Jeff White and The Avengers

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| May 24, 2012 | 2:44 pm or 2:44 pm GMT

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from the Art of VFX article:

What is your background?
I grew up where the cows roam in upstate New York and went to Ithaca College for Cinema and Photography. From there I got my MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design before starting at Vinton Studios (now Laika) working in commercials. I started as a Character TD at ILM doing rigging and simulation work. It’s a great department to start in because it’s right in the center of the pipeline.

How was the collaboration with director Joss Whedon?
I’ve been a huge Joss fan for a long time and feel very lucky to have been able to work with him. He’s amazing at working with actors and there was a natural extension to working with our animators. He brought a fresh perspective to the work and was sure to let you know when he was happy the shot was heading in the right direction or if we’d missed the mark he would offer very specific feedback to get us back on track. All the humor that comes through his writing in the films is a part of working with him everyday. The entire crew looked forward to shot reviews with him.

What was his approach about the VFX?
The great thing about working with Joss is you know that he’s going to keep the visual effects working for the story and character development and not the other way around. He came up to ILM when we were in the trenches of character development on Hulk and had a very in-depth discussion about who this Hulk is, how he moves, literally what his motivation is. He showed us comic book reference of poses he liked. It was enormously helpful for the entire team and the animators at ILM did an incredible job interpreting that into the character on screen. Joss was in our shot reviews with the rest of the great team from Marvel, it was a true collaboration. He was able to identify the big picture items a shot needed and let us work through the details.

Can you tell us more about your collaboration with Production VFX Supervisor Janek Sirrs?
We were very fortunate to be working with Janek on this project. He was deeply involved in the previz work for the film which we used extensively in planning our New York City photography shoot. He has a great eye for the work and brought a wealth of knowledge from his experience on IRON MAN 2. He was great at keeping the various VFX houses working on the film on the same page with the extensive amount of asset sharing and intercut sequences that we had. I look forward to working with Janek again in the future.

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