Nick Carpenter shared on twitter just a glimpse into the type of work that Visual Effects can do for any film. The video below shows a “Before and After” breakdown from the film The Great Gatsby. While Westenhofer wasn’t involved in that film, this video shows heavy use of visual effects work. By the way, Simon Dugan (“The Great Gatsby” cinematographer) in on the Warcraft film. So this video below shows his work too.
Having watched that, below is a “Before and After” of the movie titled “The Life of Pi” for which Bill Westenhofer won an Oscar. Bill Westenhofer is the VFX supervisor for the upcoming Warcraft film.
Read the BlizzCon 2013: The Presentation of the Warcraft Movie Panel to find out what Bill Westenhofer along with director Duncan Jones, Rob Pardo, Chris Metzen and Blizzard’s Senior VP of Cinematics Nick Carpenter shared about the development of the film.
Here are some breakdowns on the visual effects of the film The Golden Compass for which he also won a BAFTA and an Academy Award.