An homage to the Volvo advert which sees Jean Claude Van Damme perform his famous splits between two moving trucks, the shot captures Hemsworth’s top half and seamlessly comps in his stunt double’s limber legs, creating a shot that perfectly captures the light-hearted spirit of Taika Waititi’s Thor films.Īfter wading into the battle, Thor accidentally destroys the Indigaarian’s sacred temple, made of crystal. One part of the segment proving to be a hit with Marvel fans sees Thor balance between two Booskans on hover bikes, charging him from opposite directions, landing in a perfect split. This created many chicken-and-egg type scenarios to solve, requiring Framestore’s FX and Animation teams to collaborate very closely. Then the riders had body, cloth and hair simulations driven by their animation and the bikes.” These combined elements were then destroyed with impacts and explosions, chaining more simulations, then finally crashing into the ground - driving complex rigid body dynamics and volumetric effects. “The bikes themselves had animation driven simulations that gave life to all the cables, accessories, gunfire, flaps, flags and overall flexing. “There were multiple layers of simulations between different departments that had to all work together” expands Twyford. The biggest challenge was the interaction between the bikes and their riders. “The compositing team then developed looks for the engines, thrusters and gunfire with custom ground interaction for every bike simulated by the FX team.” “The production team built various bikes as set pieces for interaction and reference, and we recreated them as digital assets with a wide range of variation” explains Twyford. The design has elements of Mad Max and steampunk, but also had to have a 'patched up' feel to help develop the Booskan culture of chaotic warriors. Non conventional (for Earth) vehicles, environmental cues, creatures and weapons were designed to immerse the audience in this strange new world. The bikes were inspired by more traditional bike and car chases, but the alien planet setting remained front of mind for Framestore. The main Framestore creative force for the Booskans were from the animation team, who drove the modelling and rigging setups to give the faces a flexibility and range of performance.” The brief was of a kind of chaotic owl biker gang, and we had fun animating their erratic but exuberant fighting and driving styles. “The whole sequence is about speed and visual impact. “We had a lot of busy shots, made of lots of layers,” says Twyford. The fight scene demanded a range of FX, including gunfire and explosions. Twyford and team then built full screen quality digi-double Booskans as riders for the hoverbikes, and a full set of crowd doubles to populate the Battlefield environment. Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy have a fantastic blend of action and humour, so animating the faces of the Booskans really allowed them to lean into the comedic elements of the battle sequence.” “Originally, the faces were prosthetic masks and we animated them to make them more expressive. “They’re humanoid creatures with owl heads, but instead of feathers they have fur,” explains Twyford. The Booskan Marauders were shot with prosthetics head and body enhancements on the actors and stunt doubles, the Framestore team then enhanced the faces and body to give them a range of expressions and individual character. Having received designs from Marvel Studios, VFX Supervisor Matthew Twyford and team set about the building process. When it came to creating a new alien species, the Framestore team were in their element. Thor and the Guardians wade into the action, only to unleash their own specific brand of chaos. Indigarr’s sacred temple is overrun by an owl-like alien biker gang known as the Booskans, who wage war against the planet’s inhabitants. Thor: Love and Thunder sees Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and the Guardians of the Galaxy take a well-earned break, on planet Indigarr - only to find themselves embroiled in an explosive turf war.
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