The work for episodes 1-3 varied from a sequence of shots which depicted an acid drugs trip and coral/tree forest, which were filmed during the day but were to have a night-time feel, with the addition of CG animated corals growing from the trees, as well as animated tree tops depicting ‘sedura’ masks that were a crucial part of the storyline. Marc’s episodes also featured ‘photo real’ elements of the work, which included a crowd of fully CG crabs on a beach as well as our biggest shot on the show which consisted of a stitch between two very different plates (one drone plate and another handheld camera) with the addition of 50 million locusts swarming around the plate and wider environment. We worked to a tight timeframe across all disciplines of the pipeline from animation, crowd, FX, lighting, and comp.

MPC‘s work for episodes 4-6 was split into two aspects: Invisible VFX and VFX enhancement. The main body of work was augmenting a practical environment to increase the intensity of the final scenes. We used a DMP approach to produce an environment that needed to tell a very accurate geographical story, as well as bloody scenes, fire, and burning.