VFX Breakdown - Green Lantern

So since I'm going to be doing my own VFX break down, I thought I should take the time and research into a few to see how different companies do their own. This way I will have a great idea of how to do it my self. Not to mention the awesome amount of ways I'll get to see different effects done, no normal viewer really understands the amount that work that goes into a vfx shot; though it's spread between many it's still a big task.

So straight after the Star Wars break down documentary, instead of just searching "films with lots of vfx" for an example. I sat an thought what films have I watched and like that have plenty of vfx. The first one that popped into my mind was "Green Lantern". A super her with an energy suit and mask, with ring capable of creating anything the wearer can imagine, perfect. I was quickly able to find examples on the web of breakdowns of different scenes. The company that did them was 'Peanut FX' and I've seen these do a few others, Game of Thrones, Iron Man; after looking a little more into the company I found out they to do complex 3d tracking and meshing for other companies to work. For example the video below features alot of shots where Ryan Reynolds and others need to be tracked for an almost full CGI generate shot. Along with other simpler ones.

So as you can see really this companies only task is (as stated) "image based capture from neck to hip". Where ever there are simpler shots that can be done they do aswell e.g. the thumbnail of this video shows a full length shot but he is perfectly still. It's incredible to see how much work a company can be doing but are only really bridging the gap from footage to software so other companies can take it further.