Posted by Red | September 8, 2010, 18:35 (EST) | 2 Comments
Category: TV Series

Entity FX is the company responsible for many effects in the Vampire Diaries, including the vampire eye veins and the title card. According to The Briefing Room, season 2 of the Vampire Diaries is set to air with new opening title treatment. We’ll certainly be looking forward to seeing that tomorrow night.

The Vampire Diaries, from the creator of Dawson’s Creek, follows the struggles of a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers. It is based on the books by L.J. Smith. Many of the characters in the show exhibit supernatural abilities — flight, super-strength, super-fast motion, the ability to transform into animals — while others display special faculties such as levitation and fire-starting.

An important recurring visual effect involves pulsing veins around the eyes, which reveal characters’ true vampiric nature when they get angry, hungry or aroused. These “digital appliances” are 3D tracked onto the actors’ faces and are individually tailored to each character’s performance. Additional visual effects range from split screen composites, speed ramps and wire/rig removals to atmospheric effects and matte paintings. Entity FX created the show’s new opening title treatment as well.

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