Image Engine, Embassy FX and Weta Digital skilfully created the invisible effects for District 9. The special effects in this low-budget production, in which Lord of the Rings man Peter Jackson was also involved, are as well done as if the aliens were being played by real actors. Just like the main character, a large green cross between a shrimp and a grasshopper, the other aliens are also pure CG. A good mocap and the post-production of the studios involved bring them all to life in a frighteningly real way. After a time of spaceships, transforming robots, magical high school kids, guinea pig secret agents and the destruction of Earth, who would have thought that a low-budget sci-fi film in the style of a fictional documentary could be the surprise of the cinema year? What's more, this is the director's first film and the actors are anything but well-known Hollywood celebrities. What's more, the majority of the special effects were created in a relatively small studio. Skilful viral m...
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