VISUAL EFFECTS BREAKDOWNS

VISUAL EFFECTS FOR FEATURE FILMS AND TELEVISION

JOKER

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director: Todd Phillips

In Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: the Joker.

WRITER: 

Todd Phillips, Scott Silver

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, Village Roadshow Pictures

PRODUCER: 

Todd Phillips / Bradley Cooper / Emma Tillinger Koskoff

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Lawrence Sher

EDITOR: Jeff Groth

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Joaquin Phoenix / Robert De Niro / Zazie Beetz / Frances Conroy

VISUAL EFFECTS FOR FEATURE FILMS AND TELEVISION

A QUIET PLACE

Paramount Pictures

Director: John Krasinski

A QUIET PLACE, a family of four must navigate their lives in silence after mysterious creatures that hunt by sound threaten their survival. If they hear you, they hunt you.

WRITER: 

John Krasinski, Bryan Woods, Scott Beck

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Platinum Dunes

PRODUCER: 

John Krasinski / Michael Bay / Andrew Form / Brad Fuller

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Charlotte Bruus Christensen

EDITOR: Christopher Tellefsen

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

John Krasinski / Emily Blunt / Noah Jupe/ Millicent Simmonds

MOTHER!

Paramount Pictures

Director: Darren Aronofsky

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

WRITER: 

Darren Aronofsky

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Protozoa Pictures

PRODUCER: 

Scott Franklin / Ari Handel

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Matthew Libatique

EDITOR: Andrew Weisblum

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Jennifer Lawrence / Javier Bardem / Ed Harris / Michelle Pfeiffer

THE BEGUILED

Focus Features

Director: Sofia Coppola

During the American Civil War, a wounded Union soldier seeks safe harbor behind enemy lines at a seminary for young ladies. Based on the novel by Thomas Cullinnan.

WRITER: 

Sofia Coppola

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

American Zoetrope / FR Productions

PRODUCER: 

Roman Coppola / Sofia Coppola / Youree Henley

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Philippe Le Sourd

EDITOR: Sarah Flack

PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Anne Ross

VFX SUPERVISOR: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Elle Fanning / Kirsten Dunst / Nicole Kidman / Colin Farrell

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

Universal Pictures

Director: Tate Taylor

A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.

WRITERS: 

Erin Cressida Wilson / Paula Hawkins

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Amblin Partners

PRODUCER: 

Jared LeBoff / Marc Platt

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Charlotte Bruus Christensen

EDITOR: Andrew Buckland / Michael McCusker

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Emily Blunt / Haley Bennett / Rebecca Ferguson / Justin Theroux / Luke Evans / Edgar Ramírez

NOAH

Paramount Pictures

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Noah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.

WRITERS: 

Darren Aronofsky / Ari Handel

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

PARAMOUNT PICTURES

PRODUCERS: 

Darren Aronofsky / Scott Franklin / Arnon Milchan / Mary Parent

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Matthew Libatique

EDITOR: Andrew Weisblum

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Russell Crowe / Jennifer Connelly / Ray Winstone / Anthony Hopkins / Emma Watson

BLACKSWAN

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Director: Darren Aronofsky

A committed dancer wins the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" only to find herself struggling to maintain her sanity.

WRITERS: 

Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John J. McLaughlin

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Protozoa Pictures

PRODUCERS: 

Scott Franklin/ Mike Medavoy / Arnold Messer / Brian Oliver

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Matthew Libatique

EDITOR: Andrew Weisblum

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Natalie Portman / Mila Kunis / Vincent Cassel / Barbara Hershey / Winona Ryder

ZOOLANDER 2

Paramount Pictures

Director: Ben Stiller

Derek and Hansel are lured into modelling again, in Rome, where they find themselves the target of a sinister conspiracy.

WRITER: 

Justin Theroux, Ben Stiller, Nicholas Stoller, John Hamburg

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Panorama Films

PRODUCER: 

Stuart Cornfeld / Jeff Mann / Scott Rudin / Ben Stiller / Clayton Townsend

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dan Mindel

EDITOR: Christopher Tellefsen

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Ben Stiller / Owen Wilson / Penélope Cruz / Will Ferrell

MOONRISE KINGDOM

Focus Features

Director: Wes Anderson

A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them.

WRITERS: 

Wes Anderson / Roman Coppola

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Indian Paintbrush

PRODUCERS: 

Wes Anderson / Jeremy Dawson / Steven Rales / Scott Rudin

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Robert D. Yeoman

EDITOR: Andrew Weisblum

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Bruce Willis / Edward Norton / Bill Murray / Frances McDormand / Tilda Swinton / Jared Gilman / Kara Hayward / Jason Schwartzman

HOT ROD

Paramount Pictures

Director: Akiva Schaffer

Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life - to clear fifteen buses to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank's life-saving heart operation.

WRITER: 

Pam Brady

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Paramount Pictures

PRODUCERS: 

John Goldwyn / Lorne Michaels

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrew Dunn

EDITOR: Malcolm Campbell

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Andy Samberg / Jorma Taccone / Bill Hader / Danny McBride / Isla Fisher

THE COMEDIAN

Sony Pictures Classics

Director: Taylor Hackford

A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.

WRITERS: 

Art Linson / Jeffrey Ross / Richard LaGravenese / Lewis Friedman

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Cinelou Films

PRODUCERS: 

Mark Canton / Taylor Hackford / Art Linson / John Linson / Courtney Solomon

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Oliver Stapleton

EDITOR: Oliver Stapleton

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Robert De Niro / Leslie Mann / Harvey Keitel / Edie Falco / Danny DeVito

THE BOUNTY HUNTER

Columbia Pictures

Director: Andy Tennant

A bounty hunter learns that his next target is his ex-wife, a reporter working on a murder cover-up. Soon after their reunion, the always-at-odds duo find themselves on a run-for-their-lives adventure.

WRITER: 

Sarah Thorp

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Columbia Pictures

PRODUCER: 

Neal H. Moritz

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Oliver Bokelberg

EDITOR: Troy Takaki

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Gerard Butler / Jennifer Aniston / Gio Perez

MIRRORS

20th Century Fox

Director: Alexandre Aja

An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

WRITERS: 

Alexandre Aja / Grégory Levasseur / Sung-ho Kim

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Regency Enterprises

PRODUCERS: 

Grégory Levasseur / Alexandra Milchan / Vlad Paunescu / Marc Sternberg

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Maxime Alexandre

EDITOR: Baxter

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Kiefer Sutherland / Paula Patton / Cameron Boyce / Erica Gluck

PRIDE AND GLORY

New Line Cinema

Director: Gavin O'Connor

A family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.

WRITERS: 

Joe Carnahan / Gavin O'Connor / Greg O'Connor / Robert Hopes

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

New Line Cinema

PRODUCER: 

Greg O'Connor

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Declan Quinn

EDITORS: Lisa Zeno Churgin / John Gilroy

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Colin Farrell / Edward Norton/ Jon Voight / Noah Emmerich / Jennifer Ehle / John Ortiz / Frank Grillo

MAN OF THE YEAR

Universal Pictures

Director: Barry Levinson

A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected.

WRITER: 

Barry Levinson

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Universal Pictures

PRODUCERS: 

David Robinson / James G. Robinson

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dick Pope

EDITORS: Blair Daily / Steven Weisberg

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Robin Williams / Christopher Walken / Laura Linney / Lewis Black / Jeff Goldblum

THE BRAVE ONE

Warner Bros.

Director: Neil Jordan

Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.

WRITERS: 

Roderick Taylor / Bruce A. Taylor / Cynthia Mort

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Warner Bros.

PRODUCERS: 

Susan Downey / Joel Silver

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Philippe Rousselot

EDITOR: Tony Lawson

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Jodie Foster / Terrence Howard / Nicky Katt / Naveen Andrews

MUSIC AND LYRICS

Warner Bros.

Director: Marc Lawrence

A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.

WRITER: 

Marc Lawrence

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Castle Rock Entertainment

PRODUCERS: 

Liz Glotzer / Martin Shafer

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Xavier Grobet

EDITOR: Susan E. Morse

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Hugh Grant / Drew Barrymore / Scott Porter / Nick Bacon / Andrew Wyatt

ARTHUR

Warner Bros.

Director: Jason Winer

A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn't like.

WRITERS: 

Peter Baynham / Steve Gordon

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Warner Bros.

PRODUCERS: 

Chris Bender / Larry Brezner / Kevin McCormick / Michael Tadross

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Uta Briesewitz

EDITOR: Brent White

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Russell Brand / Helen Mirren / Greta Gerwig / Jennifer Garner / Geraldine James

STEP UP 3D

Walt Disney Studios

Director: Jon M. Chu

A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown.

WRITERS: 

Amy Andelson / Emily Meyer / Duane Adler

PRODUCTION COMPANY: 

Summit Entertainment

PRODUCERS: 

Erik Feig / Jennifer Gibgot / Adam Shankman / Patrick Wachsberger

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Xavier Grobet

EDITOR: Ken Seng

VISUAL EFFECTS: Joseph Oberle

CAST:

Rick Malambri / Adam Sevani / Sharni Vinson / Alyson Stoner / Keith Stallworth