Planet X — Creative Visual Effects

Director
Joram Lürsen
Release
October 2020
Producer
Topkapi Series
Idse Grotenhuis, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel, Laurette Schillings
Visual effects supervisors
Albert van Vuure, NVX
Dennis Kleyn, NVX
VFX production supervisor
Dennis Kleyn, NVX
3D supervisor
Jasper Scheepbouwer
Compositing
Roel Meijering
David Goubitz
Frank Taris
Daisy Keehnen
VFX producer
Violette Kleyn
Dynamics & FX
Chris Klinkhamer
Inhouse data wrangler
Ruud Vreman
External aviation advisor
Ronnie Olsthoorn
Title design
Planet X Title Design
Donald Roos
Release
Fall 2020
Running time
8 x 50 min
Format
shot on Arri Mini, 4K
D.O.P.
Mark van Aller, NSC
Editor
Peter Alderliesten, NCE
Facility
Storm Post Production
Grading
Tom Mulder
Music reel/clip
Merlijn Snitker

As founders of the Dutch aviation, idealist Albert Plesman and opportunist Anthony Fokker, are inextricably bound together. They cannot live with or without each other. During the interwar period and in spite of their differences, they pull off setting up civil aviation in the Netherlands, when the world is heading for a new war.

Planet X is excited to work on the many historical airplanes and locations this unique production requires. With the aid of external advisors, our team will focus on the creation of countless complex airplane assets that Fokker designed and created between 1924 and 1939.

Heavy on demanding photoreal CG, the production involves extensive R&D for both historical accuracy as well as (aero)dynamics for all 3D assets.

Follow this page for regular updates on the VFX progress for Turbulent Skies.

Visual effects in progress

VFX breakdown reel highlighting, among other things, the R&D process to explore possibilities of replacing a modern-day airplane by a 3D CG airplane, allowing the DOP to frame, follow and focus on something physical, instead of shooting empty plates for the same purpose.

Full CG test

A full CG test of a Fokker F.VII which verifies model, textures, shading, light and dynamics.