District 9: Behind the Visual Effects - Vancouver Film School (VFS)

Inside the incredible visual effects of District 9 with some of the talented Vancouver Film School graduates responsible for creating them.

The acclaimed District 9 was directed by VFS 3D Animation & Visual Effects grad Neill Blomkamp, co-written by Writing for Film & Television grad Terri Tatchell, and featured the visual effects talent of 40 VFS alumni.

Find out more about District 9's VFS connections at http://vfs.com/enterD9

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• 2009

[hardy309]

its one of the best films ive ever seen , its realy worth watching !

[SamusDrake]

The film's topic wasn't my cup of tea, but the Bio-suit "last stand" sequence at the end was well worth the wait.

It was very heroic, funny and tragic. It screamed of character and for the budget it was made on...excellent work.

[CadenBurleson]

I think this was more talking about the school than the making of or behind the scenes...

[borus55]

this film was good best film

[albedoshader]

@albedoshader: One wouldn’t guess this is the same director who directed Aliens, Terminator 1 and 2 and the Abyss and wrote the script for Strange Days. Especially the Abyss, a movie that also has a strong eco-message but that is packed with suspenseful moments and keeps you interested all the time—even when the glowing aliens appear and the whole thing gets a bit kitschy, it’s kitschy in a good way and never loses its sense of wonder.

[albedoshader]

@albedoshader: Sorry, l meant “didn’t take itself very seriousLY”, of course. I was pretty tired. :)

[SamusDrake]

@albedoshader

Aye, the worst thing about Avatar is that there is no contrast between Earth and Pandora. They should have shown Jake on Earth, living a dull life and then being taken to Pandora. Instead, it was straight to Pandora, slapped in a cool alien body and "you are nasty DOUCHE-BAGS and we will send you packing!".

Funny thing is, I'm a huge fan of Cameron's work but Avatar was a huge disappointment. It could have been made by Roland Emmerich or Michael Bay - it was that lazy.

[albedoshader]

@SamusDrake: I totally agree. Star Wars also had a silly script but this movie didn’t take itself very serious and had great archetypical figures in it everybody could relate to. And it had great easily understandable humour. That’s the main reason for it’s worldwide success, I think.

[SamusDrake]

@albedoshader

I have to agree with you on the topic of Avatar. VFX aside I was disappointed at Cameron's lack of effort to tell a basic story. If it weren't for the guy who played the Colonel, I would have walked out.

How anyone can say Avatar was the new Star Wars or Jurassic Park is beyond me...

[albedoshader]

@SamusDrake: It rather appears to me the VFX of productions like Avatar are heavily overpriced. I’m exaggerating, but I don’t care very much for the production cost of a movie, being a 3D modeler myself, I’m very interested in the CG. Nevertheless I find this kind of “advertising” suspicious. If the costs are the sole argument for good quality then the script tends to be rather weak. And Avatar is one of the best examples—the character development, plot and dialog were a smack in the face.

[SamusDrake]

@albedoshader

well you make it sound as if a film's budget has no impact on its production values what so ever. When the money runs out, one must be extremely resourceful. With Avatar on a budget of $200 million and boasting "revolutionary vfx", I expect nothing less than the very best. However, when a film like D9 produces a vfx bonanza for a mere $30million then that's something I can only admire.

When all is said an done, we at least agree the effort on D9 is excellent.

[albedoshader]

@SamusDrake: ¿