“We didn’t want to exploit the VFX artists”: Blue Beetle Director Said Xolo Maridueña Movie Chose Practical Effects Over CGI

The director, Angel Manuel Soto has taken a more principled stand for the well-being of their visual effects (VFX) artists during the filming of one of the most awaited movies of this year, Blue Beetle starring Xolo Mariduena. Talking about the movie and its overall production Soto has confirmed that he has prioritized the use of practical effects over the VFX/CGI which was done with the conscious decision to not exploit the VFX artists.

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Angel Manuel Soto preferred live location over CGI/VFX in the production of Blue Beetle

In a cinematic world where every other superhero movie is filled with VFX/ CGI an effort for something real is welcomed by all. Considering this demand, the director Angel Manuel Soto of the movie Blue Beetle starring Xolo Mariduena which was released yesterday the 18^th of August has preferred using practical effects over CGI.

“We didn’t want to exploit the VFX artists as much as they have already been exploited. And using real locations allowed us to better integrate the practical suits, so the VFX serves as an enhancement. It’s a tool, not a dependency, which helped make this whole thing feel bigger than life.”

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Talking about the film and its production in a recent interview, Angel Manuel Soto the director of the movie said that he didn’t want to exploit the VFX artists and hence they went ahead with the use of real-life locations. Soto even said that the use of real-life locations for the production of the movie has helped to integrate the particle suites. He also said that this shift has indeed made the entire thing feel bigger than life.

Blue Beetle’s release has come with a lot of challenges and hopes

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Angel Manuel Soto also shared the issues of the budget that the film has faced. Talking about this Soto confirmed that the movie Blue Beetle had a very less budget than that of all the other big movies and this was one of the reasons why he deiced to use real-life locations.

“This film has a budget that is way less than a lot of all these big movies, but we still wanted to make it bigger than life. So our production team and our VFX supervisor [Kelvin McIlwain] understood the challenges of maximizing our budget, and we used as much practicality as possible,” Soto explained.

Not only this the movie was first featured to release on HBO Max but was later decided to be released in the theaters. However, due to the ongoing strikes in Hollywood, the promotion of the movie has been hampered.

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Nevertheless, director Angel Manuel Soto has a very strong hope and belief in the film and its characters. Also, the movie is said to play a very important role in the studio and its future strategy. The movie will be highlighting diversity in the DC films as this is the first film that has all Latino characters.

As the movie was released yesterday 18^th of August, many critics and fans have come to love the charming cast, distinct voice, and strong individual elements which are shown in the movie.

Source: CBR