DAN LEMMON - VFX Supervisor

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James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 112 - DAN LEMMON - VFX Supervisor

VFX Supervisor Dan Lemmon (THE BATMAN, DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, AVATAR) joins us on this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. Expanding upon our collection of conversations with filmmakers who worked on THE BATMAN, Dan is more than eager to discuss his work on the film, and he breaks down his team’s contributions to the Batmobile chase sequence and the look of the film as a whole. We also discuss the value of shooting references for the VFX department, and Dan reveals his reasoning for advocating to shoot as much as possible in-camera. We later learn how VFX houses are adapting to deliver their work at the same quality under tightening budgets, and we reflect on how the pace of innovation in the field has changed over Dan’s career. Dan also explains how motion capture technology works and how it’s evolved to allow for films like AVATAR and the recent PLANET OF THE APES trilogy to exist as envisioned by their directors. Towards the end, we reflect on the modern trend towards naturalism and the diminishment of theatricality in how stories are told cinematically.

This episode is sponsored by Aputure

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deacons podcast, a collection of
0:08.8	informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and a guest.
0:13.0	We never know where the conversation will take us,
0:16.0	so listen in and see where it goes.
0:19.0	This episode is sponsored by Aperture, a premier manufacturer of LED lighting with the industry's greatest variety of fixtures for your complete lighting needs.
0:33.7	Aperture recently announced the new storm family of lights,
0:38.0	with LED white light quality that matches natural daylight and classic tungsten bulbs
0:43.7	plus extreme low-end dimming while maintaining color quality.
0:48.3	Discover more about the new storm lights
0:50.8	and the complete apertureeter lighting ecosystem at
0:54.0	aperture.com.
0:59.0	Today we're looking into the realm of visual effects.
1:03.2	Our guest has a large credit list, including the Batman, many Planet of the Eight movies,
1:09.0	King Kong, and Avatar.
1:11.0	We're pleased to welcome Dan Lemon.
1:13.5	Dan, thank you for doing this all the way from New Zealand.
1:16.7	Oh my gosh.
1:17.7	Yeah, welcome.
1:18.7	It's such a pleasure.
1:19.7	I'm a huge fan of your podcast and obviously each fan of your film work as well so it's really it's a
1:24.8	it's a real treat to be able to join you. Great well we'd like to start with our
1:30.8	normal question which is how did you get to where you are today? I always wonder if
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