SUBMITTED BY flikchik

November 19, 2003 —

Peter Weir's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, has a total of more than 750 visual effects shots, comprising an incredible combination of CG, miniatures and live-action, full-scale vfx. The effects work by Asylum, Industrial Light & Magic and Weta, is seamless, making Master and Commander the most visually authentic seafaring epic ever produced. Completely unlike last summers Pirates of the Caribbean, Master and Commander eschews theme park fantasy for dead-on accuracy. As visual effects supervisor Nathan McGuinness states, It was important to Peter that this film never look like theres digital work done to it. It had to look organic.