Jeremy Dawson and Dan Schrecker, who had provided visual effects for Darren Aronofsky's "π" and "Requiem for a Dream", returned to "The Fountain" to help the director with the film's effects. The pair was assigned the task of creating as little computer-generated imagery as possible, a difficult task with a third of the film taking place in deep space. Aronofsky chose to avoid effects that would make the film look dated in several decades but instead hold up as well as a film like "". Dawson said, "Using CG is really the easy route because it's so prevalent and the tools are great. What it did was really force us to come up with creative solutions to solve a lot of our problems."