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Episode 416 – VFX Sup Martin Hall – RABBIT HOLE
Martin Hall is a VFX Supervisor with 30+ years of experience in visual effects. Trained in the traditional fine arts, he found visual effects to be the perfect synthesis of art, technology, and business, while being the most collaborative of all creative endeavors. Among his numerous film and television credits include, LOVE DEATH & ROBOTS, VENOM, GAME OF THRONES, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY, PERRY MASON, ALL THE OLD KNIVES, ENCOUNTER, and many others.
Based in Los Angeles, Hall is CEO at Epic Entertainment Enterprises / Epic-FX and VFX Supervisor at Paramount Pictures. In addition, he serves on the VES Board of Directors, Los Angeles section, and is an educator at Gnomon.
Martin’s most recent project as a VFX Supervisor is the CBS-VFX television project RABBIT HOLE on Paramount +, starring Kiefer Sutherland as a corporate spy who is framed for murder by powerful forces who have the ability to influence and control populations. Each episode of RABBIT HOLE contains as many as 200 visual effects shots. The majority of the shots are designed to be “invisible” to viewers. These include creating digital set extensions, designing and building digital environments, and augmenting backgrounds, in addition to the more noticeable effects.
RABBIT HOLE is set in New York City but filmed in Toronto, which is just the beginning of the creative challenges for the visual effects team. They needed to create numerous digital 3D New York streets filled with computer-generated cars and buildings and make sure they were seamlessly blended into the action.
In this Podcast, Allan McKay interviews VFX Supervisor Martin Hall about his work with CBS-VFX on RABBIT HOLE for Paramount +, as well as the importance of staying on top of new technology, the creative power of empathy; and the soft skills and tools of VFX Supervisor.
Martin Hall on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355877/
Martin Hall’s Profile at Gnomon: https://www.gnomon.edu/academics/instructors/martin-hall/
Martin’s Bio: https://setellite.com/customer-stories/martin-hall/
Epic-VFX Website: https://epic-vfx.com
CBS-VFX Website: https://www.cbs-vfx.com/
Martin Hall on Twitter: @martin68
Martin Hall on Instagram: @martinbhall
EPISODE 416 – VFX SUP MARTIN HALL – RABBIT HOLE
Hi, everyone!
This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 416! I’m sitting down with VFX Supervisor Martin Hall to talk about the visual effects for RABBIT HOLE on Paramount +. Martin has a background dating back to ARMAGEDDON.
Martin and I talk about:
- A Day in the Life of a VFX Supervisor;
- Tools of a VFX Supervisor;
- The Creative Power of Empathy – and the Importance of Soft Skills;
- Moving from Vendor to Client Side;
- Work on MEG, VENOM and LOVE DEATH & ROBOTS;
- How to Make Short Format Marketable;
- Staying on Top of New Technology;
- And Working on His Recent Project with CBS-VFX RABBIT HOLE for Paramount +.
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Let’s dive in!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM ALLAN McKAY:
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Okay, what did you think? I hope you got a lot from this Episode. I want to thank Martin for joining me on the Podcast.
Next week, I’m interviewing Founder and Creative Director of VFX Legion James David Hattin.
Until next week –
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