frame store wetter image engine crafty Apes method Soho mammal
photochem cinecyte Mars bass zoic and Union VFX created 2336 VFX shots for an
MCU series that has no reason to exist but is so refreshing that we are glad it does
the series was shot mainly in Budapest Hungary parts of Slovenia and Jordan
the Alps Chase sequence was broken down into main unit stunt shots with Oscar on
a gimbaled van in front of green screens in a parking lot of the Budapest studio
and second unit stunts shot on location in the Slovenian Alps green screen footage of
Oscar in the van was then augmented with backgrounds that had CG Cliffs mountains
a logging truck and in some cases additional cars were added to complete the shot [Music]
thank you the Cairo set extensions were the most complicated as they spanned multiple
episodes multiple locations within Cairo and multiple lighting scenarios Unfortunately they
couldn't properly document Cairo with a lidar and texture photography shoot
instead their lidar team captured nine Cairo colonial style buildings that were
in Budapest and traveled to a few cities in Jordan as well to capture over 40 buildings
rooftops facades alleys and streets this material was then used to create the
densely detailed set extensions and full CG Cairo environments seen throughout the series [Music]
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thank you the long shots in the bathroom with infinite mirrors were carefully pre-vised by frame
store the directors were Keen to shoot longer takes and the VFX teams were able to accommodate
them by helping find clever ways to break them into manageable pieces working closely with the
directors of Photography to make shot connections and transitions work they actually did a full dry
run test to shoot all of the necessary Mark vs Steven passes with the directors to help them
understand the challenges and constraints of the shot [Music] oh the reason why Moon Knight
needed such a wide range of VFX vendors is that it required a wide range of visual effects where to
handled the Chamber of the gods look development [Music] Union worked on the out sequence [Music]
frame store dealt with the mirror sequence zoic and mammal contributed to the Alps car
chase framestore took on the major London rooftop sequences and the Jackal work
and wetter dealt with the Amit and Scarlet Scarab characters in fact in order to stay flexible a lot
of assets were shared with bass synocyte and image engine all using wetter and frame store assets so
as to not have unbalanced pressure on any vendor each week that an episode was due [Music] perhaps
the most astonishing thing about Moon Knight is that despite continuing to have Marvel's
typically High VFX shot count it somehow managed to avoid feeling like just another MCU CGI Fest
foreign [Music] Knight had no real reason to exist it didn't introduce another MCU
character or storyline and it didn't expand on an existing one either and this is perhaps
a good thing because it meant that Moon Knight could Veer off the classic Marvel
storytelling Highway and travel along a different road that allowed them to
delve more deeply into the psyche of a hero rather than just centering on their motives
foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] friends [Music]
thank you
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