The Marvel supervisor describes at View Conference a 24-week post-production sprint, turning the U.K. into New York and a final 47-minute fix to Spider-Man’s suit.
\n\nMarvel and Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” involved nearly 2,000 VFX shots and just 24 weeks of post-production, with 445 shots delivered in a single week, overall VFX supervisor Jerome Chen revealed at View Conference in Turin on Wednesday.
\n\n“In one week, we did about 445 shots,” Chen said, comparing the feat with his first film as a supervisor in 1999, which contained 450 shots in total and took two years to complete.
\n\nAbout three-quarters of “Brand New Day’s” VFX work was delivered during the final six weeks, he added, making an already demanding schedule even more intense.
\n\nNext, Chen recalled that preparations began with a scouting trip to New York in December 2024, before he had received a finished script. Director Destin Daniel Cretton wanted a more grounded, street-level Spider-Man, with the city itself integral to the story. But most filming would take place in the U.K., where Pinewood Studios, London and Glasgow doubled for New York. Production designer Charles Wood’s concept art helped establish a relatively restrained palette, punctuated by saturated colors at…
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