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Hero's Journey
Rigging
supervisor
Oliver Jones
prepares the
Giant Skeleton
on the Hall of
Bones set.
past we may have used K-Y Jelly to
simulate water, this scene would require
a different look on a much larger scale.
We suspected the ultimate solution was
likely going to be computer-generated."
The stage rigging techs, headed
by Oliver Jones, produced a physical
water rig as a reference for any future
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CG efforts. The rig consisted of a large
metal grid covered with different
fabrics and tarps that were then
animated to move like ocean waves.
Satisfied with that look and feel, the
visual-effects team began to create a
digital version of the stormy sea. Lead
effects artist David Horsley joined in
as lead digital-effects animator and
brought with him more experience
with water, having worked on Life of
Pi.
The team broke its water system
into foam, whitecaps, churn and spray,
then called upon the art department to
choose physical materials from which
some of these elements could appear to
be made. The art department, in turn,
produced patterns made of tiny pieces
of paper to emulate foam and spray,
and these patterns were then simulated
in the CG process.
The most difficult part of the
process, Emerson opines, is finding the
appropriate balance between naturalism and design. These effects needed
to look like they belonged in Kubo's
world without giving away how they
were achieved. He says, "On first look,
the element should only read as what it
is intended to be: an angry ocean. If
viewers take a second look, they'll
notice the details: the woodblock
texture, the paper foam, the grid-like
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