Journey of Illusion
PREVISUALISATION
Alongside the progress of visual effects and animation came a tool that now seems an inseparable part of the process
Before and after work from the use of greenscreen in The Walk
Images © Sony Pictures; Disney
At the time 3D World was making its mark on the magazine landscape, visual effects in the digital arena were seeing the rapidly emerging importance of previsualisation, also known as previs for short, as a tool with which to determine the storytelling choices and bigger aesthetic qualities of a given project.