In nuce: Digital Domain has released a new VFX breakdown for the streaming series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (German title: She-Hulk: die Anwältin). All in all, Digital Domain has completed almost 1,000 VFX shots, including 660 shots of the series heroine She-Hulk alone.

In toto: For the series season, VFX supervisor Jan Philip Cramer and his team brought the human-sized actress Tatiana Maslany down to Hulk size. Transferring the actress’s nuanced facial expressions into Hulk dimensions was a particular challenge. For the series, Digital Domain developed in-house tools, including the so-called ShapeWear system, with the help of which garments are adapted to the gigantomaniac proportions of the series’ eponymous heroine. Apart from this, other proprietary Digital Domain tools were used, such as Masquera 2.0 or Charlatan.

Click further: If you want to see more Digital Domain visual effects, we recommend watching the VFX breakdown of the Bollywood blockbuster RRR, which Digital Production reported on 19 September this year. Industrial Light & Magic’s VFX breakdown for the Marvel series Hawkeye, which we reported on 14 June this year , takes us back to superhero fare.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | VFX Breakdown | Digital Domain

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In nuce: VFX service provider Image Engine has released a VFX breakdown for the streaming series Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Force is with Image Engine, as the VFX house has already created visual effects for the series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Thanks to this previous experience, visual effects supervisor Andy Walker and his team were able to deliver eye-catching effects for this latest Star Wars series.

In toto: Along with the VFX breakdown, a report has been published on awn.com detailing the story behind the 360 or so VFX shots that Image Engine created for Obi-Wan Kenobi – from giant CG environments of the mining world of Mapuzo, set extensions, vehicle tyre removal, laser swords cutting through cargo doors, Imperial henchman laser cannons, to Star Wars-style lightsaber duels. According to Andy Walker, for example, Houdini was used to create the flora of the desert landscape.

Click further: Digital Production last reported on the Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi on 31 October this year – or rather on the VFX service provider Hybride, which in turn shook Obi-Wan Kenobi out of his leisure robes for Disney Plus Force alumnus. Image Engine is also familiar with galactic streaming content beyond the galaxy far, far away; on 6 February 2020, Digital Production referred to Image Engine’s breakdown reel for the second season of the sci-fi series Lost in Space, and on 6 September of this year, Image Engine rumbled across screens with showpiece Pokémon Pikachu, the dinosaurs from Jurassic World and police robot Chappie.

Sources: awn.com (report by Debbie Diamond Sarto), jedipedia.fandom.com ( entry on Mapuzo)

Obi-Wan Kenobi | Breakdown Reel | Image Engine VFX

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In nuce: Which classic sci-fi film monster once went to the Central American jungle for a showdown with Arnold Schwarzenegger, fought a duel against Danny Glover in the urban jungle a little later – and later found his opponent at Zubeis height in H.R. Giger’s Alien? The Predator, of course (also known as Yautja in the jargon). MPC has now released a VFX breakdown of the latest cinematic spin-off from the Predator universe, Prey. In the VFX breakdown, the extraterrestrial trophy hunter is joined by other predators: Wolf, bear, cat – and the battle-hardened protagonist who takes on the visitor from outer space.

MPC – Prey VFX Breakdown

In toto: Prey marks the first Predator flick to be produced since the Walt Disney Company took over brand owner 20th Century Fox in March 2019. The film was directed by suspense-tested director Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane). The last attempt by 20th Century Fox to bring the predatory alien back to the big screen with The Predator (German title: Predator – Upgrade) by cult director Shane Black (The Nice Guys; Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang; Last Action Hero) fell short of expectations both fiscally and from a critical perspective. Prey, on the other hand, the fifth cinematic incarnation of the Predator IP, was very favourably received by the majority of viewers, but was released exclusively on the streaming service provider Disney-Plus. A Predator hunt on the big screen was therefore unfortunately cancelled. The special feature of Prey: the film is set in the year 1712 and the heroine is the Comanche Nanu. Comanches are an indigenous people of the North American Indians.

Click to continue: Just recently, Digital Production referred to current showreels and breakdowns from MPC – two of which are linked below.

• 30.08.2022: Ruler lizards, lordly Vikings and marvellously around the world in 80 days – a showcase of current visual effects.
• 13.10.2022: MPC releases its latest showreel!
  Of dragons, flying saucers, Elvis hip-swinging – and other things that whirl through the air.

Source: avp.fandom.com

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In nuce: VFX house MPC has released its latest showreel – including cinema film highlights and streaming gems such as Chip and Chap: The Knights of Law, the sci-fi mystery thriller Nope (by suspense grandmaster Jordan Peele), Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis film, the video game adaptation Monster Hunter, the Predator film Prey by Dan Trachtenberg, the spiky blue sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the remake of West Side Story by Steven Spielberg, the fashion drama House of Gucci by Ridley Scott, the kaiju smash hit Godzilla vs. Kong and, and, and. The list of films and series you can treat your retinas to is almost endless.

Below you will find some more eye candy – straight from MPC to your stream:

• 30.08.2022: In a land before our time: ruling lizards, lordly Vikings and gloriously around the world in 80 days – a showcase of current visual effects.
• 19.10.2021: (Sonic is) walking on Sunshine: Visual effects with radiance (and with Sega’s flagship spiky animal)!
• 28.04.2021: Pikachu and co. in the cities? Or: How to populate a pedestrian zone?

MPC Film Showreel 2022

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In nuce: Union VFX has released a VFX breakdown for Disney’s streaming series Moon Knight. In the series, a former CIA agent, played by Oscar Isaac, is rescued by the ancient Egyptian moon god Khonshu. The series has been available on the Disney Plus streaming platform since March this year. Other roles include: Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy and eye-pleasing VFXs from Union VFX. Moon Knight is produced by Kevin Feige, the central creative mind behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Mohamed Diab, among others, has been hired to direct some of the episodes. The Egyptian screenwriter and director adds authenticity to the series with his personal background.

Union VFX, based in Soho, London, specialises in VFX design, CG animation, digital makeup, compositing and matte painting. The service provider pays particular attention to GC environments and effects that remain invisible to viewers. In addition to Moon Knight, the company’s portfolio includes the sequel Trainspotting 2, the sci-fi film Annihilation, the award-winning Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri and the actioner The Gentlemen. Victor Perez is one of the artists who worked for Union VFX (Digital Production reported on 11 March 2022).

Click further: Do you pray to the moon god Khonshu? Then you should put the Marvel series under your retinas. Digital Production wrote about another VFX breakdown for Moon Knight, this time from Image Engine, on 9 August 2022.

Moon Knight | VFX Breakdown Reel

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In nuce: VFX service provider Image Engine has released a VFX breakdown dedicated to the work on the superhero series Hawkeye. The secret hero of the video alongside hero Hawkeye: Pizza dog Lucky – owes the nickname to his ability to chow down on vast quantities of pizza triangles. Chomp! Chomp! Trivia Fact: In the series, Lucky is one-eyed – thanks to VFXs by Image Engine. In the original version, the show dog is binocular.

Click to continue: In the past, Digital Production has already reported on eye-catching VFX breakdowns – both from the visual effects wizards at Image Engine and for the successful Marvel series Hawkeye. The former with showpiece Pokémon Pikachu and super duper hero Venom, the latter with bang effects that need not shy away from the critical pyromaniac gaze of a Michael Bay.

• 6.09.2022: The showcase of the most eye-catching visual effects – with the robots from Lost in Space, the dinosaurs from Jurassic World, the superheroes from the MCU and plenty more monsters.
• 14.06.2022: The superheroes with a licence to shoot archery: These VFXs shoot faster than Jeremy Renner can draw a compound bow.

Hawkeye | Breakdown Reel | Image Engine VFX

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In nuce: Please what? You regularly wake up in a cold sweat because you’re dreaming that you’re sitting an important university exam on Ancient Egyptian Algebra? Yes? Okay, then we’ll refrain from asking you about the abacus of Khonshu. Because: This VFX breakdown published by Imagine Engine offers insights into how the visual effects of the Marvel streaming series Moon Knight were created – including Egyptian mythology.

What is Moon Knight about? In the series, a former CIA agent, played by Oscar Isaac, is rescued by the ancient Egyptian moon god Khonshu. The series has been available on the Disney Plus streaming platform since March this year.

Cast: Other roles include: Ethan Hawke as Arthur Harrow, May Calamawy as Layla – and of course Oscar Isaac embodies the titular Moon Knight. Actress May Calamawy describes the series as a mixture of Fight Club and Indiana Jones. Lead actor Oscar Isaac describes Moon Knight as a bridge between crazy comic action and a sensitive psychogram that takes the mental illness of its series hero seriously.

Crew: Moon Knight is produced by executive producer Kevin Feige, the central creative mind behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Mohamed Diab, among others, has been hired to direct some of the episodes. The Egyptian screenwriter and director lends the series authenticity thanks to his personal background.

Click further: If you want to see for yourself that the girls and boys at Imagine Engine can not only do ancient Egyptian deities, but also Raptor, Gallimimus and the hybrid Indominus Rex, read our interview with Martyn Culpitt, Visual Effects Supervisor at Imagine Engine, about the first part of the Jurassic World series(15.06.2022).

Moon Knight | Breakdown Reel | Image Engine VFX

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In nuce: We present to you: ILM’s VFX breakdown of the hit series Loki.

ILM meets Marvel: Industrial Lights & Magic is no stranger to the Marvel film studio, where latex-wearing superheroes and steel-carbon armour-wearing world saviours face existentialist primal fears. No, because ILM has already worked on the Marvel gems “The Avengers”, “Captain America”, “Doctor Strange”, “Black Panther”, “Eternals” and “Black Widow”!

What is “Loki”? It is a streaming series on Disney Plus centred around the trickster Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston. Within the Marvel chronology, “Loki” is set after the events of the film “Avengers: Endgame”.

Loki in DP 06 : 2021: Get more insider info on the hit series in our exclusive interview with Digital Domain, in which the VFXers not only break entire planets, but Bela Beier also breaks the silence of the interviewees. But read it for yourself in DP 06 : 2021 on page 70.

Behind the Magic: The Visual Effects of Marvel Studios’ Loki

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In nuce: The user Enbiggen, who describes himself as a “maker of silly things”, has now created a 3D device that lives up to his nickname – and will make fans of Disney-Pixar’s animated feature film pearl “Above” particularly happy.

What does Enbiggen’s video show? The almost ten-minute video shows the flying house from the film “Upstairs”, but this time it is made of Lego bricks. On its ascent, the house triggers several Lego cogwheels, which then touch sound bars, which in turn play the music track “Married Life” by Michael Giacchino from the well-known animated film. The flight of the Lego house is peppered with insiders, allusions and references to the animated feature film from 2009.

How did the project come about? According to Embiggens, the project was created entirely digitally using Cinema 4D and Octane Render.

Click further: If you want to continue immersing yourself in the fantastically stupid things Enbiggens does, click on his Twitter, Instagram or YouTube page– and you’ll find similar videos there, sometimes with musical themes from Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and co. We hope you enjoy this wonderfully silly exploration tour!

UP – Married Life

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The One and Only Ivan

In this VFX breakdown of Disney’s The One and Only Ivan by MPC Film, silverback gorilla Ivan – under the grey-skinned guidance of elephant Ruby – goes in search of clues about the past. The aim of the animal introspection: escape from captivity. With him: Everybody’s darling Bryan Cranston.

The Disney Plus film is based on the children’s book of the same name by Katherine Applegate. Not related to Christina Applegate by blood or marriage.

MPC Film – The One And Only Ivan VFX Breakdown

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Seth Maury about Mulan

Listen to Seth Maury, Visual FX Supervisor on Disney’s major production Mulan, chat about the challenges facing Imageworks? Then tap the play button below. If you’re less interested in what Seth Maury has to say, perhaps you’re more interested in Alita: Battle Angel, The Twilight Zone, Amazon’s Utopia, Ratched or Snowpiercer? No? Then shoo, shoo, away with you.

Mulan – VFX by Imageworks – Earth and Snow

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The Mandalorian

Just get away from it all, go for a ride over desert dunes with the Blurrg, listen to the crackling of grains of sand – and shatter at the slavering and clamouring of the Jawas. Wouldn’t that be something? In Pixomondo’s VFX Breakdown, it would be (see below).

More Star Wars

Want to extend your short trip through a galaxy far, far away? Then check out the showreels for The Mandalorian: either with a grain of sand, sunshine and Razor Crest, with a glass of Bantha milk or with droid IG-11 on the trigger. Or visit ILM and let them explain the virtual production workflow to you.

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Space cowboy meets Valhalla boy

We reported on the nominees almost two months ago and now the winners have been announced. The hit series The Mandalorian scooped five Emmy trophies in the VFX category. The outstanding work on The Mandalorian was recognised in these categories: camera work, sound mixing, sound editing, production design – and special visual effects. The series The Vikings also picked up an Emmy for Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role.

Razor Crest, Bantha Milk & IG-11

Want to see the visual effects of a galaxy far, far away for yourself? Then watch the showreels for The Mandalorian: either with a grain of sand, sunshine and Razor Crest, with a glass of Bantha milk or with droid IG-11 on the trigger. Or visit ILM and let them explain the virtual production workflow to you.

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In the Disney film, the hero played by Willem Dafoe and a lead dog become the saviours in the legendary serum Run to Nome. In the VFX breakdown from DNEG Studios, numerous contributors have their say: Animation Supervisor Aaron Gilman, Animation Leads Arna Diego and Leonardo Bonisolli, Creature Supervisor Adam Vanner, Build Lead Lucas Cuenca and Creature Lead Mischa Kolbe talk about the three-minute film.

The facial performances of the four-legged friends posed a particular challenge for the team. Creating a believable movement sequence for the eleven sled dogs while an ice floe collapses under their paws was another challenge for the DNEG artists. Find out more in the video below:

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“If a Mandalorian walks into a bar and orders a glass of Bantha milk with a shot…”. That’s how a joke could start, told in a galaxy far, far away. The VFX artists from Important Looking Pirates show us what such an intergalactic bar scene looks like. Namely with humanoid cephalopods, laser weapon duels and doors with twist locks.

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In the almost two-minute VFX breakdown from the British Framestore Studios, a cream-coloured Master Petz stomps next to a boy and then cheekily helps himself to a box full of donuts. If you’ve now worked up an appetite, you should start the video for Disney’s Timmy Flop: Failure All Along the Line.

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