The first was for the jungle and temple environments. Weta digital wins at visual effects society awards for jungle book. Led by senior visual effects supervisor joe letteri, weta digital is known for uncomprom. Almost everything in the jungle book other than mowgli is digital. A sea change of all things computer generated becomes our new reality john furrier former contributor opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own. It was founded by peter jackson, richard taylor, and jamie selkirk in 1993 to produce the digital special effects for heavenly creatures. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. The vfx teams of mpc and weta digital have won the best visual effects award of the 89th academy awards for their work on the jungle book. Weta around town panelists discuss the film the jungle book. In this twopart interview, weta digital vfx supervisor keith miller talks indepth about the studios work on two of last years most successful films at the box office, walt disney pictures and jon favreaus hit film, the jungle book as well as warner bros and zack snyders batman v superman.
The jungle book creating the animals and the jungle vfx breakdown by mpc 2016. Weta digital adds oscar to its jungle book nominations. Fx expert adam valdez reveals how the films digital jungle and computergenerated creatures earned an academy award. Lord of the rings visual effects videos have vanished from. Miller 2011 the adventures of tintin visual effects supervisor. Dan lemmon the production vfx supervisor is robert legato. This site is operated in new zealand by weta, which is a new zealand company. King louie is the jungle books eccentric primate overlord. The studio has created some of the most memorable characters and worlds of the last twenty years. Weta digital vfx supervisor keith miller on crafting virtual reality experiences for the jungle book, the limitations of the technology and its growth.
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Weta digital extras onlineonly local stories and profiles. The jungle book earned five awards overall, two of which were for weta digitals specific involvement. Watch how we incorporated features of christopher walken into the design, and created countless monkeys and apes, and largescale. Weta digital has won several academy awards and baftas. Weta was responsible for animating the king louie sequence. While weta digital took care of the live action, puppetry and animal facial motion, mpc used thevast knowledge and expertise of its asset artists to get the jungle in place.
Watch how we incorporated features of christopher walken into the design, and. In 2007, weta digital s senior visual effects supervisor, joe letteri, was also appointed as a director of the company. How was that bluescreen photography and virtual camera approach turned into the striking jungle imagery realized by mpc, weta digital and. While weta digital have become well known for their motion capture prowess the method that uses dots or stickers on actors the jungle book was created in a more traditional disney fashion. Weta digital wins at visual effects society awards for.
From gollum to caesar, middleearth to pandora, the studio has created some of the most memorable characters and worlds of the last twenty five years. The jungle book vfx by weta digital in addition to king louie a photoreal giant orangutan with a buoyant personality, weta digitals work featured the character animation and crowd simulation of louies tribe of monkey minions, and the destruction of the monkey temple and its surrounding jungle environment in the dramatic mowgli rescue sequence. With weta digital sorted by popularity ascending imdb. Weta digital s king louie sequence, in which mowgli is taken to the gigantopithecus lair in an abandoned temple, involved several design stages.
This is an update of an article we originally published in august 2016, edited for our visual. In addition to king louie a photoreal giant orangutan with a buoyant personality, weta. In movie about 54 types of animal created by cg along side jungle environments. Watch how we incorporated features of christopher walken into the design, and created countless monkeys and. While weta digital took care of the live action, puppetry and animal facial motion, mpc used the vast knowledge and expertise of its asset artists to get the jungle in place. Impressive vfx work by mpc in this clip from the jungle book. Over the years, weta digital artists have received numerous awards and recognitions, and we salute their achievements. The return of the king 2003, king kong 2005, avatar 2009, and the jungle book 2016. Oscarwinning film the jungle book 2016 joined attendees on the production session stage to present the vfx of disneys the jungle book. While visual effects are more collaborative than they are competitive, everyone enjoys seeing their work celebrated. Mpc developed new software for animating muscular structure in the animals. The film although it narrates the same old story but overall its a much darker version of the original tale.
He works on many films such as the lord of the rings trilogy, avatar, dawn of the planet of the apes and the jungle book what was your feeling to be in the mcu. Weta digital is a digital visual effects company based in wellington, new zealand. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Lord of the rings visual effects reels are now on youtube. Comments from john gilbert best film editing for hacksaw ridge, and weta digital wins an oscar for best visual effects for the jungle book, with comments from paul story weta digital. Led by senior visual effects supervisor joe letteri, weta digital is known for its culture of creativity and innovation.
Find out more about weta digital s ken museth, who helped select this years technical papers. Weta digital staff celebrate a oscar wins 2017 youtube. Paul story began his career in visual effects in 1996 at weta digital. Weta digital is a cgi animation and visual effects company headquartered in miramar, wellington, new zealand and founded in 1993 weta digital was going to supply the cgi special effects for the adventures of thomas. Paul story is known for his work on dawn of the planet of the apes 2014, avengers. While not owned by disney, weta digital has collaborated with disney on providing visual effects on several projects including films released through the walt disney studios. Artists and innovators in the world of digital entertainment. Led by senior visual effects supervisor joe letteri, weta digital has worked on visualizing characters from gollum to caesar and worlds like middleearth and pandora. Peter jacksons effects house weta created one major character, the hulking gigantopithecus. Outstanding animated performance in a photoreal feature, and outstanding compositing in a. Now, we explore the digital magic that made a jungle full of animals talk in the jungle book. I was fortunate we have a lot of fans working at weta digital, so i got a crash course on all the characters.
Nice featurette about the impressive vfx work by mpc and weta digital on the jungle book. Effects of the jungle book are bear necessities for an oscar. While weta digital took care of the live action, puppetry and animal facial motion, mpc used the vast knowledge and expertise of its asset artists. The jungle book was released in the united states in disney digital 3d, reald 3d, imax 3d, dbox, and premium large formats, on april 15, 2016. Led by senior visual effects supervisor joe letteri, weta digital is known for uncompromising creativity and a commitment to developing. The jungle book 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Fx expert adam valdez reveals how the films digital jungle and. They impressed with king kong and planet of the apes, now wellington visual effects company weta digital is up for an oscar, bafta and two. Miller 2007 the water horse 3d lighting technical director. Except as is incidental to browsing this site, you may not copy, download, reproduce, or otherwise use the content including images andor moving images of this site for any other purpose without the written permission of weta digital limited.
Lord of the rings visual effects reels have vanished from. Of all of the impressive details to appear on screen in disneys liveaction adaptation of the jungle book, none is more startling than a title card at the close of the end credits reading. Around 1,000 remote jungle locations in india were photographed and used as reference in postproduction. A timeless tale of a boy lost in the dense jungle of india, rudyard kiplings the jungle book contains themes of respect, communication, integrity, and curiosity. I was lucky enough to be at weta digital when we worked on avatar and the jungle book, which both won oscars for best visual effects, and also the adventures of tintin, where i was directly involved in the hairrendering process and all the topoclouds tools for the pantaray pipeline. This was so until the film projects severe delay when they announced they were no longer part of the project. Almost everything in the jungle book other than mowgli is digital in addition to king louie a photoreal giant orangutan with a buoyant personality, weta digitals work featured the character animation and crowd simulation of louies tribe of monkey minions, and the destruction of the monkey temple and its surrounding jungle environment in the dramatic mowgli rescue sequence.
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