

The Werewolf and the Abominable Snowman both had unique facial proportions so their facial performances were completely keyframe animated.įor the animation of the Lawn Gnomes, it was important to the director that the movement looked realistic and devoid of any deformation. Depending on the performance required, MPC’s artists took a hybrid approach, first capturing movement using motion capture suits and then hand-animating on top of that data to further elaborate and add nuances to the performance. For the bipedal monsters, a combination of motion capture and keyframe animation was used. With so many monsters, a range of motion design was required for each character. MPC’s in-house art department in London created concept art for the Lawn Gnomes, the Plant Monster, the Blob, the Mantis and the Vampire Poodle. MPC created 17 different creatures for the film, including The Werewolf of Fever Swamp, The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena, an army of evil lawn Gnomes, the plant monster, a 50-foot Mantis, the Blob, bug-eyed aliens, and a Vampire Poodle. Working closely with director Rob Letterman and Production VFX Supervisor Erik Nordby, the team’s scope of work ranged from CG environments to magical effects, but the bulk of the work was focused on creating the movie’s monsters.


In a crazy night of adventure, it’s up to Zach, Hannah, Champ, and Stine to team up and get all of these figments of Stine’s imagination - including Slappy the Dummy, the girl with the haunted mask, the gnomes and many more - back in the books where they belong to save the town.įor Goosebumps, the MPC VFX team was led by VFX supervisors Pete Dionne and Robert Winter and VFX Producer Doug Oddy. When Stine’s creations are unintentionally released from their manuscripts, Zach’s life takes a turn for the weird.

As Zach starts learning about the strange family next door, he soon discovers that Stine holds a dangerous secret: the creatures that his stories made famous are real, and Stine protects his readers by keeping them locked up in their books. Stine (Jack Black), the author of the bestselling “Goosebumps” series. Zach learns that Hannah’s mysterious dad is in fact R.L. Stine and published by Scholastic, Goosebumps follows teenager Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette), who is upset about moving from a big city to a small town, but finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah (Odeya Rush), living right next door, and makes a quick friend in Champ (Ryan Lee).
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MPC is renowned for adding visual wonder and creative expertise to their advertising and film work, which includes such blockbusters as The Martian, Godzilla, Life of Pi, and Guardians of the Galaxy.īased on the beloved book series written by R.L. The Oscar-winning VFX house, which is owned by parent company Technicolor, has operated for more than 25 years with facilities in London, Vancouver, Los Angeles, New York, Bangalore, Montreal, Amsterdam, Mexico City and Shanghai. LONDON - For Sony Pictures’ Goosebumps, the Moving Picture Company delivered a wide range of work that started with over 700 VFX shots for the film and went on to include the film’s creative title sequence and an in-theater Virtual Reality adventure.
