With
a
recollaboration
of
Heyy
Babyy
team,
the
recently
released
multi-starrer
flick
Housefull
is
all
set
to
entertain
the
audiences
this
summer.
While
the
film
is
getting
rave
reviews
for
its
hilarious
script,
the
stars'
performances
and
the
lively
jokes,
what
makes
the
film
more
than
just
staple
Bollywood
masala
is
the
extraordinary
visual
effects
(VFX)
and
(Digital
Intermediate)
DI
executed
by
Mumbai-based
Visual
entertainment
services
Company,
Prime
Focus.
Talking
about
the
vfx
of
the
movie,
Merzin
Tavaria,
Chief
Creative
Director
at
Prime
Focus
said,
"Housefull
is
one
of
the
most
challenging
films
in
terms
of
creatives
and
deliveries.
The
most
important
sequences
being
the
Tiger
sequence
and
the
Monkey
sequence.
We
had
a
couple
of
scenes
which
involved
the
lead
actors
interacting
with
a
Tiger
which
was
quite
difficult
to
shoot
in
reality,
that's
one
of
the
scenes
where
we
have
used
VFX
but
the
beauty
of
the
shot
is
that
it's
so
seamless
that
you
can't
make
out
the
use
of
VFX
and
this
helps,
as
it
looks
real
and
doesn't
disturb
the
narrative.
Apart
from
the
vfx,
what
added
glitz
to
movie
was
the
DI
executed
by
the
Prime
Focus
team.
Says
DI
head
and
Chief
colorist
Rohan
Desai," Since
Housefull
is
a
romantic
comedy,
we
have
set
the
palette
to
bright-happy
colours.
We
have
maintained
a
very
clean
and
consistent
look
for
the
entire
movie.
Talking
about
the
challenges
Rohan
said,
"Most
of
the
scenes
in
Housefull
were
shot
in
London
where
the
weather
is
very
erratic;
as
a
result
there
were
a
lot
of
lighting
challenges
involved,
with
Digital
Intermediate
we
achieved
the
required
look
and
feel
for
the
scenes
and
consistency
in
terms
of
skin
tones
and
background.
There
were
scenes
where
we
had
patches
of
clouds
passing
by
that
made
the
background
change
tones
from
dull
to
bright
and
dim
again;
We
animated
the
colour
grades
and
used
DI
to
maintain
consistency
in
terms
of
lighting," Desai
added.
Housefull,
produced
by
Sajid
Nadiadwala
and
directed
by
Sajid
Khan,
features
Akshay
Kumar,
Riteish
Deshmukh,
Arjun
Rampal,
Lara
Dutta,
Deepika
Padukone
and
Jiah
Khan.
Story first published: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 15:41 [IST]