Delving into the photoreal world of disneys jungle book remake. Russell heyman visual effects supervisor rick and morty. Disneys the jungle book movie run around its central character mowgli. Jan 31, 2020 winning his third oscar in 2016 for his work on jon favreaus the jungle book. That was the challenge for the lion king visual effects supervisor robert legato. Mike seymour talks with visual effects supervisor rob legato about how they brought the world of rudyard kiplings jungle book to life.
How the jungle book visual effects were made video abc news. Since then she has produced thousands of visual effects shots. Academy awardwinning visual effects supervisor robert legato chats about his work on jon favreaus liveaction film of the jungle book. Best known for his works on oscar winning films the lord of the rings. All of the animals and environments were created in cg, with sethi composited in. Director bryan singer returns to marvels mutant universe for 20th century foxs xmen. This work was executed by visual effects houses mpc and weta digital. He has received two oscars for supervising visual effects in titanic and hugo six bafta nominations, and two bafta awards. The best visual effects oscar dates back to 1963, and back then, only two films were nominated. Visual effects supervisor rick and morty bardel entertainment. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup.
Why the jungle book will win the only oscar it can get. The top 10 vfx supervisors of 2019 animation magazine. He won academy awards in visual effects for hugo and the jungle book. Jan 30, 2020 visual effects supervisor rob legato discusses the visual effects process of the lion king and how they made it. This is a very proud day for me and my crew at mpc, said mpc vfx supervisor adam valdez at the awards ceremony. Technicolor and its family of vfx brands provided production and creative services to 19 of this years oscarnominated films. Visual effects supervisor rob legato and the vfx team took elements from liveaction filmmaking, mixed in virtual reality technology and gaming technology to bring it all to life. A veteran visualeffects supervisor who won oscars for his work on 2011s hugo and 1997s titanic as well as a nomination for 1995s apollo, legato saw a unique challenge in bringing the world. As the lead vfx supervisor on disneys most recent the jungle book, rob legato, asc, ensured all of director jon favreaus creative and artistic visions came to stunning life through seamless production and visual effects. The films director, john favreauwho directed marvels iron man and its sequeltried to follow in walts. Technicolors home entertainment services teams provided services for 33 nominated projects. The jungle book puts all other cgi projects to shame.
In 2020, he received his fifth academy award nomination for best visual effects for the lion king. Brigham taylor is the producer of the jungle book has been associated with walt disney studios since 1994 where he began as a production assistant and rose through the ranks to executive vice president of production. Our jungle book story written story will be online later today. Jones, adam valdez trust in me the jungle book wins the special visual effects. How visual effects for the jungle book and doctor strange. The lion king visual effects artists on transforming the. The oscar was the third for veteran vfx supervisor rob legato. Visual effects supervisor john dykstra and visual effects producer blondel aidoo marshal the creative forces of digital.
The jungle book continues disneys legacy of innovation in. Indepth behindthescenes coverage of the visual effects in captain america. War for the planet of the apes, the jungle book, kong. As the lead vfx supervisor on disneys most recent the jungle book, rob legato, asc, ensured all of director jon favreaus creative and artistic visions came. The jungle book 2 2003 visual effects by 55 david m. The jungle book continues disneys legacy of innovation. The jungle book 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The jungle book archives the art of vfxthe art of vfx. Abc news lesley messer speaks to adam valdez, a visual effects supervisor nominated for an oscar for his work in the jungle book. The jungle book 2016 cast and crew cast photos and. Filming on the mouse houses theme park rideturned movie is slated to get underway next april, with dwayne the rock johnson starring and director jaume colletserra run. The jungle book is an allnew liveaction epic adventure about mowgli newcomer neel sethi, a mancub raised in the jungle by a family of wolves, who embarks on a captivating journey of selfdiscovery. Adam valdez and stephane ceretti, the visual effects supervisors for the jungle book and doctor strange, respectively, explained how much work they poured into their films and how they created movie magic.
A star wars story, doctor strange, passengers and more. Jul 26, 2019 production visual effects supervisor, dumbo disney with a highflying concept like dumbo. The jungle book includes digital copy 4k ultra hd blu. The bluray combo pack is available for purchase august 30. That storied venue the home of countless disney premieres, stage shows and special presentations was the perfect spot for director jon favreau iron man and twotime academy award winning visual effects supervisor rob. Jungle book 2 disney tarzan tv series disney peter pan return to neverland disney. How the jungle book visual effects were made video abc. In the mid 90s joyce cox transitioned from producing commercials into the role of vfx producer for feature films.
The jungle book reimagined favreau sits down with producer brigham taylor and visual effects supervisor robert legato to discuss the jungle book. Living in the material world documentary visual effects. Rob legatos visual effects oscar nomination for the jungle book is his fourth. Apocalypse, in which a team led by raven jennifer lawrence confronts the godlike apocalypse oscar isaac, an ancient immortal bent on world domination.
The next generation from 1987 to 1992, and star trek. The bafta have been announced their 2017 special visual effects winner. The bafta awards bookend his career one for apollo in 1996 and the second for the jungle book this year. Prior to his work in film, he was a visual effects supervisor for star trek. Favreau recently joined the jungle book movies visual effects supervisor and twotime academy award winner rob legato, for a special behindthescenes look at the april 15 release, hosted at. Oscarnominated vfx supervisor rob legato on the jungle book. Visual effects supervisor rob legato and the vfx team took elements from liveaction filmmaking, mixed in virtual reality technology and gaming technology to. What disney learned from jungle book that really helped on. Rob legato, who served as visual effects supervisor on both the jungle book and the lion king, previously told thr he didnt consider jungle book to be an animated movie. Schwalm and the gunman cinematographer flavio martinez labiano to its production crew. Al moloney sat down with jungle book vfx supervisor adam valdez from mpc and talked about his oscar nominated work on the film.
How the jungle book vfx team recreated a classic through. Kubo, jungle book and game of thrones are the big winners at the awards from the visual effects society. Valdez and a team of over 800 artists delivered 224 unique animals for the jungle book. The wonderful visual effects of the jungle book and the. How visual effects bring cinematic fantasy to life abc news lesley messer speaks to adam valdez, a visual effects supervisor nominated for an oscar for his work in the jungle book.
Directing and lighting previs ive wanted to do this for some time, says the jungle book s visual effects supervisor rob legato. How the 2017 oscarwinning vfx of the jungle book were created. Hes nominated for an academy award in visual effects for the latter. Nov 25, 2016 this years visual effects oscar race features the jungle book, rogue one. Tangerine apps cofounder joe farrell talks about their involvement in creating some of the fx shots for the jungle book. Rob legato on the virtual cinematography of the jungle book as part of awns professional spotlight series recorded during view 2016, the oscarnominated vfx supervisor discusses the challenges of virtual production on the hit disney liveactioncg hybrid feature film. Rob legato won the academy award as the visual effects supervisor on the jungle book, so its little surprise that favreau also turned to. The two towers 2002 as an animation head, though did not get the nomination. The wonderful visual effects of the jungle book and the future of movie magic. A companion featurette, however, briskly breaks down the scene in king louies temple to reveal the distinct layers of work required to make it all so convincing. The multioscar winner wanted to take what he had accomplished on the jungle book. Disneys jungle book is 100 percent green screen, but it. Vfx supervisor from mpc, andy jones added, my cousins and stuff.
Much of disneys new the jungle book, in theaters now, is built on the shoulders of disney filmmakers whove come before, from the robust story development, to mixing liveaction with animation, to the relentless drive to push technology. The jungle book includes digital copy 4k ultra hd bluray. 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. Jones and dan lemmon accept the oscar for achievement in visual effects, for work on the jungle book during the live abc telecast of the 89th oscars at the dolby theatre in hollywood, ca on sunday, february 26, 2017. Favreau and visual effects vfx supervisor rob legato hired more than 800 computer.
He has received two oscars for supervising visual effects in. It was released on april 8 in 15 countries, including argentina, australia, russia, malaysia, and most notably in india a week ahead of its u. Jones is known for his work on avatar 2009, the jungle book 2016 and i, robot 2004. An extended conversation between favreau, visual effects supervisor robert legato, and producer brigham taylor offers a broad yet somewhat cursory overview of the elaborate undertaking. Rob legato was the overall visual effects supervisor and this oscar is his 3rd vfx academy award jungle book, titanic and hugo. Her credits include harry potter and the sorcerers stone, xmen 2, the dark knight, avatar, men in black iii, and most recently jon favreaus the jungle book.
Meet the jungle book visual effects master rob legato indiewire. The story, told simply and directly involves a little boy, raised by succored by wolves, in combination with a bear, baloo and a wonderful panther. A veteran visualeffects supervisor who won oscars for his work on 2011s hugo and 1997s titanic as well as a nomination for 1995s apollo, legato saw. Jungle book, rogue one, doctor strange lead visual. Elliott newman, the third vfx supervisor on hand, laughs slightly and admits, i just said it to myself. The jungle book wins academy award in visual effects. Visual effects supervisor rob legato on creating a photo.
Twenty things to know about jon favreaus new adaptation of the jungle book including the casting of mowgli, the visual effects, and more. The ability to virtually shoot something and make it look like it was shot with a traditional camera. They each won an academy award for best visual effects with visual effects supervisor rob legato at the helm. Weta was responsible for animating the king louie sequence, with visual effects supervisor keith miller adding that, it was important for jon to see christopher walken in the creature. Adam valdez of vfx studio mpc wins oscar for achievement in. Senior visual effects supervisor and creative head of sony pictures imageworks ken. Shop the jungle book includes digital copy 4k ultra hd bluraybluray 2016 at best buy. Today the reimagining of the disney classic is available on digital hd. Favreau recently joined the jungle book movies visual effects supervisor and twotime academy award winner rob legato, for a special behindthescenes look at. During movie awards season, a lot of attention is given to the oscarnominated. Or as robert legato, the visual effects supervisor, put it. Jungle book fx supervisor joins jungle cruise screen rant.
Adam valdez, mpc vfx supervisor, caps the jungle book winning streak with an academy award for best visual effects. The jungle book is nominated for best visual effects at. Sep 06, 2016 the jungle book reimagined favreau, producer brigham taylor and visual effects supervisor robert legato begin this behindthescenes makingof feature sitting at a table in a cafe, discussing. So we took some of the distinctive walken facial featuresiconic lines, wrinkles and foldsand integrated them into the animated character. They have to behave real and they have to look real, adam valdez, mpc visual effects supervisor who spent two and a half years working on the lion king, told reuters in london. Adam valdez is known for his work on the jungle book 2016, world war z 20 and the lord of the rings. On the jungle book, the team had to fake the grass in distant shots, but. Disneys the jungle book won the academy award in visual effects on sunday, topping a field that included two additional highprofile disney releases. The jungle books visual effects team is nominated for an oscar.
Delving into the photoreal world of disneys jungle book. The lion king vfx supervisor on achieving disney pics. The jungle book vfx supervisor reveals visual wizardry. Winning his third oscar in 2016 for his work on jon favreaus the jungle book. He is known for his work on titanic 1997, apollo 1995 and hugo 2011. The moving picture company mpc created all the cg animals and environments for 1,200 shots, which comprise most of the film. The visual effects team responsible for bringing talking animals to life in the jungle book explains how they created the creature fx in the disney blockbuster, one of five contenders for this.
Apr 22, 2016 weta digital vfx supervisor keith miller on crafting virtual reality experiences for the jungle book, the limitations of the technology and its growth. Legato was the overall visual effects supervisor for the jungle book, with andy jones the overall character animation supervisor. Rob legato went the extra mile to make the talking animals. Feb 22, 2017 how the jungle book visual effects were made oscarnominated supervisor adam valdez shares movie secrets. The jungle book continues disneys legacy of innovation in filmmaking. Jones and dan lemmon accept the oscar for achievement in visual effects, for work on the jungle book at the dolby theatre in hollywood, ca on sunday, february 26, 2017. Why jungle book skipped location shoots in favor of. A star wars story and doctor strange, as well as deepwater horizon and kubo and the two strings. Referred to now as liveaction animation, the visual style legato developed for jungle book was immediately appealing to favreau, because. Why jungle book skipped location shoots in favor of virtual production glen wilsondisney neel sethi, as mowgli, performed for cinematographer bill pope on the l.
Jungle book, rogue one among the visual effects contenders. Watch visual effects supervisor robert legato chats the. What do these visually stunning movies have in common. The fellowship of the ring 2001 and the lord of the rings. Robert legato visual effects supervisor adam valdez visual effects supervisor charley henley visual effects supervisor keith miller visual effects supervisor andrew r. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Robert legato is the visual effects supervisor for the jungle book and has worked on movies such as apollo and titanic. The jungle book had the most unusual vfx process of any of the nominees, as it was shot entirely against a bluescreen with a single actor, neel sethi as mowgli. Vancouverbased vfx facility image engine was the vfx unit for elysium as well as the lead vfx vendor. The oscar was the third for veteran vfx supervisor rob legato, who also won the category for hugo and titanic.
Unlike the jungle book, the visual effects team on the lion king had to animate in a completely live cg world. Oct 25, 2019 rob legato won the academy award as the visual effects supervisor on the jungle book, so its little surprise that favreau also turned to him when it came time to work on the lion king. The jungle book bluray details and special features revealed. Jones animation supervisor moving picture company mpc weta digital. Associate visual effects supervisor andrew chapman and overall production visual effects producer shawn walsh talk about how their company handled the visual effects works from preproduction through to completion. All the rest, including classic characters such as baloo and kaa, insects buzzing around them, even the mist in the jungle and sunlight falling between trees were created digitally. Disneys jungle cruise has added both the jungle book visual effects supervisor j.
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