Case Studies
The making of Here - AI, VFX and colour
Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis has once again teamed up with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for his latest movie, Here – based on the graphic novel by Richard McGuire.
The movie uses an AI-assisted aging and de-aging process to convey the lifetime of a married couple, played by Hanks and Wright. The film, which was shot from one camera position and angle that jumped back and forth in time, brought unique challenges to the production and post team – Don Burgess, cinematographer; Kevin Baillie, VFX; and Harbor senior colourist Maxine Gervais.
A team reunited
Here not only reunited actor Tom Hanks with actress Robin Wright, it also brought back together the team working behind the scenes – Gervais’ first collaboration with Burgess was in 2010, on The Book of Eli, and Gervais, Baillie and Zemeckis’s team also worked together on Welcome to Marwen (2018) and The Witches (2020).
“The transitions between scenes were primarily done through graphic panels, in the style of the original graphic novel. So, we could have multiple scenes playing on screen at any one time.”
