Snakes on a Plane

(2006)

Creating photo-real CGI snakes that could slither around in an airplane and react to both actors and turbulence demanded innovative thinking. Hybride's team of CG specialists spent considerable time designing custom software and new technical approaches that provided greater flexibility for animating a wide range of snake species that could twist and turn expand and shrink and slip and slide—with scales that responded to the snake's body movements ambient lighting and surrounding environments.