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Discover the aliens that took VFX to new dimensions
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THE 7 GREATEST CGI ALIENS
DISCOVER THE ALIENS THAT TOOK VFX TO NEW DIMENSIONS
PRESENTS:
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A new breed of CG aliens is being born. Here we
reveal the 7 greatest ever CGI aliens!
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• Movie: Man of Steel • Year of release: 2013 • VFX by: MPC • VFX Supervisor: Guillaume
Rocheron • Directed by: Zack Snyder
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SEE NEXT TO DISCOVER HOW
MPC MADE SUPERMAN FLY!
SUPERMAN
“Superman himself is full CG on wide shots and a mix of live
action and CG on the closeups.”
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SEE HOW MPC MADE SUPERMAN
FLY HIGH WATCH NOW!
Guillaume Rocheron, VFX supervisor at MPC
• Movie: Starship Troopers • Year of release: 1997 • VFX by: Tippett Studio • VFX Supervisor: Phil Tippett
and Craig Hayes • Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
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THE BUGS
SEE THE LEGENDARY
PHIL TIPPETT’S ALIEN
CREATION!
“My favorites were Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Starship
Troopers. George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Paul Verhoeven are
all wonderful directors to work for.”
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Phil Tippett, VFX supervisor on Starship Troopers
• Movie: Pacific Rim • Year of release: 2013 • VFX by: Industrial Light &
Magic • VFX Supervisor: John Knoll • Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
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CREATING THE KAIJU FOR
PACIFIC RIM WATCH NOW!
KAIJU
“The monsters were very important to Guillermo. So he
wanted to make sure that every one of them had their
own personality.”
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John Knoll, VFX supervisor on Pacific Rim
• Movie: Men in Black II • Year of release: 2002 • VFX by: Industrial Light &
Magic • VFX Supervisor: John Berton • Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
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SEE THE MIB WORM GUYS IN
ACTION WATCH NOW!
THE WORM GUYS
“Everyone was keen to work on the Worm Guys because they had a lascivious, anti-social
and colorful attitude to them.”
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Tom Bertino, animation director at ILM
• Movie: The Abyss • Year of release: 1989 • VFX by: Industrial Light &
Magic • VFX Supervisor: John Bruno • Directed by: James Cameron
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SEE ONE OF CGI’S MOST
ICONIC MOMENTS WATCH NOW!
PSEUDOPOD
“The Abyss is very cool. The amount of data storage available then was like 6 gigabytes. That’s what we had to make that movie.
And it still holds up.”
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John Bruno, VFX supervisor at ILM
• Movie: Avatar • Year of release: 2009 • VFX by: Weta Digital • VFX Supervisor: Joe Letteri,
John Bruno, Dan Lemmon • Directed by: James Cameron
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WATCH 7 VIDEO BREAKDOWNS AT
THE WETA DIGITAL WEBSITE!
NA’VI
“Jim wanted real-time capture. Jim’s big thing was, “I’m going to be on the stage, and that’s where I’m directing this movie”, so I need
to see everything real-time.”
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Joe Letteri, senior VFX supervisor at Weta Digital
• Movie: District 9 • Year of release: 2009 • VFX by: Weta Digital and
Image Engine • VFX Supervisor: Matt Aitken
and Dan Kaufman • Directed by: Neill Blomkamp
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WATCH THE PRAWNS
BREAKDOWN FROM IMAGE
ENGINE
PRAWNS
“We spent a lot of time trying to make sure that
these creatures could emote properly for the camera.”
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James Stewart, creature supervisor at Image Engine