Extraction 2 | VFX Breakdown | Digital Domain

Digital Domain team completed all the transitions, traditional VFX work, and the invisible effects required for the 22-minute oner in "Extraction 2." Under the guidance of VFX Supervisor Jean-Luc Dinsdale, the talented team of artists seamlessly stitched together 99 individual shots. The intricate work involved in executing each transition was unique, often combining plate retiming, performer manipulation, and background replacement to maintain a smooth and immersive viewing experience.
The visual spectacle extended to a meticulously crafted car chase, involving a reimagined vehicle damage pipeline and dynamic FX destruction, ensuring realistic, sequential damage to the involved vehicles. In the train crash sequence, Digital Domain fused location and blue-screen shots, deploying CG characters, and varied environment elements to create a convincingly cohesive and thrilling action sequence. In addition to these tentpole moments, an incredible amount of talent was also poured into the backgrounds of all three sequences by Digital Domain’s Environments team.
Additionally, Digital Domain’s Digital Human Group applied the studio’s proprietary Charlatan face replacement technology in a handful of shots, while Digital Domain’s postviz team was tasked with flushing out the details for the epic train crash at the end of the oner.

[@joesayle2213]

Yeah wow ! crazy sequences in this film. Awesome

[@DigitalDomainDD]

It was a blast to work on!

[@Random-xd4zm]

Stunning and Flawless Work as Always, yall Guys are one of the reasons the movie looked so good 🔥

[@DigitalDomainDD]

Thank you so much!!

[@strukovets]

Awesome!

[@DigitalDomainDD]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@NilesHeckman]

Movie magic!

[@DigitalDomainDD]

So much magic created for this oner!

[@PumaNoire]

Fantastic 😮👍

[@DigitalDomainDD]

Thanks 😀

[@LordLuigi_Rigs]

Amazing!

[@DigitalDomainDD]

Thank you!

[@thameemsthoughts4504]

Superb work.. Was wondering how did they shoot this single shot..

[@DigitalDomainDD]

We couldn't share the breakdown to give you all a closer look at how it was done. Thank you!

[@TheHorde177]

Superb work. It's a shame that Hargrave and Hemsworth, like so many other directors and cast out there, love to talk up the movie as having "no CGI" and "doing everything for real", which only succeeds in minimizing the hard work of the VFX artists.