Patreon: How a key line made its way into ‘The Lion King’
A fun nugget of info with Brenda Chapman!
Get into character with Scar
Via MPC's newly released Scar reel from 'The Lion King'.
5 befores and afters from the VFX Oscar nominees
With sliders!
More ‘Lion King’ breakdown-ness
See final shots along with behind the scenes of the virtual cinematography.
Go deeper into ‘The Lion King’
This breakdown from MPC reveals more.
Iterating shots – virtually – for ‘The Lion King’
From early animation to virtual cinematography to final shots.
Here’s what I learnt at the VFX Bake-Off 2020
A TON of cool things were shown and revealed at the Academy event.
In appreciation of ‘The Lion King’s’ true star: the dung beetle
Plus other scene-stealing background characters from the film.
‘We built a video game, the purpose of which was to make a movie’
A new featurette on the virtual production behind 'The Lion King'.
How ‘The Lion King’ moved away from digital matte paintings to create fully CG vistas
Something was very different about the environments in the photo-real animated film.
The very unique characteristics of a warthog’s hair: grooming Pumbaa
How MPC modeled, groomed, simulated and styled Pumbaa’s CG hair and fur for ‘The Lion King’.
‘The Lion King’ and ‘The Mandalorian’s’ Jon Favreau is all-in on virtual production, real-time and LED walls
The director/producer/actor shared some details about the virtual production side of ‘The Mandalorian’ at the Unreal Engine User Group at SIGGRAPH.
How ‘The Lion King’ filmmakers shot the ‘Everything the light touches’ scene
VFX supervisor Robert Legato breaks down how the iconic scene was filmed, virtually.
Where to read and find out about how ‘The Lion King’ was made
I'd give a spoiler warning, but you totally already know what happens in the movie.
Re-visit the CG of 1994’s ‘Lion King’
'Stampede. In the gorge. Simba's down there!'
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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