Production designer Patrice Vermette, who with Dune marks his fifth feature collaboration with Denis Villeneuve, knew what a precious childhood dream the Frank Herbert novel was to the filmmaker.“For Denis, it was always important to have immersive environments,” says the production designer about the pic’s set construction, “we embraced the old Hollywood style.”You can listen to the 100th episode of Deadline’s Crew Call here:This meant a mix of real environment and set extensions for the massive VFX shots.
The film’s VFX supervisor Paul Lambert’s provided a good rule of thumb for the duo: the more sets built, the more realistic the world of Dune. “We needed to anchor our story into a realism, almost like it was a documentary,” explains
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