works performed most of the visual effects work on the Andrew Davis directed film "Collateral Damage" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. These included 3D animations of explosion debris, 3D animation of attack helicopters and the animation of a 3D Arnold for a sequence of him falling over a waterfall. In addition to the animation, we also performed numerous green screen composites and extensive rig & wire removal.

We combined a plate of the actors ducking with a plate featuring the explosion and then composited in additional elements of explosions, debris and a falling pole to create the horrific spectacle of our hero's wife and child being killed.

For this shot, we again composited a plate of the stunt people and motorcycle sliding across the floor with a secondary explosion plate. We then created an element to simulate the effect of the pipes on the walls catching on fire and burning.

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In this sequence, Arnold is thrown through a hallway by an explosion. He was filmed flying through the air on wires and a separate background was shot with the explosion. Arnold was composited onto the background and the wires were removed. The final step was to add debris into the explosion using LightWave.


This is a shot from the FBI Incident Center scene, we composited video over a big green screen on the wall, to make it appear as though the agents are reviewing surveillance cameras.
We composited a plate of the State Department building, shot in downtown Los Angeles, with a separate explosion element shot on a stage. We then added debris elements to make it appear as though the radio antennae were falling apart.


The helicopter on the left is real, the one on the right is a 3D creation composited into the shot.


Both helicopters were created in 3D and added into the existing location plate.

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Collateral Damage on the internet movie database   All Images Courtesy of  Warner Bros. Studios

   

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