| Machine had sole responsibility for the VFX throughout the Oscar winning film “The Last King of Scotland”.
Over 60 effects shots were supervised and delivered by the team at Machine, and although the work was intensive and involved the use of cutting-edge digital techniques, the effects are part of the narrative, story-telling process and designed to be invisible.
The film is set in the 1970s, when many of the buildings in Entebbe, the capital of Uganda, were new but have since become run down. Making some of the hero buildings look like new involved tracking and replacing parts of the frontage using a combination of CG and 2D replacement exteriors.
Machine was also responsible for a key sequence at the end of the film which involved a complex combination of green-screen composites, digital make-up, CG ropes and hooks as well as practical effects, all combining to create the gruesome realism of the moment.
Other enhancements included smoothing out camera moves, fixing broken/damaged footage, retiming shots, additional digital make-up fixes, plus various ‘black and white’ TV screen inserts. An interesting aspect was the addition of pornographic footage from “Deep Throat” into an old 16mm projector screen, adding to a sense of the lifestyle of the characters
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