VFX in Black Swan

“Black Swan”, one of the year’s blockbuster films, uses effects very homoeopathically. To what extent this affects the impact of the film is open to question, but in this video you can see the effects and how they were built.

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That Darren Aronofsky’s film was nominated for several Oscars surprises no one who has seen the film. But the film was also highly praised and honoured at the VES and BAFTA Awards. LOOK FX, the studio that created the effects, shows what was done and how – including the set clean-ups that are noticeable only in retrospect.