We go behind the scenes of a key VFX sequence in Kingsman: The Golden Circle…
The shots required a clever combination of practical stunts including a motion sickness-inducing spinning set and photoreal CGI.
Heres how it was done.
The cable car Eggsy and Whiskey get trapped in is one that spins for scenic purposes.
But it gets nefariously taken over and goes into out-of-control revolutions with them inside.
Theyre plastered against the sides.
Theyve got to get out of there, basically.
Argon even used Google Maps terrain of the area directly in its previs.
The previs also informed how the shots of Eggsy and Whiskey inside the spinning cable car would be filmed.
It was also fitted to spin and engineered to rotate up to 35 revolutions a minute.
But at 35 RPMs, it was sometimes too real.
Even the stunt people couldnt take it much past about 15 RPMs, notes Bickerton.
One big thing is, you cant focus on something.
And because youre looking out at this void of sky blue, you got sick very, very quickly.
As the spinning increases, the characters are slapped against the side of the cable car.
For this, the stunt performers and actors were rigged up with wires and straps.
Framestore also initiated CG builds of Eggsy and Whiskey.
This gave us more freedom in designing the shots.
Kingsman: The Golden Circleis in cinemas now.
