
“That was a huge effects moment of fire, debris and sparks, as well as all the animals. In addition, Cosmo, who uses her psychic powers to bridge the two ships together, also required hand animation effects.įurther adding to the challenge were the effects of the two ships exploding and separating. They began by using plate shots with the Guardians running and holding gray beanbags “pretending to hold animals, but that didn’t work, so the animals and the Guardian’s hands ended up being CG.”

“The challenge was making sure that sequence was believable,” Wajsbrot says.

It was also the last shot they delivered. They started working on the shots as soon as they were commissioned to work on the film. It becomes a heavy scene to tweak and manage.” Not only is it hard to do crowd scenes in general, but Wasjbrot also explains there were animals “all bouncing and interacting with one another, in the middle of the Guardians, and you add fur to the creatures.

Framestore also worked on the “stampede” sequence, which sees Mantis, the Guardians and over 500 animals being rescued from the High Evolutionary’s (Chuckwudi Iwuji) ship.Īlexis Wajsbrot of Framestore London says it was one of the most technically challenging sequences.
