GOTG 3 Interview: VFX Production Supervisor Stephane Ceretti Talks Rocket
ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 visual effects production supervisor about the last of James Gunn‘s Marvel movies. Ceretti discussed the feelings that come with making a final film in a series and working with Gunn. The sequel is now available on home media, digitally, and for streaming through Disney+.
“In the film, our beloved band of misfits are looking a bit different these days,” reads the movie’s synopsis. “Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.”
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Well, that was very important for us, to be able to capture the performance of the actors. But also for James, it was important to be able to capture the way he wanted to shoot that scene. So he and his shooting has evolved. I did the first Guardians of the Galaxy film with him. Since then, he’s changed his way of shooting stuff. He’s using these very little cameras that he can move around the actors very closely and everything to be very immersive. The first thing he told me, he said, “I want to be able to shoot these scenes the same way I would shoot the rest of the film.” So what we decided to do was to use some sort of a virtual production thing, which is having all the actors for the first two days of the shoot.
We wanted to capture that as soon as possible. So we got the four actors — we had Sean Gun, we had Linda Cardellini playing Lylla, Asim [Chaudhry] was playing Teefs, then Mikaela [Hoover] was playing Floor. And we just put them in that oversized cage, which was the right proportions for
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