PABLO HELMAN - VFX Supervisor

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James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, THE IRISHMAN, JARHEAD) joins us on this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. Born in Argentina, Pablo spent his youth playing music professionally and touring South America with his band before graduating from UCLA and working for several effects houses before ultimately ending up at Industrial Light & Magic where, for the past 27 years, Pablo has hung his hat. Throughout the episode, Pablo shares how he approaches implementing VFX into a film and how he works with directors and the various heads of departments during production to ensure the effects serve the story being told. Pablo also reveals how the de-aging technology used in THE IRISHMAN was developed, how it actually works, and why its development was led with the intent to preserve an actor’s performance. Later, Pablo shares several stories from working on KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, from scanning and reproducing a miniature oil derrick to wrangling digital cows. Towards the end, we consider how VFX is just another tool to use to create the reality of a film and discuss why you ultimately can’t escape from what you shoot.

This episode is sponsored by the Dallas Film Commission & Aputure

Instagram: @dallasfilmcommission & @aputure.lighting

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deacons podcast, a collection of
0:08.8	informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and a guest.
0:13.0	We never know where the conversation will take us,
0:16.0	so listen in and see where it goes.
0:19.0	This episode is proudly sponsored by the Dallas Film Commission, which is dedicated to
0:27.1	showcasing Dallas as a premier destination for productions of all sizes. The Dallas Film Commission offers a wide range of
0:36.0	support with their expertise in locations, talented crews, top-notch sound stages,
0:42.4	and enticing incentives.
0:45.0	Dallas is your one-stop shop to turn your creative vision into reality,
0:50.0	so get ready to elevate your next production by filming in Dallas with the support of the Dallas Film Commission.
0:58.0	This episode is sponsored by Aperture, a company with a global footprint spanning four continents.
1:08.0	Aperture is a driving force in LED cinema technology, renowned for their cutting edge lighting and software solutions.
1:16.4	focused on enabling filmmakers to achieve their creative vision, they've built a lighting
1:21.5	ecosystem of over 20 different fixtures that can be
1:25.2	controlled wirelessly through their software platform, CITES Link.
1:31.2	Today we're going into the world of visual effects. We're speaking with the
1:36.4	Visual effects supervisor whom we've had the pleasure of working with on JARhead.
1:40.5	His many credits include Killers of the Flower Moon, the Irishman, and Indiana Jones and the
1:47.2	Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. We're pleased to welcome Pablo Helmin with us today. Pablo, thank you for doing this.
1:54.8	Hi, nice to see you.
1:56.0	It's great, great to see you.
1:57.8	I miss you guys.
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