Hybride, a division of Ubisoft, in collaboration with Industrial Light & Magic, recently completed VFX work on 318 shots for acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toros long-awaited and highly anticipated new film, Pacific Rim.
This is the second time the Quebec-based studio has participated on a film directed by the Academy Award(r)-winning director. The project was yet another opportunity for Hybrides team of artists to showcase their expertise by creating motion graphic animations that serve as key narrative elements to help drive the story forward.
Hybride delivered graphic design content for the holographic projections inside robot (Jaeger) cockpits (Conn-Pods), as well as inside control rooms (Loccents). For the cockpit HUDS (head-up displays), Hybrides graphic designers were faced with the challenge of creating visual signatures for graphics to help identify each robots country of origin, allowing audiences to instantly recognize Jaegers. To achieve this effect, Hybrides team of artists created a series of color and graphic styles specific to each countrys robot. For the 2012 and 2023 versions of the American Jaeger, Gipsy Danger, Hybride produced arm grid and hand disk holograms around the pilot suits. The team also designed and created motion graphics for control room monitors and also designed and integrated the holographic television screens and computer monitors seen throughout the film.
"It was great to collaborate with Industrial Light & Magic and a fantastic opportunity to showcase our creative teams talent as well as the efficiency of our production team, said Daniel Leduc, VFX Producer at Hybride. "Pacific Rim was a wonderful project from start to finish and being surrounded by so much talent helped create a truly collaborative and rewarding work environment."
Directed by Guillermo del Toro, the film stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day and Ron Perlman. Presented by Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, Pacific Rim was released in theatres July 12, 2013.
PACIFIC RIM
PRODUCTION COMPANY:
Legendary Pictures
DISTRIBUTION:
Warner Bros. Pictures
PRODUCERS:
Callum Greene
John Jashini
Mary Parent
Jilian Share Zaks
Thomas Tull
DIRECTOR:
Guillermo Del Toro
WRITERS:
Travis Beacham, Guillermo Del Toro, Drew Pearce
CAST:
CHARLIE HUNNAM - Raleigh Becket
IDRIS ELBA - Stacker Pentecost
RON PERLMAN - Hannibal Chau
CHARLIE DAY - Dr. Newton Geiszler
CLIFTON COLLINS JR. - Tendo Choi
HEATHER DOERKSEN - Sasha Kaidanovsky
RINKO KIKUCHI - Mako Mori
BURN GORMAN - Dr. Hermann Gottlieb
MAX MARTINI - Herc Hansen
ROBERT MAILLET - Aleksis Kaidanovsky
VFX Workload:
318 shots
Cumulative Duration:
18.6 minutes
Project Timeframe:
10 months (June 2012 to March 2013)
Human Resources:
87 employees
58 - 3D department & Compositing
29 - Administration & technical support
Technical Resources:
2D - Flame, Smoke, Fusion, Nuke, After Effects
3D - XSI, 3DE
VFX Description
2D VFX & 3D VFX: Integration & image correction / graphic design / layout / tracking
INTEGRATION & IMAGE CORRECTIONS
* Image compositing (CG elements or live elements on live environments):
Head Up Displays (floating graphics in front of the actors or interacting with the actors)
* Screen contents: image integrations for monitors and televisions.
* Cable and wire concealing
* Rotoscopy
GRAPHIC DESIGN
* Graphic design / holographic projections: projections inside the robots cockpits (Conn-Pods) and in control rooms (Loccents - Alaska & Hong Kong)
* Graphic design / holograms: holograms around pilot suits (arm grids (Gypsy Danger 2023 version) & hand disks (Gypsy Danger 2013 version))
PACIFIC RIM
THE FILM
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanitys resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju.
On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankinds last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
THE CHALLENGE
Hybride delivered graphic design content for the holographic projections inside robot (Jaeger) cockpits (Conn-Pods), as well as inside control rooms (Loccents). For the cockpit HUDS (head-up displays), Hybrides graphic designers were faced with the challenge of creating visual signatures for graphics to help identify each robots country of origin, allowing audiences to instantly recognize Jaegers. To achieve this effect, Hybrides team of artists created a series of colour and graphic styles specific to each countrys robot. For the 2012 and 2023 versions of the American Jaeger, Gypsy Danger, Hybride produced arm grid and hand disk holograms around the pilot suits. The team also designed and created motion graphics for control room monitors and also designed and integrated the holographic television screens and computer monitors seen throughout the film.
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Hybride, a division of Ubisoft, in collaboration with Industrial Light & Magic, recently completed VFX work on 318 shots for acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toros long-awaited and highly anticipated new film, Pacific Rim.
