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So what we had to do was start with a scan and a lot of photographic reference of that environment and then, from that, build just a very accurate photo real representation of about three square miles of new york. the way we did it was we started with reference photography, we lined up maybe 10—15 angles from different parts of the bridge, looking out in different directions, and then we started matching that with our cg environment and just every day we would enter it three, four, five times and get closer and closer to the real thing. at the end of the day i think we had something like 500...

The way we did it was we started with reference photography, we lined up maybe 10—15 angles from different parts of the bridge, looking out in different directions, and then we started matching that with our cg environment and just every day we would enter it three, four, five times and get closer and closer to the real thing. at the end of the day i think we had something like 500 unique assets, you know, 70 cars, we had to build a traffic system to drive cars around in the background, so that that would give life back there, we had a crowd system for characters, actual human beings walking...

Piece — they built like a 200 foot long piece of— they built like a 200 foot long piece of highway with real cars and that— piece of highway with real cars and that is where town hall and other— and that is where town hall and other places actually were physically there fighting each other~ — physically there fighting each other. we then did have to fill in the — other. we then did have to fill in the entire environment around _ in the entire environment around because it is a very small— around because it is a very small set— around because it is a very small set stop for the ...

But the majority of the actual plate photography, with the real actors, was done in atlanta on a stage there. so they built like a 200 foot long piece of highway with real cars and that's where too holland and alfred molina were physically there fighting each other. we did have to then fill in the entire environment around that because it's a very small set. for the most part, tom was in his iron spider suit, so he's all cg, doctor oct has these big giant cg arms. and when they're fighting he's cg. and if they're throwing around cars or doing anything crazy, sometimes the entire frame is cg. s...