When the Normal Becomes Eerily Digital 👁️
In Reflections, Lamppost VFX proved that true horror isn't in what you see, but in what you think you've seen. Their effects are like that noise at night: probably nothing... but are you sure?
The Ingredients of This Elegant Nightmare
- Lying Mirrors that reflect your fears (and Houdini loops)
- Procedural Fog that behaves like liquid anxiety
- Calculated Glitches right when you blink
- Nuke for compositing horrors with surgical precision
The result is so subtle that you'll doubt your own TV. 📺
Technology in Service of the Chill
"We work with the visual subconscious. Every distortion, every incorrect reflection is like planting a seed of doubt in the viewer"
The fog simulations consumed more hours than the protagonist's sleepless nights. And he didn't sleep at all. 🌫️
The Art of the Almost-Imperceptible
Balancing the real and the supernatural was like walking on a broken mirror: every step had to be precise and leave the right mark. The magic is in never knowing exactly what was an effect and what was your brain playing tricks on you.
And that's how intelligent horror is made: with enough technology to alter reality, and enough tact to make you think it was your idea. Did anyone else just see something move? 👀
Bonus: Secrets of Well-Rendered Fear
- 0.3 seconds: exact time for each "glitch" so the brain registers it but doesn't analyze it
- 287 layers for the "simplest" mirror
- Custom Shader for "psychological humidity" on walls
- Manual Tracking of every reflection to fool the human eye
All this while maintaining that "¿Has this always been here?" look that makes you look back at that dark corner of the hallway... just in case. 🚪