Solo: A Star Wars Story
VFX Workload: 445 shots
"We're particularly proud of the work we've accomplished within the production calendar thanks to our team's in-depth know-how and solid technical and administrative infrastructures that made it possible for us to meet the requirements of this large-scale project", said Pierre Raymond, President and Head of Operations at Hybride. "It is certain that the extraordinary synergy between our teams also allowed us to rise to the challenge and really push our technical limits".
L3-37 takes on a full role as an actor in the film and greatly benefits from Phoebe Waller-Bridge's performance as she was specifically chosen to play this character because of her style of acting. What bemused Hybride artists the most was the fact that the actress' performance infused "real life" into the droid. The way Phoebe moved with all the quirks of a human being, added real depth to the character.
"Our main goal was to be able to retain as much of Phoebe's performance as we could", said Hybride VFX supervisor Joseph Kasparian. "Some shots have a lot of movement in them - crowds, people cheering behind L3, blaster shots and other ballistic effects - so for each shot, we had to recreate everything that had been hidden by the green portion of the suit, then prepare the plate to receive L3", added Kasparian.
The studio's work on L3 required meticulous tracking and match moving by Hybride's tracking team, otherwise the human aspect could not be reproduced or even animated at this level. The end results translate into a unique character of a disconcerting realism that seems almost human.
"On Solo, Hybride has once again proven that they have the artistic talent, technical expertise, and passion for filmmaking that ILM demands of our VFX partners adds ILM VFX Supervisor, Patrick Tubach. What's more, they do it all with an unflagging enthusiasm and superb confidence, just like the namesake of our movie".
Hybride's work on Solo also includes the creation of explosion effects in several sequences, impressive 3D CG backgrounds for the mine and landing pad, massive set extensions for the Space Port and virtual characters in the scene where L3 is calling for a rebellion. Hybride artists also contributed to the realism of the sequence where Han Solo and Chewbacca meet and produced stage extensions for the scene where Han sees the Millenium Falcon for the first time.
The studio also produced massive sandblasts, FX simulations and explosion enhancements for multiple sequences in the film.
LAYOUT / TRACKING
STEVE PELCHAT, Lead
ALEXANDRE CORBIN
ALAIN LACROIX
SAMUEL LORIAULT-GOULET
FRÉDÉRIC MEDIONI
BENOIT MORIN
TEXTURE & LIGHTING
MARYSE BOUCHARD, Lead
CHRISTOPHE DAMIANO, Lead
YANICK GAUDREAU, Lead
MÉLISSA ALMEIDA
MARIE-CLAUDE AUBRY
MICHAËL BENTITOU
JULIEN CHABOT
STEVE FRASER
FRÉDÉRICK GAUDREAU
VASSILIOS LANARIS
NICOLAS LEROY
CHRISTIAN MÉNARD
VALÉRIE VILLENEUVE
ALEXANDRE TESSIER
FX ANIMATORS
RICHARD CLÉMENT TAM, Lead
GLENN CURRY
JULIEN DUBUSSET
FRÉDÉRIC FORTIN
JEAN-FRANÇOIS GALLANT
PASCAL LORTIE LANGLOIS
GABRIEL MARTIN
DANG VY NGUYEN
TECHNICAL DIRECTORS
PATRICK PICHÉ, Lead
MICHEL BERGERON
MATHIEU LECLAIRE
MODELERS
MARCO TREMBLAY, Lead
MIGUEL BÉRUBÉ OUELLET
ANNABELLE CHEVRIER
ROBERT DE LA CRUZ
MATHIEU LALONDE
DAVID ROBERGE
VIKRAMJIT SORENSANGBAM
ANIMATORS
ALEXANDRE ALIN
MARC AUBRY
ÉDOUARD BUTTIERO
STEVE CADY
JOSEF SY
CHARACTER RIGGING
FRANÇOIS CHANCRIN, Lead
STÉPHANE JEAN-MARY
PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF OPERATIONS
PIERRE RAYMOND
VISUAL EFFECTS FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
MICHEL MURDOCK
VISUAL EFFECTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
THIERRY DELATTRE
VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISORS
JOSEPH KASPARIAN
FRANÇOIS LAMBERT
COMPUTER GRAPHICS SUPERVISORS
MATHIEU BOUCHER
PHILIPPE THÉROUX
EMMANUEL PELLETIER
COMPOSITING SUPERVISORS
OLIVIER BEAULIEU
MICHEL BARRIÈRE
BENOIT LEGROS
CREATIVE SUPERVISOR
PIERRE BLAIN
VISUAL EFFECT PRODUCERS
LOUISE BERTRAND
YANICK WILISKY
LINE PRODUCER
RICHARD MARTIN
VISUAL EFFECT COORDINATORS
JOANIE CROTEAU
CATHERINE LECAVALIER
MARTINE LOSIER
KARINA MARIANO
RESSOURCE COORDINATOR
SYLVAIN RIOUX
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
JASON BOHBOT
FÉLIX CLÉMENT
MÉLANIE COTTON
LUC DESMARAIS
STEPHAN GERVAIS
OLIVIER PAINCHAUD
COMMUNICATIONS
SYLVIE TALBOT
ANNE TREMBLAY
ADMINISTRATION
CAROLINE BÉLISLE
DOLORÈS TARDIF
SEQUENCE LEAD DIGITAL COMPOSITORS
OLIVIER GRAVEL
MAXIME LEMIEUX
SAMUEL LEPAGE-BÉDARD
DIGITAL COMPOSITORS
MATHIEU BOUDREAU
ÉLOI BRUNELLE
MATTHIEU CHÂTELIER
Gabriel Couture-Bojanowski
ASHISH DEWAN
MAXIME FERLAND
MATHIEU GIRARD
VÉRONIQUE GUAY
NADINE HOMIER
BRUNO-PIERRE JOBIN
XAVIER LAROCQUE
MARTIN LARRIVÉE
FRANÇOIS LEDUC
ELSA LEMIRE
LOUIS-ALEXANDRE LORD
JOCELYN MAHER
BELLY MINGMUONG
ALICE PÉPUJOL
SEBASTIEN RIOUX
CYNTHIA RODRIGUEZ
MAURICIO SALAS
PAUL SAINT-HILAIRE
KATY SAVOIE
GUILLAUME ST-AUBIN
JULIE THERRIEN
VÉRONIQUE TREMBLAY
RAPHAËL VALLÉ
JEAN-FRÉDÉRIC VEILLEUX
MOTION GRAPHICS
GEOFFROY LAUZON, Lead
PAINT & ROTO
LÉA VUILLEMIN, Lead
JAMES DANIEL HAINES
JUSTIN HÉBERT
MÉLISSA LAFRAMBOISE MAILLÉ
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
JEFF BLOUIN
ERIKA NORMANDIN
MARIE-EVE ST-AMOUR
CHRISTOPHE TRUDEL