Ridley Scott's Napoleon is an epic, beautiful film filled with historical detail. It's also a movie that caught the eye of 'VFX haters', those who feel too much CG is ruining movies (it's not) and that debate around the denial of using CG in visual effects continues to be a digital art trend in 2024, which is a shame.
There's artistry involved in every frame of Ridley Scott's Napoleon and some of the most intense use of CG will go unnoticed by many. To find out what is real and what is masterful use of VFX I spoke with MPC's Charley Henley, the visual effects supervisor for Napoleon, who has a long-running relationship with Ridley Scott that dates back to work on Alien prequel Prometheus.
