The rebooted version of the Ghostbusters movie, the third feature film in the Ghostbusters franchise, the 2016 film starred an all female cast who went on to catch ghosts across the New York City. Made with a budget of $144 million and grossing approximately $208 million, the film relied heavily on the visual effects for the creation of the ghostly creatures.
About six companies dealt with the 1,700 VFX shots, under the supervision of Pete Travers and among them were Sony Pictures Imageworks and Iloura. The Australian company Iloura’s team, who were led by Iloura VFX supervisors Glenn Melenhorst and Andrew Hellen, and Iloura VFX producers Ineke Majoor and Jeannette Manifold delivered 500 shots. The feature was coloured by Jill Bodganowicz at Deluxes Culver City, CA facility. Iloura’s slate of work focused on look development for and creation of ghostly characters.
Back in July the studio had mentioned about their work in the film however it was sans any VFX breakdown reel. Finally Iloura has released a VFX breakdown reel which showcases how the various ghosts were created using CGI and how the lighting effects were given. From the reel, we can observe how drones, props, skeletons, light emitting diodes were used to help the VFX team track down and seamlessly incorporate the visual effects throughout the various shots.
The various creations by the Iloura team were: Gertrude, the band of Mirror Ghouls, Mayhem, ghost rats and the Show Ghost featured in a sequence with Bill Murray’s character.
Here’s the VFX breakdown reel: