VFX supervisor says Nolan likes to do things “for real”
![With the recent, growing trend in Hollywood to move towards digital filmmaking, there are very few holdouts who are still fighting to preserve the analog spirit of cinema’s past. Christopher Nolan is one of those filmmakers. When the rest of the industry shouted for 3D, he refused. When they called for a transition to digital […]](http://darkknight.tribute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/thedarkknightrises13-300x225.jpg "VFX supervisor says Nolan likes to do things “for real” - The Dark Knight")
With the recent, growing trend in Hollywood to move towards digital filmmaking, there are very few holdouts who are still fighting to preserve the analog spirit of cinema’s past. Christopher Nolan is one of those filmmakers. When the rest of the industry shouted for 3D, he refused. When they called for a transition to digital cameras, he used 70mm IMAX. And, of course, with the whole world moving towards computer-generated visual effects, Nolan goes practical. “Chris will always prefer to do it practically,” says special effects supervisor Chris Corbould, while talking to Collider about The Dark Knight Rises. “That’s his mantra.” Corbould admits that sometimes the logistics don’t work out – with monetary, safety and purely physical constraints being amongst their chief limitations – but that, whenever possible, Nolan will always try and use practical effects; or at least use them to enhance the quality of the CGI. “He’s a firm believer in doing things for real,” he continues, “and he believes he gets better performances from his actors and thespians, you know, if there’s something going on. That’s the way he’s always been and he seems to be sticking by it.”
