Captain America: The Winter Soldier from "Captain America: The First Avenger", with Captain America riding the company's Softail Breakout motorcycle in the film. In October 2013, Marvel released the first trailer for "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". "The Hollywood Reporter" said, "it looks like it'll live up to the 'political thriller' that's been promised for months now." "The Los Angeles Times" said, "[the] trailer runs 2½ minutes and teases plenty of action, conspiracy and clever banter between Captain America and his S.H.I.E.L.D. colleagues, with a smattering of the previously released Comic-Con International and D23 footage." "The Los Angeles Times" also noted that the day before
Captain America: The First Avenger Times Square on April 23, 2011. The film features nearly 1,600 visual effects shots, which were split between thirteen different companies. To achieve the appearance of the skinny, pre-serum Steve Rogers, director Joe Johnston stated that he used two major techniques: Captain America's shield, which serves as both a defensive tool and a weapon, came in four types: metal, fiberglass, rubber, and computer graphics (CG). Prop master Barry Gibbs specified that "We had the 'hero shield,' which was made of aluminum, for our beauty shots [and] close-up work. We then created a lighter shield that was aluminum-faced with a fiberglass