Flash Film Works

Here we placed our matte painting of Gotham City and the digital Bat Signal in the background of the location plate shot on the Warner Bros. lot. We also extended the top of some of the buildings.	We created and composited in the Riddler's sky writing, copying the style of writing from the film "Batman Forever." Some of the gargoyles on the sides of the street were also additional elements shot against green screen.

When this plate was shot, the Warner Bros. backlot was visible behind the set. We added towering 3D buildings rising up where the backlot once stood, and added bridges over the street.

We replaced the Warner Bros. backlot buildings on the right with 3D buildings that made it appear as though the Batmobile is driving across a bridge.	Here we replaced the background of the set with a Gotham City matte painting and removed the rig equipment holding up the helicopter.

This was filmed with a green screen outside of the window, we composited in a background plate of the buildings, which was shot separately.	The Penguin and his helicopter were shot against a green screen and composited into plates of the Gotham City buildings.

The Sequence below shows the climax of the "Hot Date" spot as the zooming Batmobile is cut off by an exploding tower. The Tower and assorted debris were created in Lightwave and composited into the shots.


This is a before and after shot shows the frame before the tower was added. note the dump tanks and assorted rigs that had to be removed from the shot.
Before	After

We created a digital matte painting of Gotham City to composite behind a live action plate of Batman. We then added in a 3D Bat Signal using volumetrics and an image of the signal created for the Batman movies.