VFX Pro
Iron Man Director Jon Favreau issued a mandate to Iron Man senior visual effects supervisor John Nelson: Keep it real. So Nelson, an Oscar winner for Gladiator, strove for photorealism in Paramount's blockbuster comic book film, mindful that the characters had to be kept front and center.
When Robert Downey Jr. suits up in his metal exoskeleton, the gleaming body armor is a combination of computer-generated versions, created by lead VFX house Industrial Light + Magic, and practical, built by Stan Winston Studios.
"We would always try to do as much as we could practically, but we replaced most of it with CG because it's mostly an action movie," Nelson said. "We had practical stuff to ground us, and that made it that much better."
The ILM team, which included internal VFX supervisor Ben Snow (Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones) and animation supervisor Hal Hickel (Pirates of the Caribbean), developed several suit variations, including different sizes and flying abilities.
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