Interviews at FMX 2010 and 2011 with Ben Snow, Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic.
FMX Spotlight - Ben Snow
Ben and Christophe discuss advancements in image based lighting (IBL) they've achieved at ILM, beginning with work done on films like Iron Man and Terminator Salvation.
Ben and Christophe discuss their respective work on the Pirates of the Caribbean films, particularly with creature characters such as Davey Jones.
Ben and Christophe discuss what has made ILM so innovative and successful. Christophe talks about new lighting work he's doing at Pixar.
Ben discusses his experiences working on Iron Man 2, challenges he encountered and how it felt to work with director Jon Favreau.
Ben talks about lighting techniques used on a previous film that were also used on Iron Man 2 and which part of the film he enjoyed working on most.