If it wasn't for visual effects studios, many big-budget projects wouldn't be nearly as satisfying.
Superheroes would be much less believable and a space movie like "The Martian" would be a tough sell when you can't film in space.
Visual effects studio Moving Picture Company (MPC) recently released a great breakdown of some of the effects it added to the Oscar-nominated movie "The Martian." It should come as no surprise there's plenty of green screen that fills in for Mars, but do you know just how many visual aids are needed to make viewers feel like they're on the red planet?
Keep reading to see some before and after images from "The Martian."
Matt Damon may have looked like he was on the planet Mars in "The Martian" ...
... but most of the time, you were seeing him in front of a green screen.
Damon going for a stroll on the arid desert planet ...
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