


MPC, the visual effects studio behind 1917, even had to do transitions when an actor’s face was fully visible in the frame. It can be hard to see where those stitches are - that’s the point - but if you look closely, you might notice them when a character walks behind a tree or through a doorway, or jumps off a bridge. War-torn France: an invisible effectġ917, the Best Picture and visual effects Oscar nominee that just won the BAFTA Award for VFX, employs a raft of invisible moments to stitch together takes so as to make the film appear as if it was shot all in one go. Indeed, you may not have realized there were any effects involved here at all. These include movies like 1917, Parasite, Joker, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, and Knives Out. But Ford v Ferrari’s visual effects are just as crucial for storytelling as those in every Marvel movie, and without them, the film may well have had empty racetrack stands (and sometimes no racetracks at all).įord v Ferrari is also one of several films that emerged in 2019 with a host of invisible effects. The embellishments in James Mangold’s racing drama don’t tend to make their mark in the same way as a computer-generated Thanos, an exploding spaceship, or a fleet of superheroes emerging from portals. There are 1,048 visual effects shots in the Oscar-nominated drama Ford v Ferrari.
