Digital age. (film).(makers of Bulletprooof Monk use Eyetronics' ShapeCam digital scanner)

In the action packed film Bulletproof Monk from MGM Pictures, a ruthless, aging villain spends his life pursuing a Tibetan martial arts master. The film tells the story of Monk, whose duty for the past 60 years has been to protect a powerful ancient scroll. The story opens with a 1943 prologue as Monk concludes his training and assumes his role as protector, at which time he also assumes his mentor's powers that keep him young, able, and of course, bulletproof.

Moments after Monk's graduation, the monastery is attacked by Nazis led by a Commander Struker, but Monk escapes with fire scroll. Sixty years later, Monk surfaces, seeking a successor to watch over the scroll. But an older and more relentless Struker remains in pursuit, hoping the secrets of the scroll will make him young again. In the final scene, Struker gets his wish.

In most scenes, actor Karel Roden, who plays Struker, wore makeup that made him appear old. But for one scene in which an aged Stroker transitions into his younger self, a digital solution was used instead. Making this transition easier to accomplish was the fact that early in tire production, John Sullivan, visual effects supervisor, had ordered digital scans of the primary actors in the film, including Roden, so that unexpected postproduction changes could be accommodated more easily. While the ...