Lighting Godzilla

Godzilla (Feature Film)

  • Created polygons from Godzilla animation for effects shots
  • Set up lighting for Godzilla
  • Modeled geometry used to create lighting effects
  • Tracked spotlights to background plate for volumetric pass
  • Transferred animation from the low-resolution animation model to the high-resolution model for rendering
  • Rendered (Iridescent, Constant, Wet, Z-Depth, Shadow, Red, Green, Blue and Volumetric) passes of Godzilla, bridge cables and the Brooklyn Bridge
  • Animated bridge cables using dynamic simulation in Softimage