A wealth of visual effects were used to take viewers into the Imperial City and create epic fight sequences for Disney’s live-action “Mulan.”
VFX houses around the world including Crafty Apes, Framestore, Image Engine, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Weta Digital all joined forces in bringing the film to life.
The key to the film’s visual effects was to have audiences immersed in the vibrant world of “Mulan” and make them feel a part of the landscape and action. Director Niki Caro wanted to shoot as much as possible on locations and soundstages, while VFX would expand, replicate and create where needed.
More than 485 shots were provided by the team at Weta Digital. Extensive research was conducted to design an authentic layout of the Imperial City, which was given its vast scale using CG, equating it to almost the size of Manhattan.
“Mulan” is the largest LiDAR scan the company had ever done,...
VFX houses around the world including Crafty Apes, Framestore, Image Engine, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Weta Digital all joined forces in bringing the film to life.
The key to the film’s visual effects was to have audiences immersed in the vibrant world of “Mulan” and make them feel a part of the landscape and action. Director Niki Caro wanted to shoot as much as possible on locations and soundstages, while VFX would expand, replicate and create where needed.
More than 485 shots were provided by the team at Weta Digital. Extensive research was conducted to design an authentic layout of the Imperial City, which was given its vast scale using CG, equating it to almost the size of Manhattan.
“Mulan” is the largest LiDAR scan the company had ever done,...
- 2/11/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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