The Province has an interview with Mark Breakspear of CIS about the visual effects done for “Angels and Demons”, including some interesting images of a shot in various stages of development.
Visual effects supervisor Mark Breakspear headed a team of as many as 50 digital artists at CIS Vancouver, who recreated the interiors of three Rome churches, including St. Peter’s Basilica. Tom Hanks and the rest of the cast were filmed against green screens on Los Angeles soundstages, and Breakspear’s team added the ornate backgrounds digitally.
The Vancouver firm, one of four visual effects companies that worked on the huge project, also added digital effects to exterior scenes filmed in a replica of St. Peter’s square built on an L.A. backlot.
