"The Black Phone" VFX: Before and After
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Blumhouse Productions called on VFX Legion to create the visual effects for ‘The Black Phone,’ director Scott Derrickson’s newest horror genre film. Co-written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill (‘Sinister,’ ‘Dr. Strange’) and starring Ethan Hawke as the maniacal villain, the chilling tale is an adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story of the same name. Legion, also the primary visual effects vendor for ‘Sinister 2,’ (2015), re-teamed with Derrickson, Cargill, and Blumhouse, delivering over 200 shots for their new psychological thriller, which opened in theatres on June 24th.
Set in suburban Denver, Colorado in 1978, ‘The Black Phone’ is the story of Finney Shaw (Mason Thames), the latest victim of a sadistic serial killer dubbed ‘The Grabber’ (Ethan Hawke). The boy is held captive in a basement where help comes in supernatural form through calls from his kidnappers’ previous victims on a disconnected phone.
TITLE: ‘The Black Phone’ | GENRE: Horror-Thriller Film | THEATRICAL RELEASE: June 24, 2022
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Blumhouse Productions, Crooked Highway, Universal Pictures
PRODUCERS: Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Joe Hill, Ryan Turek, Christopher H. Warner
CO-PRODUCER: Jennifer Scudder
DIRECTOR: Scott Derrickson
CO-WRITERS: Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill
BASED ON SHORT STORY by Joe Hill
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Brett Jutkiewicz
EDITOR: Frédéric Thoraval
VISUAL EFFECTS by VFX Legion LA/BC
SENIOR VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR / CREATIVE DIRECTOR: James David Hattin
VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCERS: Nate Smalley, Antonio Gallardo
VISUAL EFECTS PROJECT MANAGER: Dylan Yastremski
VISUAL EFFECTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Reid Burns
CG SUPERVISOR: Rommel S. Calderon
ON-SET VFX SUPERVISOR: Kent Johnson
VISUAL EFFECTS COORDINATORS: Joseph Soloway, Mace Al-Hendi
DIGITALCOMPOSITORS: Nick Guth, Adam Kelway, Kate T.C. Lin, Matthias Lowry, John R. McConnell, Lauren Morimoto, Brad Moylan, Eugen Olsen, Rafael Perez, Daniel Keith Raffel
SENIOR ANIMATOR: Sebastian Weber
MATTE PAINTER: Dave Tipper
TRACKING ARTISTS: Ruy Delgado, Michael G. Jackson
CG ARTISTS: Eric Ebling, Bryan Shepperd, Shantel Short, Erik Van Horn, Jonathan D. Feldman, Patricio Harris
