Framestore Crafts Some Ghostly and Ghastly VFX for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [Video]

There are some filmmakers known for their distinct visual language. Tim Burton is one of them, with his Gothic, macabre, and quirky sense of humor.  Interestingly, when making the Beetlejuice sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, his mandate was to capture the spirit of the original by mimicking what was technically and creatively achievable back in 1988.  Even with the push to get as much of the effects work done in-camera, Production VFX Supervisor Angus Bickerton had to resort to many digital solutions, including the 253 shots delivered by Framestorethat feature Baby Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice’s dismembered ex-wife Delores, and a stop-motion animated Charles Deetz being bitten by a shark. “A lot of the stuff that we did was seamless because we were not trying to show off the visual effects of the work,” states Matthew Krentz, VFX Supervisor, Framestore. “It was all about helping to sell the story. Our biggest helper on this was our client-side …