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Gooische Vrouwen
At the end of the film ‘Gooische Vrouwen’, the character Martin Morero performs in the Amsterdam Arena. Initially the shots for this scene were made without an audience in the stands. At a later time, during a real event, shots were made of the audience from the same camera angles.
Planet X FX merged the separate shots of the public and Martin Morero and made them into a seamless and convincing whole. Aside from filling the empty stands, people were placed in the foreground by means of a small chroma-key shoot in order to create the necessary depth.
‘Gooische Vrouwen’ premiered in February 2011 and within 23 days drew 1,000,000 viewers to the box office. This earned the film the status of Diamanten Film (diamond film) and this makes it one of the most successful Dutch films ever.
A short visual effects breakdown shows the many elements that were added.
The original was shot in an empty Amsterdam Arena.
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Many elements were added when the scene was adapted: audience in the background and in the foreground, beams of light from spotlights and camera flashes from the audience.