VFX technology has come a long way since its inception, and nowadays most major blockbusters are filled with computer-generated images in order to enhance the story telling; Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is no exception to this.
In the new sequel, VFX artists used CGI to recreate the old Indiana Jones– or, a younger one.
The Hollywood Reporter spoke to VFX production supervisor Andrew Whitehurst and ILM VFX supervisor Robert Weaver. Whitehurst revealed that in order to produce the scenes with a younger Harrison Ford, they used a technique called face-swapping.
“Face swap essentially is replacing the face with another face, whether it’s a younger version or somebody entirely different,” said Weaver. “In this case, it was the younger version. We utilized every trick in the book as far as what it would take to get each individual shot to the level that it needed to be.”
Whitehurst went on to say that almost all of the footage of a young Indiana Jones is just Harrison Ford with his younger face edited onto him, except in some stunt sequences. Most of the scenery in the film is also VFX, shot on location and then edited into scenes later with a green screen.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is currently in theaters.
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