With less than eight weeks to go before the Academy Awards, it’s a scramble to the finish line for the artisans who create the looks, sounds and visual effects of this year’s awards contenders.This year, these craftspeople used visual-effects technology in surprising ways.
VFX artists turned back time for Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino in “The Irishman,” de-aging them in post-production.
In Disney’s “The Lion King,” the visual-effects team used gaming technology to create an entirely virtual production.But low-tech solutions to problems were used by production designers for “Little Women,” “The Irishman,” “Joker” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” as they turned 21st-century locations into Gotham City, 19th-century Massachusetts, mid-century Philadelphia and 1969 Hollywood using facades, and other practical dressings.Some storylines to follow: Costume designer Ruth E.
Carter, who won last year for “Black Panther,” has a shot at another Oscar
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