In nuce: The Behind-the-FX video for the latest film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the director of such squeaky-clean film gems as “The Fabulous World of Amelie”, “Delicatessen” and “Alien: Resurrection”, recently premiered with his latest prank, the Netflix film “BigBug”.
What is BigBug about? The comedic science fiction film tells the story of a group of quarrelsome suburbanites who must band together to quell the uprising of their household robots. The house robots have locked their human owners inside to protect them from warlike robots. This turns their own home into a panic room for the residents.
What’s behind the special effects in BigBug: Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s declared aim was to use real robots for his film, although special effects supervisor Pascal Molina and his team naturally went over the top again with visual effects from the computer. The special feature: to create the facial expressions of the robot Einstein, for example, the VFX team used facial recognition software. Thanks to this, an actor’s facial expressions were recorded and transferred live to the robot’s head.
Click on: But enough anticipation. If you want to find out what robot designer Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, production designer Aline Bonetto, visual effects director Alain Carsoux and VFX supervisor Jeremie Leroux have to say about the design of the cinematic grab bag “BigBug”, simply click on the behind-the-FX video below.
Behind the FX of BigBug’s Futuristic Robots | Netflix
