THE BEAT OF A NATION: KEROUAC’S ROAD

WE RECENTLY COMPLETED GRAPHICS AND VISUAL EFFECTS ON VENTURELAND’S
THE BEAT OF A NATION: KEROUAC’S ROAD FOR UNIVERSAL PICTURES.
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE TALENTED EDITOR PAUL TREWARTHA, OUR ROLE WAS TO SUPPORT HIS ASSEMBLAGES OF NEWSPAPER AND MEDIA SEQUENCES, AS WELL AS DO VFX FIXES/CHANGES TO AN ARRAY OF MAIN SHOTS.

VFX

REBUILDING THE OPEN/CLOSED SIGN SO IT WOULD APPEAR CORRECT (OPEN) FOR MATT DILLON, AND CLOSED ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR.
WE ALSO REPLACED THE FRAMED BOB DYLAN POSTER, IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THE REFECTIONS OF ORIGINAL OPEN SIGN.

CHANGING THE BUS’S DESTINATION SIGN FROM PORTLAND TO NEW ORLEANS.
ONCE WE HAD THE NEW TYPE MATCHED, WE THEN HAD TO TRACK AND MATCH COLOUR AND LIGHTING/SHADOW CHANGES,
AS WELL AS REMOVING, AND THEN REPLACING FILM GRAIN

REMOVING REFLECTIONS OF THE CAMERA CREW IN THE SUBJECT’S SUNGLASSES