Dan and Tom interview Steve Begg, who led the visual effects for CASINO ROYALE, SKYFALL, SPECTRE, KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE, & more! Listen to how his magic transformed these movies!

For those who don’t know the name Steve Begg, you have seen his work, usually without knowing that visual effects were used in a scene.  When his work is done well, it becomes invisible. 

You have heard our interview with Special Effects wizard Chris Corbould (YouTube or our website) on his work with the James Bond series.  Special Effects and Visual Effects combine to give us true movie magic.

In this interview we have two main goals:

·       -    Tell Steve’s story

·       -    Learn how some of his amazing effects were done

Some of the Steve’s scenes we discuss include:

·        - CASINO ROYALE’s palazzo collapse into the Venice canal

·         - What the special effects team had to do in that collapse

·         - When James Bond first meets Vesper Lynd on the train in CASINO ROYALE

·        - SPECTRE’s mouse

·         - CASINO ROYALE’s hangar scene

·         - CASINO ROYALE’s parkour chase

·         - SKYFALL’s helicopter and DB5 destruction

·         - SKYFALL’s opening sequence

·         - Steve’s use of miniatures

·         - In addition, we find out the answer to the question: How do they replace a person’s face?

·         - And, of course, much more!

So, do you want to find out how the sausage is made? Trust us, you’ll learn something in this episode.

Tell us what you think about our decoding of visual effects with Steve Begg

Prior to this interview, had you heard how these effects were done?  Did you know that the mouse was CG, not real? How much of the additional effects Steve Begg’s team added to these movies did you think was real, or practical, not a visual effect?

Let us know your thoughts, ideas for future episodes, and what you think of this episode. Just drop us a note at [email protected].  The more we hear from you, the better the show will surely be!  We’ll give you a shout-out in a future episode!  

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