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Logan Didn’t Need CGI For The Movie’s Best Special Effect
By WITNEY SEIBOLD
James Mangold's 2017 film "Logan" is widely hailed as one of the greatest superhero movies. It delves into Wolverine's last days with profound sorrow, despair, and gripping action.
Set in 2029, "Logan" is in a future where superpowered mutants cease to exist. Only Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Professor X (Patrick Stewart) endure among the original X-Men.
The story portrays Professor X coping with dementia, residing in an abandoned smelting plant in New Mexico's deserts. Later, one of his seizures affects an entire hotel/casino.
The Professor's seizures involve violent frame shaking and a visual "echo" effect, distinguishing their psychic origin from natural phenomena like earthquakes.
Mangold revealed in a post on X that the effect in “Logan” wasn't achieved with traditional CGI. Instead, it utilized an automated consumer-grade “shake-reduction” camera app.
Expanding on the filmmaking process, Mangold admitted, "Because this film was made for much less than other tent pole films, we had to find new ways to achieve vfx."