![]() ![]() Its power is represented by blue lighting and a forcefield effect, which was simmed against the environment creating a volume of light and electricity that demolishes any enemy in its path. Jane wields Mjolnir – a sore point for Thor as it used to be his weapon!. JD: Weta’s VFX work gave both Thor and Mighty Thor their powers, along with the God Kids who are given (for a short time only) the power of Thor. How did you help Thor and The Mighty Thor with their powers? We also handled some shots in New Asguard as the ship departs over the water on a rainbow bridge, pulled along by the hilarious giant goats. JD: Weta handled the epic third act in the Battle Hall between the God Kids and the Shadow Monsters while Gorr attempts to bore through the Gate of Eternity to get to the other side. We had a great production team on the show! Tim Hope, Weta’s Production Manager, worked with all departments internally and liaised with the client-side production team led by Lisa Marra. TW: Tom Greene, our VFX producer, worked closely with the VFX Supervisors Luke Millar and Ken Mcgaugh to help break down and plan the work for the project. How did you organize the work with your VFX Producer? This meant we were wrangling quite a few changes late in production, but I think ultimately it all paid off and made for a better movie and storyline for our heroes. The VFX were a large part of the storytelling throughout so as the edit was tweaked, the VFX went along for the ride. JD: The expectations were definitely high as Weta had the epic third act battle of the movie and the pivotal moment where (spoiler alert!) Jane decides to sacrifice herself for the good of the Universe. ![]() What were their expectations and approach for the visual effects? Comp is not often involved in supporting the previs/post vis work, so we found this quite rewarding to be a part of. We extended this by providing extra comp support in the post-vis stage to help build upon the previs work and bring fresh ideas to the client-side team. One of our VFX Supervisors Luke Millar joined our Previs Supervisor Marco Spitoni early in the project to collaborate on ideas before principal photography took place. Jake brought great insight into the Thor franchise from his longstanding collaboration with Taika and Marvel. TW: It was a lots of fun, Taika and Jake were both great to collaborate with. Jake had a great relationship with ‘T’, as he called him, and did an amazing job of taking that epic creativity and corralling it into actionable VFX guidance for us all to turn into pixels on the screen JD: Taika is an amazing creative force with his classic Kiwi humour. How was the collaboration with Director Taika Waititi and Production VFX Supervisor Jake Morrison? Marvel movies always provide an exciting challenge and a fun team, so I was looking forward to some more Marvel action! Joanna Davison (JD): My previous show was Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings so the MCU is a familiar place for me. It was great to revisit our previous work but on a much larger scale and, of course, with Mighty Thor this time! ![]() I believe the last time we worked with Thor was during the third act of Avengers: Endgame. Weta FX has a longstanding relationship with Marvel, so many of the team also continued their involvement with the MCU. Tim Walker (TW): Great! I’ve been working in the MCU back-to-back since about 2017. ![]() How did it feel to be back in the MCU universe? He has worked on films such as Prometheus, Avengers: Infinity War, Mortal Engines and Eternals. He has worked at numerous studios such as Fuel VFX, MPC and Framestore before joining Weta FX in 2013. Tim Walker has been working in visual effects for over 16 years. She has worked on various shows such as Avatar, Iron Man 3, The Hobbit trilogy and The BFG. Joanna Davison started her career in visual effects in 2005 at Framestore. ![]()
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