Coming to a close

This week is my last week on Pirates of the Caribbean. As it stands, my last shot was finalled over the weekend, and today it goes off to Gore Verbinski for approval. That makes 17 shots completed, and an additional five that I started on and handed off to other artists to complete. Unfortunately, you'll never know which shots I've worked on, until the movie comes out and I point them out! Very invisible effects. It's both a plus and a minus, as I love to do extravagant, spectacular ones, and also love the challenge of invisible effects, making the fake look real and seamless. The movie comes out in a little more than a month, and there is still a lot of work to be done! Color grading and sound, and film printing to be shipped off to places around the world; the 19th of May for the Disneyland premiere, and a staggered release around the globe, starting May 23rd and ending May 25th in the states.

What's next for Aruna? Who knows.. The summer is coming up, and I'm taking a month off here in May to finish up some personal projects unrelated to vfx. No word on the next project I'll be jumping on, but I'll be sure and let you readers know! I'll be back to postings at regular intervals very shortly..