In addition to small touches such as the “sneaker wings” and the lightning bolt effects, the main areas of the film created here at Digital Domain include:

* The Hydra sequence, where Percy & friends battle a five-headed fire-breathing monster that turns into a ten-headed fire-breathing monster.

* The Fury sequence, where Percy’s teacher transforms into a winged creature.

* The climactic battle atop the Empire State Building as well as the ensuing chase throughout the night skies of NYC, ending on a rooftop where Percy commands water to defeat Luke.

What did you think about the special effects in the movie? Leave a comment or vote below.

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Digital Domain (digitaldomain.com)

What they did: CG characters, vehicles, 2D and 3D enviroments, natural phenomenon, Matte painting (set extension, cg lighting/relections), CG water/liquid, CG actors, compositing (adding CG to film)

This is great that such a large experienced special effects company did the special effects. This makes me much more excited for the special effects, since that is a pretty huge part of Percy Jackson. Avatar’s visual effects were awesome (my favorite part of the movie, especially the computer screen graphics) and Star Trek’s graphics were some of the best I have ever seen. Then you have the Curious Case of Benjamin Button that won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Visual Effects and Digital domain did the special effects. Below is a full list of all the movies that they have worked on.

Complete list of movies Digital Domain has worked on

True Lies
July 15, 1994

Color of Night
August 19, 1994

Interview with the Vampire
November 11, 1994

Apollo 13
June 30, 1995

Strange Days
October 6, 1995

Sgt. Bilko
March 29, 1996

T2 3-D: Battle Across Time
May 1, 1996

Chain Reaction
August 2, 1996

The Island of Dr. Moreau
August 23, 1996

Dante¹s Peak
February 7, 1997

The Fifth Element
May 9, 1997

Red Corner
October 31, 1997

Titanic
December 19, 1997

Kundun
December 25, 1997

Armageddon
July 1, 1998

What Dreams May Come
October 2, 1998

EdTV
March 26, 1999

Lake Placid
July 16, 1999

Fight Club
October 15, 1999

Supernova
January 14, 2000

Rules of Engagement
April 7, 2000

X-Men
July 14, 2000

Red Planet
November 10, 2000

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
November 17, 2000

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
December 22, 2000

Vanilla Sky
December 14, 2001

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
December 19, 2001

A Beautiful Mind
December 25, 2001

We Were Soldiers
March 1, 2002

The Time Machine
March 8, 2002

xXx
August 9, 2002

Adaptation.
December 6, 2002

Star Trek: Nemesis
December 13, 2002

Daredevil
February 14, 2003

Willard
March 14, 2003

The Italian Job
May 30, 2003

Secondhand Lions
September 19, 2003

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
November 14, 2003

The Missing
November 26, 2003

Peter Pan
December 25, 2003

The Day After Tomorrow
May 28, 2004

I, Robot
July 18, 2004

Flight of the Phoenix
December 17, 2004

Cinderella Man
June 3, 2005

Dark Water
July 8, 2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
July 15, 2005

Stealth
July 29, 2005

Æon Flux
December 2, 2005

Roving Mars (IMAX)
January 27, 2006

My Super Ex-Girlfriend
July 21, 2006

Zoom
August 11, 2006

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
October 6, 2006

Flags of Our Fathers
October 20, 2006

The Nativity Story
December 1, 2006

Letters from Iwo Jima
December 20, 2006

The Hitcher
January 19, 2007

Zodiac
March 2, 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World¹s End
May 25, 2007

Transformers
July 3, 2007

The Seeker: The Dark is Rising
October 5, 2007

We Own the Night
October 12, 2007

The Golden Compass
December 7, 2007

Speed Racer
May 9, 2008

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
August 1, 2008

Gran Torino
December 17, 2008

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
December 25, 2008

Star Trek
May 8, 2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
June 24, 2009

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
August 7, 2009

2012
November 13, 2009

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
February 12, 2010

*CG – computer graphics

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