Life of Pi Special effects

Rating: 10/10 (13 October 2013)

Life of pi is a great example of how special effects can be used to significantly enhance the viewing experience. The film tells the story of a young boy who manages to save himself from a sinking ship in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Being the sole survivor of the ship, fortunate enough to land on a lifeboat he witnessed the ship sink with his whole family inside. However he was not alone. A Bengal tiger which managed to swim across the floating wreckage pieces and reach his tiny boat possessed the exact same instinct of survival. When it comes to special effects, this film shows us how far we've come in computer animation, as the tiger was fully computer made as well almost all the scenery and weather conditions throughout the film. Would this film be as enjoyable without the special effects? First of all it would be way more challenging and even dangerous for the actors, director and crew to capture all the tiger footage with a real animal. And if they manage to accomplish that some of the most beautiful sceneries of the film would not be possible to shoot since they're simply not real.