Australia
From April 2007 until October 2008, a large team of us at Animal Logic worked on the visual effects for a number of sequences in Baz Luhrmann’s film Australia.
I spent about three weeks in north Queensland, two weeks in the Northern Territory, and then two or three months on and off in Sydney, running around taking photographs of the sets & props, helping to record measurements, and anything else necessary for creating the digital set extensions of 1940′s Darwin.
Besides the landscape and sets, I also took a lot of photos of the extras hired to play the soldiers and townsfolk of Darwin. Playing an extra in a film is mostly about waiting, punctuated with short bursts of activity when you are required for a shot, so I found it fascinating to watch how people spent their time when they weren’t required for filming.
Bowen.
Darwin.
Fox Studios, Sydney.
An outdoor night shoot at Fox Studios, Sydney.
So YOU’RE Bec’s (Bennett) friend that works at Animalogic that she used to talk about when we were doing the film course together.
Amazing photos!
Maria
January 15, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Dude, I’m so god damn jealous. Really really great shots! The 3 cowboys one especially.
great stuff dude
Sando
January 15, 2009 at 11:44 pm
man, these photos are magnificent.
you’ve caught the vibe of all of them so damn well.
lucky
January 16, 2009 at 8:01 am
I just saw Australia at the weekend…..and stayed to the very end to see your name in the credits
Lovely photos!
Roshan
January 16, 2009 at 8:28 am
Lovely photos. Looks like a pretty amazing experience to be a part of.
I still haven’t seen the film but these shots make me want to. I want to see what those fake desert shots look like. And the white cows.
Dan
January 16, 2009 at 11:25 am
amazing shots… now I’ve really got to see the movie.
also, did you get any evidence of them painting the horses?
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F17.html
dk.au
January 18, 2009 at 11:39 am
duuuuude – these are awesome!!! How’d I miss this ><
Joel
January 23, 2009 at 7:48 am