Our work

Arctic Blast (2010)

Artic Blast poster
VFX – 69 shots
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Production Company: Reel One Entertainment
Script: Jason Bourque
Cast: Michael Shanks, Alexandra Davies, Cinthia Burke, Robert Mammone 

Overview: When a solar eclipse sends a colossal blast of super-chilled air towards the earth, it then sets off a catastrophic chain of events that threatens to engulf the world in ice and launch a new Ice Age.

Description of our work:

  • Concept
  • CG props and integration in a live environment
  • Motion camera and object tracking
  • Camera setup and animation (layout)
  • Matte paintings
  • SFX, particle and simulations effects
  • Look development, textures and lighting
  • Compositing effects and integration

Relevant link:

City Search - Disaster Movie Arctic Blast Hits Tasmania

Credits:

VFX PRODUCERS Marc BOURBONNAIS
Yanick WILISKY
VFX SUPERVISOR Martin PELLETIER
VFX PRODUCTION MANAGER Jacinthe CÔTÉ
VFX COORDINATION Catherine BÉLANGER-GAGNON
PREVIZ Jérémy LAMBOLEZ
LEAD CONCEPT & MATTE PAINTING Sylvain LORGEOU
MATTE PAINTERS Florent LEBRUN
Philippe LANGLOIS
LEAD MODELING Mathieu PHANEUF
LEAD TD/LAYOUT Mostafa BADRAN
ANIMATION SUPERVISOR Marcus ALQUERES
ANIMATORS David YABU
Michel BIDART
Bruno BLAIN
LOOK DEVELOPMENT Robert QUINN
Jean-Pierre RIVERIN
Marc-Antoine DESJARDINS
François GENDRON
TEXTURE ARTISTS Alexandre PAILLON
Olivier NADEAU
SFX François DUCHESNEAU
Ronen TANCHUM
DIGITAL COMPOSITING SUPERVISOR Luc JULIEN
DIGITAL COMPOSITORS Alban KASIKCI
Jean-Francois FERLAND
Sebastien CHARTIER
Alexandre TREMBLAY
Maris ABOLINS
Vitalijus ZHUKAS
Andrea ESPINAL
Stéphane RIOUX
Andrei GHEORGHIU
Marc HALL (Artifex)
Martin LARRIVÉE
Mickaël LÉGER
Stéphane STRADELLA
Vincent FREI
Jean-Philippe TRAORÉ
VFX PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Francis LAROUCHE
Sarah TREPANIER
Tanya MOORE
TECHNICAL SUPPORT Vincent TOUSSAINT
VFX FINANCIAL CONTROLER Patrick BISSONNETTE