the 7 greatest cg aliens

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