More ‘Dark Knight‘ coverage over at CGSociety. It gives some new info about the production process and the overhaul of D’Neg’s pipeline and renderfarm. Other than that it’s pretty much all the same stuff we’ve read before. But I’m such a fanboy that I could read it over and over again. God I loved this movie.

LINK: FX Supervisor Paul Franklin talks about the days before The Dark Knight

Director Chris Nolan loves to do his work in camera, only adding in digital effects when there is no other way to accomplish the scene. As with the transition to the Batpod, the helicopter explosion chase scene needed to seamlessly cut back and forth. Using grappling hooks to create an impromptu web stretching across an urban street, the Jokers’ henchmen ensnare the police helicopter as it pursues the Jokers’ semi-truck.