CIS Vancouver completed nearly 110 shots for the fantastic Zombieland, including the opening 90-second shot in deserted Washington, DC and a fun “Seat Belt” lesson. The Washington shot proved particularly difficult because of what the director wanted, but they describe the whole process in a great interview for AWN.
When they shot this, they didn’t quite know where the capitol building was going to be, but they did give us stills [for guidance]. The problem is that without doing that in a true 3D space, you have a capital building that has to be an accurate size to look real and they placed it based on where they wanted it to look cool. If you wanted it to be in those positions, you would need the capitol building to move freely in 3D space throughout the entire length of the shot. But then when you play it, it looks like it’s sliding around on wheels. So we had to find a middle-ground.
Getting into a Zombieland Mood | AWN | Animation World Network.
