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Hi,
I found a french interview on that i'll try to translate. Since it is very long, I'll make at my ease day to day.
I ask you guys' help to correct my mistakes since english is not my mother tongue, in order to make that interview "readable" for you anglphones. Here it goes !
CODE-MATRIX
What's your record before you became the fx supervisor in BUF company ? What are the different profiles of the crew's members you worked with ?
STEPHANE CERETTI
I have worked for BUF for 8 years, before that I had worked a little bit in the videogames but my first job in the VFX was at BUF. I have a physician background (a degree) and I've followed a training at the Emile Cohl school from Lyon, wich is specialized in the training for visual arts, computer graphics, multimedia and cartoons.
At Buf, I worked on a lot of advertising, and a few movies like Batman et Robin, "les visiteurs 2" (at my beginnings), Simone and The Cell as a supervisor.
Our crew is made up of people coming from various places. There are scientists, maths brains, computer engineer and mostly artists.
note from Apocryphe : here are some unpublished pics of making of of the take over of the Oracle :
matrix-explained.com...
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CODE-MATRIX
Did the same crew work on both movies ?
STEPHANE CERETTI
For the supervising, yes, it was the same crew, but some key-persons stayed, not everyone. BUF had less plans on Revolutions than on Reloaded. In all, about 30 persons worked on both movies.
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"The script was very dense, but not very explanatory"
CODE-MATRIX
Why and how BUF company has been contacted for that movie ?
STEPHANE CERETTI
We already had been contacted for the first movie, but at the time we could not participate to the project.
Don't forget that the bullet time is a "derived" technic invented by BUF in the middle of the 90's !
director-file.com...
In fact, it's always because of a bunch of reasons that a company is chosen rather than another one. I think that they felt like they wanted to work with BUF for a long time and that our previous works were showing our capacity to provide quality images along with the contraints of a big american production. I don't believe at all in a "french touch", I would rather say BUF's touch 
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CODE-MATRIX
How long has the creating of the special effects lasted for the two movies ?
STEPHANE CERETTI
Including months of visual research before the post-production, we have worked from early 2001 till septembre 2003. In any case at BUF company.
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CODE-MATRIX
Were complete scripts or specific production notes of Reloaded and Revolutions revealed to your crew, in order to be immersed by the VFX spirit ?
STEPHANE CERETTI
For the script, it was only the two producers and myself. You had to be on the spot to read the script ! But we got all the story boards and the design/concepts at BUF in order to be able to discuss about it with the crew, it was essential.
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CODE-MATRIX
Do the original script of the brothers contain informations that could help or direct the understanding of the movie ?
To be continued when I'll have more time... (I know you're dying to know more about the scripts... suspens 
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