28 July 2011 | Posted By Animation Focuz
EyeQube Studios delivered 210 VFX shots for the film_Deivathirumagal. South Star Vikram is the Hero and the film is directed by Vijay. The movie has released successfully in Tamil and Telugu (Nanna) on 15th July and is presently running. The entire movie’s VFX is done by the EyeQube Studios and Njanasundaran PT was the on-set VFX supervisor for this film. Out of the 210 shots, 160 shots are digital animation of which 69 shots were the CG created creature shots, this is perhaps the first time in India that an entire sequence was shot entirely against a green screen and such extensive creature and environment work was done by an Indian studio. As always, EyeQube studios have been working to raise the bar of vfx in India.
The entire story revolves around a mentally challenged father and his truggle to get his daughter back from his father-in-law. The studio has done extensive VFX for a song sequence in the movie. In this 6 minute long song, the mentally challenged father (Vikram) is telling stories to his daughter which are shown coming alive in the background. For the song EyeQube created five creatures- Anaconda, Fox, Crow, Sabertooth Tiger and Dinasaurs.
Sharing his experience Njanasundaran PT, VFX Supervisor, EyeQube Studios says, “Only the live characters were shot in studios everything else like the landscape and creatures were digitally created. All the creatures were given a real look and not like the animated or the cartoon look, so to create the fur on the animals like the fox, crow and the tiger was a tedious task and it also takes time to render hence to create such shots in 70 days was a task but we pulled it off”. Apart from the creature designs other VFX and animations included BG replacements, set extensions, forest creations.
Talking about bagging this project Shweta Kapoor, VFX Producer, EyeQube Studios says, “I would say the trust in PT by the Director got it for us. The director had complete faith in PT. If PT says yes it can be done then the director completely believes him”.
30 artists worked on this project and completed the project in 70 days. PT was present during the shooting of the film and he mentioned one of the shots was done at a busiest Railway station in Chennai where Vikram was left alone in the crowd and the camera was recording from the outside. The best part according to PT was the fact that none of the crowd could recognize Vikram the star and this incident shows how greatly he has acted in the movie. “The movie is loved by the audience as it is a family drama and it connects to the audiences well”, concluded Shweta.
Eyeqube is also working on RANA, Desi Boyz, Teri Meri Kahani apart from pre-production of 2 high end vfx intensive movies that are going on floor in DEC.These two movies will showcase technology that will vastly influence the paradigm of movie making in India.