Red One blockbuster movie has Alberta ties [Video]

A local visual effects designer is making a name for themselves in Hollywood, landing their first gig on a blockbuster movie.

Red One features Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans saving Santa Claus – played by Academy Award-winner J.K. Simmons – from a kidnapping.

It also features former St. Albertan Dylan Orriss’ digital lightning effects.

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“I got (into) the internship program at Sony Pictures Imageworks … They put me on a project right away, and that was Red One,” said Orriss, who now resides in Vancouver.

As one of the 15 lighting associates, it’s Orriss’ job to ensure proper digital lighting techniques are being used on in-movie assets including environments and characters.

“Essentially, we place digital lights in the digital scene and make it look like it’s actually part of the sets,” they added.

Orriss said it …