Building on early concept work from the Weta Workshop design team under Chris Guise, the Weta Digital art department under art director Kim Sinclair embarked on the process of designing interior sets, buildings, vehicles, furniture, props, weapons and costumes for all the characters. We realized that as our role on this film was wider than usual, Weta Digital was effectively the production company for this film, an art department was crucial if we were to realize our goals of making the film look as rich and beautiful as possible. Weta Digital formed its own internal art department for the first time on THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN. And if there were no notes, he would say « put it in the movie! » which we always loved to hear.Ĭan you explain to us the preparation and design process? I found it fascinating to watch him in action, within a few seconds of seeing a clip he would come back with very specific notes that were always bang on the money and ultimately about ensuring that the story he wanted to tell was clear. He might’ve just been being polite but on more than one occasion Steven said that these calls were the highlight of his day. We reviewed the work with him via video conference calls, by the time we got up to speed with the show we were doing these calls with him daily. Steven was fantastic to work with, always enthusiastic about the work and incredibly astute on what changes needed to be made. How was the collaboration with director Steven Spielberg?
Since then I have had the privilege to work on some fantastic projects here including LORD OF THE RINGS, KING KONG, AVATAR, DISTRICT 9 and now THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN. I studied film, mathematics and computer graphics systems programming at university then joined Weta Digital in 1994 when the company was just getting started. Then when personal computers first became available I was immediately drawn to them, I particularly loved programming computers to create images. I’ve loved movies from an early age and used to make short films in the Super 8 format. My background is in a combination of filmmaking and computers. In the following interview, he talks about his work on THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN. He won two VES Awards for KING KONG and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS. He participated in all major projects of the studio as THE FRIGHTENERS, the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, I ROBOT, KING KONG or AVATAR.
In Episode 82 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Dan LeFebvre talk about one of their favorite movies, The Adventures of Tintin !
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