Car chases, explosions and even adding water onto actors.Today on the befores & afters podcast, were chatting to visual effects supervisor Mark Russell about the Doug Liman film, The Instigators. The heist movie is currently streaming on AppleTV+. This is one of those films full of seamless and invisible visual effects work by studios including Twin Pines, Assembly, Phosphene, Zero VFX, The Mill, Kiddan LA, with previs by The Brigade. We talk about shooting car scenes, including having the actors on bluescreen, crafting digital cars and acquiring array plates. Theres a fun anecdote from Mark about one scene that involved an accidental crash in the photography, which was kept in one of the car scenes. We also talk about the several explosions in the film, and then what might surprise some people was shot on stage versus shooting exteriors. One of the coolest VFX stories Mark shares is about the evacuation scene for a building that involved water sprinklerswellthere were no water sprinklers set off for the shots, so that was all done by the VFX team, including rotoscoping a ton of actors to make them wet. This episode is sponsored by Autodesk University 2024, the Design & Make conference of the year, bringing together innovators in animation, VFX, games, and more to discuss the future of media & entertainment. The digital experience is free, but do you want to know why you should attend AU in person? Yes, you may cross paths with familiar droids from iconic Disney movies in the Expo. You may even unlock the secrets to building a billion-view franchise from SPIRIT Animation Studios. But the real reasonis to rub elbows with other Media & Entertainment leaders sitting beside you. San Diego from October 15 to 17. Register now at autodesk.com/beforesandafters.Listen in, below, and check out a slideshow of images that showcase the planning that went into one of the car chases, including previs by The Brigade.Click to view slideshow.The post Behind the invisible effects of The Instigators appeared first on befores & afters.