VFX Breakdowns

Fratelli De Filippo – EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani

May 13, 2022

Movies

EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani, Fratelli De Filippo, Movies
Munich – The Edge Of War – One of Us

May 13, 2022

Movies

Movies, Munich, One of Us, The Edge Of War
The Motherhood in the Making of Pixar’s Turning Red

May 12, 2022

Animated Movies

Shoutout to all the moms and mother figures who influenced Pixar’s Turning Red. Catch “Bao” and Embrace the Panda on @disneyplus!

Motherhood, Pixar, Turning Red
Pushpa – The Rise – Makuta VFX

May 12, 2022

Movies

Makuta provided VFX supervision and LiDAR scanning for the majority of this high-grossing feature, producing work for the complex waterfall episode, foliage extensions, forest rebuilds and 3D matte extensions to recreate the sandalwood trees that were critical to the story. With Makuta is producing hundreds of shots working closely with the direction team, the project’s visual effects were turned around in a very short time. This is one of the films, we worked during the pandemic. The film has managed to collect Rs 342+ cr worldwide and the biggest earner of 2021 in India.

Makuta VFX, Movies, Pushpa
Meppadiyan – Coconut Bunch

May 12, 2022

Movies

Coconut Bunch, Meppadiyan, Movies
Nayattu – Coconut Bunch

May 12, 2022

Movies

Coconut Bunch, Movies, Nayattu
The One And Only Ivan – MPC

May 12, 2022

Movies

500 artists across MPC Film’s studios in London, Montreal and Bangalore worked together to bring to life The One and Only Ivan’s 9 primary characters Ivan the Gorilla, Bob the dog, Ruby the baby elephant, Stella the elephant, Frankie the seal, Murphy the rabbit, Snickers the poodle, Henrietta the chicken and Thelma the parrot, and the film’s photo-realistic full CG environments and digital set extensions.

MPC, The One And Only Ivan
Fuse FX – Showreel 2022

May 12, 2022

Studios

FuseFX is joined by its sister studios Folks VFX and Rising Sun Pictures, collectively known as The Fuse Group. The Fuse Group has artists in 10 locations across the globe. Check out this joint reel with some of the best VFX shots we’ve collectively produced.

2022, Fuse FX, Showreel
How Disney’s Animated Hair Became So Realistic, From ‘Tangled’ To ‘Encanto’ – Insider

May 12, 2022

Animated Movies

The complex helical curl shape seen on Mirabel in “Encanto” is something you haven’t seen in an animated Disney movie until now. The blockbuster musical was Disney’s first animated movie to feature every category of hair texture, from 1A to 4C. Getting there took a decade of building the animation, simulation, shading, and grooming tools to represent the full range of hair types, colors, and styles.

We spoke with four members of the “Encanto” team to find out how they did it: Character Look Development Supervisor Michelle Lee Robinson, Consultant for Afro Colombian Representation Edna Liliana Valencia Murillo, Associate Technical Supervisor Nadim Sinno, and Character Look Artist Jose “Weecho” Velasquez.

They help trace the evolution of Disney’s 3D-animated hair over the past ten years, from Rapunzel’s 70-foot long mane in “Tangled” and Elsa and Anna’s braids in “Frozen” to the curly-wavy hair in “Moana” and diversity of textures in “Encanto.”

Animated, Disney, Encanto, Insider, Movies, Tangled
Foundation – Season 1 – Spin VFX

May 8, 2022

TV Shows

Based on the award-winning novels by Issac Asimov, Foundation chronicles a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.

VFX Supervisor Jeff Campbell, Supervising Producer Carrie Richardson, and VFX Producer Aakashi Patolawala brought this vision to life through earth-shattering explosions, detailed futuristic aircrafts, and out of the world views.

Foundation won 2 awards from 3 nominations at VES 2022, including the award for “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode” and “Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project”.

Apple TV+, Foundry, Season 1, Spin VFX, TV Shows
Optimus Prime’s Time Off – Direct Line – Making of

May 8, 2022

Commercials

Behind the scenes of the Optimus Prime shoot. We’re on it.

Commercial, Direct Line, Optimus Prime
Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – A Mind-Bending Vision Featurette

May 8, 2022

Movies

Explore the mind-bending side of the Multiverse in this brand new featurette for Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 🤯 Get tickets now and experience it only in theaters May 6: fandango.com/DoctorStrange

Disney, Doctor Strange, Featurette, Marvel, Movies, Multiverse of Madness
Foundation – Season 1 – DNEG

May 8, 2022

TV Shows

Discover the award-winning visual effects behind AppleTV+’s ‘Foundation’ and learn how our DNEG team helped to bring Isaac Asimov’s legendary vision to the screen.

Apple TV+, DNEG, Foundation, Season 1
Swan Song – Image Engine

May 8, 2022

Movies

Get a look behind the scenes in our VFX breakdown reel to see how Image Engine created some of the impressive visual effects in Swan Song.

Image Engine, Swan Song
Bridgerton – Season 2 – One of Us

May 8, 2022

TV Shows

As per Julia Quinn’s bestselling novels, which deal with each of the eight Bridgerton siblings in turn, the second season of Shondaland’s Netflix series, Bridgerton, focuses on how Viscount Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) sets about selecting the best woman in town.

VFX Studio, One of Us, took part in this project as a continuation of the first instalment, working through pre-production, on-set and post production. The 250 VFX shots include complex creature work, alongside the familiar extravagant environments.

Bridgerton, Netflix, One of Us, Season 2
Alex Rider – Season 2 – Goodbye Kansas Studios

May 8, 2022

TV Shows

Alex Rider, Goodbye Kansas Studios, Season 2
Kate – MPC

April 24, 2022

Movies

Kate, Movies, MPC, Netflix
Operation Mincemeat – Union Visual Effects

April 24, 2022

Movies

Movies, Operation Mincemeat, Union Visual Effects
The Witcher – Season 2 – Leshy Heskel

April 24, 2022

TV Shows

Netflix, Season 2, The Witcher
Moonfall – DNEG

April 24, 2022

Movies

DNEG, Moonfall
Raised by Wolves – Season 2 – Spin VFX

April 24, 2022

TV Shows

Produced by science fiction director Ridley Scott, Raised By Wolves is a sci-fi thriller that visualizes a dystopian future where androids and humans are at war over opposing religious beliefs.

VFX Supervisor Mo Sobhy and Executive Producer George Macri visualized and created detailed alien creatures and a life-like human baby in this emotional story about the volcanic force of parental love.

Raised By Wolves, Season 2, Spin VFX
Animation Showreel – Cinesite

April 24, 2022

Studios

Discover a small selection of the beautiful animated adventures that our teams have brought to life! Find out more about Cinesite’s animation services at: https://www.cinesite.com/feature-anim…

Thanks to our wonderful clients for making it possible for us to work on these exciting projects!

Cinesite is hiring across all departments and divisions visit cinesite.com/careers to find out more about the global opportunities with us.

Animation, Cinesite, Showreel
Cyrano – Cinesite

April 24, 2022

Movies

From director Joe Wright comes this lush, musical retelling of the timeless tale of Cyrano de Bergerac. Set against a baroque cityscape, self-conscious wordsmith Cyrano helps young Christian to win the heart of Roxanne, who Cyrano secretly loves. Cyrano has been nominated for Outstanding British Film in the 2022 BAFTA film awards.

This lush production includes around 100 invisible visual effects, which range from environments and set extensions to retimes, CG blood, swords, fires, clean-ups and an action-packed, fast-paced long-shot, which sees Cyrano single-handedly besting a mob of attackers.

Visual Effects Supervisor for the production (and Cinesite) was Artemis Oikonomopoulou. The film is produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title, along with Guy Heeley.

Cinesite, Cyrano, Movies
Eiffel – BUF

April 24, 2022

Movies

BUF, Eiffel, Movies
Rangasthalam – Makuta VFX

April 24, 2022

Movies

Makuta was tasked to produce the primary introductory shots of Ram Charan in this iconic drama. From producing the initial car accident shots, simulation, rendering and compositing work, we also produced the CG bicycle, which crashes in front of camera for the same shots. The main sequence, we were required to produce was the introductory shot of the hero. Originally attempted as a drone shot, it wasn’t possible for the crew to achieve the sweeping wide shot to close-up that was necessary, therefore a full CG environment was built, complete with barrage, water, foliage, etc., to match the subsequent live shots in the sequence. Combined with a live plate of the actor, the final shot swept down from an extreme distance to a close profile shot seamlessly.

Makuta VFX, Movies, Rangasthalam