The Gorge

I was responsible for the CG delivery of 421 shots, managing 100% of the environment, FX and lighting setup work. I oversaw 90% of 52 complex assets, spanning modelling, texturing, look development, CFX, groom and rigging, and took 90% of the assets to final across all units. I also supervised 100% of matchmove (camera, object and body tracking) across multiple units and oversaw cross-departmental coordination across all of them. London served as the primary hub for initial setup before work was distributed to other sites and units. A core part of DNEG's work was creating the Gorge environment itself, using LiDAR and photogrammetry data from other similar locations to build a world that does not exist in real life. The FX work was equally notable, including waterfalls, fog, haze, snow and, most complex of all, a large atomic explosion. The explosion was the greatest technical challenge. Many of the forest assets, including a large variety of small plants, had to be simulated, and the trees needed to bend with the shockwave.