Get Blown Away by MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Storm Concept Art by Philippe Gaulier

Check out Mad Max: Fury Road concept art by Philippe Gaulier!

One of the biggest scenes in the new Mad Max film was a "Toxic Storm" that George Miller said "was the climax of the first act and had to be spectacular." Method Studios was tasked with visualizing this key scene and one of the concept artists Phillipe Gaulier helped produce concept art that was described as a "a super cell type storm".

Philippe Gaulier is a professional concept artist who's worked on big budget films like Inception (2010), Iron Man 2 (2010) and Jupiter Ascending (2015).

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Method Studios worked with Iloura and Tom Wood, Iloura's VFX supervisor, told IndieWire, "It was the first sequence George Miller passed to us, it occurs early in the film, and is pivotal to the story so he needed it resolved as soon as possible. The sequence was delivered to us by production as an incomplete post-vis construction. The cut was solid and twisters were laid out represented by inverted cones with spinning textures." 

Gaulier said it "was just a short gig" but enjoyed working on it.They looked at parts of the pre-viz to get a feel of what director George Miller wanted. Wood said, "When I visited the set in Namibia, I showed the concepts to George and he loved them. As the sequences were cut, the artwork was used in editorial and the look pretty much stayed the same."

Here's what it looked like in the film


See more of Philippe Gaulier's gorgeous portfolio at http://www.philippegaulierart.com

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What do you think of the concept art? If you've seen Mad Max: Fury Road what do you think of the storm?

Official Mad Max: Fury Road Summary
"MAD MAX: FURY ROAD is the fourth film of George Miller‘s Road Warrior/Mad Max franchise co-written and directed by Miller. The post-apocalyptic action film is set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world of fire and blood exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order...There's Max (played by TOM HARDY from The Dark Knight Rises), a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. “And... Furiosa (played by CHARLIZE THERON from Prometheus), a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland."Directed by George Miller
Cinematography by John Seale
Production Design by Colin Gibson
Starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee and Courtney Eaton
Release Dates: 7 May 2015 (TCL Chinese Theatre), 14 May 2015 (Australia), 15 May 2015 (United States)
Official Site: http://www.madmaxmovie.com
© Copyright 2015 Kennedy Miller Mitchell, Village Roadshow Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures. All rights reserved

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