A new article from VFXWorld has given insight on how most of the special effects in Dragonball Evolution were done.
Asked what sequence pushed his team the most creatively, Raymond replies, “The Dragon Temple sequence was definitively a good challenge for us. We had to make the Temple very similar to the surrounding rock formation all the while creating a look that would make it seem as if it had been hidden underground for thousands of years. The high point was making it come out from the ground and the result is simply astonishing, thanks to our R&D team, which managed to develop tools to help us reproduce a very natural look and feel to the moving and falling rocks, dust and debris.
“We are also very pleased with the look our artists created for the different energy blasts,” he continues. “The main difficulty we had to overcome was to show how Goku didn’t have any control over this at the beginning, and then slowly make it into something that became more powerful, and under control. So while the Dragon Temple was a very big challenge for us, I think the subtlety and the evolution of Goku’s energy blasts, as well as the demonstration of Master Roshi’s power are both something Hybride can be very proud of. There is a very powerful scene where Master Roshi uses his full power to bring back a near to death Goku. So having started with something very weak and out of control and transforming it to point where we feel the energy created by Goku is fully under control is definitely something we are pleased to have achieved.”
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The special effects were spectacular. You can only imagine what these guys can do with a Dragonball movie with an insanely high budget. SSJ Spartan(Quote)
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I donno why everyone bitch about DBE’s effects, just because they simply hate the movie so much that everything sucks, even when it doesnt.
DBE only had 45 Million, but even if it had 100 million i would think the effects were good, i liked the ki effects, only the oozaru and Shenlong were abit weak, but for a 45M its acceptable. Doritos(Quote)
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i never thought that the effects look cheap, i dont know what poeple are talking about some times, and the thing i like abou this movie was the EVOLUTION of the world form normal to dragonball world, and evolution of ki and skill and cloths, HAIR etc BermyJR(Quote)
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I didn’t think the FX looked too bad at some parts but for the most part it was terrible, like the ki blasts and that awful Oozaru transformation. That’s nothing to be proud of if you’re a professional. J (亀)(Quote)
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I think the Visual effects LOOKED out of this WORLD!! It was phenomenom seeing Goku charge up his ki and throw the Kamehameha at King Piccolo. When Goku raised his power level at the end you can see his Aura come out, that almost gave me a orgasm when I saw that.
The rocks coming out from underneath was also amazing and the slow motion blew me away.
I think they should have made the energy blasts in the sequal a little more solid. The energy blast in the movie look like fire which looked good, but it would look much better if it was solid. I had to tell my mom that’s a energy blast not fire!!
I thought they could have done a better job with Shenron, because he looked a little weak and didn’t seem strong like the dragon in the anime. http://www.myspace.com/coreywilson10(Quote)
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The visual effects looked good in that movie, in fact that was the best about that movie, but the Kame hame ha was so so dissapointing, another dissapointment in this cheap horrible movie I mean, and the dragon sucks balls. I know 50 mil. , but he sucks. I hope when they remake it , they hire the best of the best SGI team in the world and thats ILM. It must be a big budget movie, ore it will fail again. Destroyer(Quote)
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Anyway the special effects were good an like corey said the dragon could have been better an definately should of talked thats not a hard quality to add.However ever the Kamahameha was fine!!honostly I dont now why you feel it was so dissapointing destroyer what the hell do you want? It was cool I wish he would of just shot it but the way he delivered it was really cool. I also would rather here him say it slower like ka-ma-ha-ma-ha!!but maybe they will change it up because he did it both ways in Z so hopefully if there’s a sequel reboot whatever they will fix that. goku34(Quote)
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I’ll defiantly be watching Dragonball Evolution OVER and OVER again when it comes on Blue Ray!!
One of the scenes I can’t wait to see is the the begining when Grandpa tells the story of the Dragonballs and the Saiyans.
I also can’t wait to see the fight between Goku and King Piccolo. I’m really looking forward to that on blue ray, even though it was short as heck. http://www.myspace.com/coreywilson10(Quote)
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goku34:
The powerpole ore how do you americans say to the aura about him was very well done, but the kame hame ha was very bad, i felt not power in it, it was like blue mist, honostly…and i am not the only one who think this. But thats the way i felt it…just see the anime and compare this to real kame hame ha , pure energy Destroyer(Quote)
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