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2022 · Film & television

Vesper

RoleDigital matte painter
Year2022
ProductionLithuania · France · Belgium
ServiceDigital matte painting
DirectorsKristina Buožytė, Bruno Samper
Released30 September 2022
Runtime114 minutes
CinematographyFeliksas Abrukauskas
DistributorCondor Entertainments
Production companiesNatrix Natrix, Rumble Fish Productions, 10.80 Films
Filmed atVilnius, Lithuania
VFX vendorsMac-Guff, Mathematic, Light Visual Effects, MPC Liège
VFX supervisorYann Blondel
IMDbVesper ↗
SourcesWikipedia · Variety · 3DVF

The film's environments combined practical builds with digital extensions to render its decayed future landscapes and walled citadels; Chumak contributed as a digital matte painter.

Vesper is a 2022 science-fiction film directed by Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper, a Lithuanian, French and Belgian co-production set after the collapse of Earth's ecosystem. Made on a modest independent budget, it was praised for its world-building, mixing practical sets with digital effects. MPC provided visual-effects services and released a breakdown covering the film's creatures, flying craft and biotech environments.

Full credit details on IMDb.

How the environments were made

Vesper takes place in a future after Earth's ecosystem has collapsed, leaving a damaged landscape divided between citadels for the wealthy and a diseased world beyond. Director Kristina Buozyte said the aim was to build an entire universe with its own rules, sociology, culture and biology. Bruno Samper described the method as world building, which allowed them to put storytelling into every visual and sound asset onscreen. Live action sequences were filmed in natural locations around Vilnius, Lithuania, including a fairytale forest that the crew spent nearly a year scouting, so the practical world could carry as much of the film as possible. Carnivorous plants, drones, and a slime like biological material, none of which could be built on location, came from the effects side. Wulf-Fx, a Belgian company, produced the practical effects, and VFX work was divided among Mac-Guff, Mathematic, Light Visual Effects and MPC Liege under overall VFX supervisor Yann Blondel. As a digital matte painter, Chumak worked on the film.

Source: Variety · 3DVF · Wikipedia

Questions about Vesper

Who did the visual effects for Vesper?

The visual effects for Vesper were divided between the French studios Mac-Guff, Mathematic and Light Visual Effects and the Belgian studio MPC Liege, with Yann Blondel serving as overall VFX supervisor. Led by VFX supervisors Alex Rouil and Boris Kaufmann, MPC Liege alone delivered more than 30 shots, constructing the film's carnivorous plants, slime like biological mass and drones.

Where was Vesper filmed?

The crew filmed Vesper on location around Vilnius, Lithuania, including a fairytale forest that took them nearly a year to scout, and shot interior scenes in a studio. For the Lithuania, France and Belgium co-production, those practical locations were paired with visual effects from four studios to build its post collapse world.

What countries produced Vesper and when did it come out?

Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper directed Vesper, a Lithuanian, French and Belgian co-production; Natrix Natrix, Rumble Fish Productions and 10.80 Films produced the picture. The film has a 114-minute running time and was released in the United States, Lithuania and Turkey on 30 September 2022, after its July premiere at Karlovy Vary.

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