In nuce: VFX service provider Sony Pictures Imageworks has released a VFX breakdown for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (street name: Doctor Strange 2) – packed to bursting with set extensions, explosions and collapsing buildings.

In toto: For the second cinema appearance of the Sorcerer Supreme, Earth’s supreme protector against magical and mystical threats (aka Stephen Strange), Marvel hired cult director Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, Drag me to Hell) – resulting in scenes with an undead Doctor Strange that look like Bruce Campbell stumbling through an Evil Dead film. Incidentally, Campbell, the crown jewel of the Sam Raimi cast, makes a guest appearance in the second Doctor Strange film – as a choleric hot dog vendor. With the Spider-Man film from 2002 and its sequels, Raimi and the VFX artists laid the foundations for the contemporary comic film.

Click to continue: On 17/01/2022 , Digital Production reported on Sony Picture Imageworks Sizzle Reel – stocked with showstoppers revolving around superheroes, alien life forms and hyperkinetic pooches.

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS | VFX Breakdown

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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 Rodeo FX has released an almost five-minute episode from its “Breaking Down the Breakdown” series. The video, entitled “The Bamboo Scaffold Building & The Fight with Death Dealer”, is about the Marvel superhero film “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”; in particular, it explains how the action scene on the bamboo scaffold was created and the fight with the Death Dealer. VFX supervisor Ara Khanikian guides us through the video.

Ara Khanikian has been working for Rodeo FX as a VFX supervisor for over 14 years and is also a board member of the Visual Effects Society. In addition to Shang-Chi, his current credits as a contributor include the new Lord of the Rings streaming series The Rings of Power, the Dwayne John Disney film Jungle Cruise and the series Better Call Saul, The Boys and Game of Thrones.

Click further: Digital Production recently reported on two videos from Rodeo FX’s “Breaking Down the Breakdown” series; on 24 November and 18 October this year , VFX Supervisor Patrick David and VFX Producer Nancy Heller discussed how Master Chief, the fictional capital High Charity and other extraterrestrial characters and locations from the series adaptation of the popular gaming IP Halo were lifted from the pipeline.

Breaking Down the Breakdown – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings- Fight with the Death Dealer

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In nuce: In a report on awn.com (Animation World Network) published on 22 August this year, journalist Trevor Hogg explains how Method Studios, with its offices in Vancouver and Montreal, created the visual effects for Marvel’s fourth Thor film. Background information: Method Studios is now part of Framestore.

In toto: The so-called Moon of Shame scene, a scene that is depicted almost exclusively in black and white – apart from occasional splashes of colour – was a hurdle to overcome. The fact that the scene takes place on the moon, which completes a full orbit within 20 minutes, posed a particular challenge – especially in terms of lighting. Another touchstone, as visual effects supervisor Pete Dionne describes it, was the reduced gravity of the Earth’s satellite.

Click to continue: The full Method Studios Drains all the Colour from ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ report is available at awn.com. If you want to know how the planet Sakaar from Thor: Ragnarok (German title: Thor: Tag der Entscheidung) was created, read the detailed article by our author Rainer Duda, which we made available to our readers free of charge on 15 November 2018 . On 29 October 2020 , however, we went straight into the project workshop with motion designer Sean Dove; he shows how the Hammer of the Gods swings in Cinema 4D.

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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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