The big fight scene with Ares and Percy could have looked very different.
The lead hero even got tofinally meet his father, Poseidon, God of the Seas.
That was also with The Volumeall of it with almost no touch-up.
When I say touchup, it’s a big deal.
Because if you achieve The Volume without touch-up, that’s what you’re trying to do… And I want the coast to be darker.
So, the sky behind him has to be gray, and the ocean has to be bright.
And well, it’s a very good-looking shot, I think.
And then we build a lighthouse."
And I was telling the producer, let’s not do that.
So they agreed to bring it back to, you know, ‘Okay, let’s go day.
No, not day, let’s go dusk.
But let’s go too late because there’s a sweet spot where The Volume is super happy.
And it looks really, really good.’
So these are all things you know that you have to build as you go."
The scene at Olympus [used] The Volume.
And I hope people are happy and they’re happy with the look.
It was a huge task to do that.
So, there are two things about this.
Let’s feel it’s big and it’s scope-y.
This is what we make a run at do all the time.
We kept it character-driven and not over the top.
And again, that’s why I should anamorphic to be very close to these characters."
And that’s what I did all the time…
Sometimes the directors are like, ‘Are you okay?
Are you happy with this take here?’
I’m like, ‘No, I’m not.
I’m not satisfied.’
‘I don’t feel the eyes’…
So we got in there.
And we, the production designer, Dan Hennah, put huge carpets brought tables.
It was a huge setup, like about 500 [or] 600 lights there for sure.
More than that, probably.
So, I tried to work in zones.
So, I make a run at go by zones.
I create zones of colors.
What Is Next For Percy Jackson?
Needless to say, there will almost certainly be even more work on The Volume for that story.
Of course, there will also be plenty more opportunities for Percy to come toe-to-toe with the Gods themselves.
Fingers crossed the wait for more episodes won’t be too long!
Percy Jackson and the Olympiansis now streaming on Disney+.
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