But perhaps no film in the last decadeplus helped the cause of digital animals more than chronicles of narnia. The jungle books vfx winners are next reteaming with favreau on disneys the lion king, which is also using virtual production techniques. Rodeo fx delivered 105 shots for two major sequences. In movie about 54 types of animal created by cg along side jungle environments, simulating earth, fire and water created by mpc. Making of the jungle book behind the scenes vfx please like, share, comments and please subscribe thank you. The jungle book won the 2017 oscar for best visual effects. As lead vfx studio on disneys the jungle book, mpc artists built a complex photoreal world creating the jungle books stunning cg. Technicolor eyes oscar for the jungle book vfx story highlights when youre up against a star wars film, yet another successful marvel entry and a unique and wildly popular 3d stopmotion animation, youre right to hold your breath on oscar night.
The jungle book visual effects by mpc subscribe and click the. Visited 2519355 times, 1 visits today you might be interested in. The jungle book is basically a computeranimated film with a real actor at its center, but against all odds, it never feels fake. The jungle book picked up the coveted oscar for best visual effects at last nights ceremony in hollywood. Framestore, blackginger, dneg, rodeo fx worked on vfx for the movie. Best friend baloo the bear, mowglis wolf family, bagheera the panther. The jungle book vfx making of computer graphics daily news. Go behind the scenes with director jon favreau and see how the jungle book was brought to life.
How the 2017 oscarwinning vfx of the jungle book were. Based on the original author rudyard kiplings tales, jon recreated the historical characters using todays advanced animation and visual effects technology as a common vfx shooting pipeline, the jungle book had also. What we learned from the jungle book bluray about the vfx. Much has been made of the innovative virtual filmmaking techniques used to create jon favreaus the jungle book. Disney asked me to go and meet with the director, jon favreau. The jungle book creating the animals and the jungle.
Disney has unveiled new behindthescenes the jungle book images, offering a look at how a team of 800 vfx artists turned a parking lot into a river. Arguably the real predecessor to the jungle book is not babe, but animated disney films like the lion king and bambi and, of course, the jungle book. How the 2017 oscarwinning vfx of the jungle book were created. 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. One of the two companies credited with the brilliant work was motion pictures company mpc, whose bengaluru centre contributed significantly to the project. Technicolor eyes oscar for the jungle book vfx media. The jungle book has some of the most impressive cgi ever seen. Go behind the scenes of the jungle book 2016 youtube. It was part of making the jungle book feel more like a liveaction film than an animated film. Best friend baloo the bear, mowglis wolf family, bagheera the panther, kaa the python, and the villainous tiger shere khan would be.
Glimpse some vfx brilliance in this behindthescenes look at the jungle book, which was almost entirely computergenerated from an l. Cg team animated shere khan in a dramatic faceoff that was also an exciting challenge for their compositors. The mancub mowgli flees the jungle after a threat from the tiger shere khan. Vfx supervisor rob legato speaking at fmx this week photo by peter hacker that meant that, during the making of the jungle book, legato, and director jon favreau, adopted the latest tech but were not beholden to it. We give you the before, during and after that goes into making movies. The jungle book far surpasses both the sheer number of animals there were 70 species and, because it was a live action film, the amount of realistic detail required in each of them. Collecting the award were visual effects supervisor robert legato, mpc visual effects supervisor adam valdez, animation supervisor andrew r. Impressive animal vfx from the jungle book and more. They shared their part of the journey with a few vfx enthusiasts at the bengaluru gafx 2017. That postcredits postscript still might be the most unbelievable thing about the jungle book. Bloopers and gag reel batman v superman behind the scenes. New the jungle book images show off extraordinary vfx.
Why the jungle book will win the only oscar it can get rob legato went the extra mile to make the talking animals in. Adam valdez talked to us in 2012 about the work of mpc on john carter. Disneys the jungle book movie run around its central character mowgli. The jungle book established that liveaction filmmakers can make mostlycg films and their craft will be carried into the final product.
The making of the jungle book has highly specialized cgi done to create an unforgettable movie experience. Andy serkis mowgli, a liveaction adaptation of rudyard kiplings 1894. This video gives you a chance to to see the vfx breakdown of. Here we go behindthescenes on how those vfx were created, including vfx breakdown videos. This film was walt disneys third work and second live action adaption of rudyard kiplings story, the first a 2d animated movie in 1967 and second in 1994 being the same name the jungle. The vfx brilliance was orchestrated by production vfx supervisor rob legato hugo and executed by mpc and weta digital, to blur the lines between liveaction.
Bbc click gives us a great look into the visual effects work on the jungle book. Explore the wild and woolly world of bigscreen digital animals with these behindthescenes looks and vfx breakdowns. Effects of the jungle book are bear necessities for an oscar. We also look at the vfx of the other nominees including kubo and the two strings and rogue one.
Long the best way, mowgli encounters jungle creatures who dont exactly have his satisfactory pursuits at coronary heart, together with kaa voice of scarlett johansson, a python whose seductive voice and gaze hypnotizes the mancub, and the tenderspeaking king louie voice of christopher walken, who tries to coerce mowgli into giving up. Here is a new short making of about the vfx of mpc for the jungle book. As lead vfx studio on disneys the jungle book, mpc artists built a complex photoreal world creating the jungle books stunning cg environments and bringing the films iconic animal characters to life. From here, we aim to refine the tools and process itself. For favreaus version of the jungle book, the animators had access to a wealth of footage of the animals that they were creating, but for the lion king disney actually had live animals brought. But thanks to his efforts, the jungle book ended up being one of the best works in vfx effects till date. Today, he explains in detail about the impressive work on the jungle book. The jungle book is clearly the vfx oscar frontrunner for its cutting edge integration of virtual environments and animated characters, with newcomer neel sethi as the only liveaction. The jungle book is actually a collection of short stories written by an english author rudyard kipling based on the story director jon favreau decided to direct and coproduce the movie in the year 20. We get an indepth chat with vfx supervisor adam valdez from mpc about the process of bringing the book to the screen as well as seeing some exclusive behind the scenes. Rob legato production vfx supervisor and i have a good relationship coming out of the wolf of wall street, so when i told him that i was starting up a little business he asked if we could help him out on the jungle book.
Cgi vfx breakdown making of hand in hand, we can vfx breakdown by glassworks vfx cgmeetup. Enjoy an iamag exclusive making of the jungle book edit. Fx expert adam valdez reveals how the films digital jungle and computergenerated creatures earned an academy award. They readily welcomed happy accidents during voice recordings and. As part of awards season, and in the lead up to the oscars, mpc has released its naturalistic effects vfx breakdown. Guided by bagheera the panther and the bear baloo, mowgli embarks on a journey of selfdiscovery, though he also meets creatures who dont have his best interests at heart.
As many have seen in the recent remake of the jungle book, digital animal effects have come a long way since the days of the jurassic park trex. How early in the making of the jungle book, is the idea of a virtual reality experience brought up keith miller. Directed by jon favreau, who made the first two iron man films, this version of the jungle book, which borrows from both disneys 1967 cartoon and the original rudyard kipling novel, sets a new standard for lifelike cgi animals. We were in the home stretch of our regular vfx work for the film last year. This also was the first oscar in vfx led by the work of. In it, mowgli successfully manages to sustain heartfelt. Directed by jon favreau, it is nostalgic journey for the audience. Making of the jungle book behind the scenes vfx youtube. A new featurette on the creation of the jungle book vfx drives home how much of this films photorealistic locations and characters were animated. Disneys the jungle book is a strong contender to win the oscar and the advances in virtual production that it has demonstrated may have long and far reaching implications for our industry we spoke to visual effects supervisor rob legato about how they brought the world. And while that aspect of the production was clearly a key part in helping a young.