Talk Overview:

BlueBolt VFX Supervisor David Scott will reveal how BlueBolt created the haunting VFX for Rober Eggers' horror masterpiece.

Led by overall VFX Supervisor Angela Barson and David Scott, BlueBolt created an exceptionally varied range of VFX to support Eggers' dark gothic vision for Nosferatu and match DOP Jarin Blaschke’s unique Oscar-nominated lighting style. BlueBolt's artists tackled full CG environments including the fictional city of Wisburg, Orlok’s castle, his ship on stormy sea; huge swarms of CG rats, extreme blood and gore and complex shot stitches across 253 shots. Eggers shot on 35 mm film with unusually long shots of up to 3 minutes and an average of 800 frames, with VFX supporting an astonishing 90 of the film’s 132 minutes.

Speakers

DAVID SCOTT

VFX Supervisor

David Scott is an experienced VFX Supervisor and compositor at BlueBolt with credits spanning major feature films and episodic from Avengers: Endgame and James Bond: No Time To Die to Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. David was recently nominated for a Visual Effects Society Award for his work as VFX Supervisor on Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu.

David joined BlueBolt in 2020 as VFX Supervisor on Robert Eggers’ The Northman, going on to supervise the VFX on The Great season 3 (MRC/Hulu) for which BlueBolt was lead studio. His most recent film credits include Apple TV’s Echo Valley and Netflix/Amblin’s upcoming The Thursday Murder Club.

David’s career includes time at DNEG as compositing Supervisor (James Bond: No Time To Die; Les Miserables); MPC (Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince; Batman Begins) and six years at Weta Digital in New Zealand as Lead Compositor and Look Development Lead on high profile features including three Planet of the Apes films; Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice; Iron Man 3 and both Hobbit films.

David began his career as a graphic designer moving into VFX in the early 2000’s at MPC.