The first time I met the production VFX supervisor, Erik Nash, he asked, “How’s your fur pipeline?” It kind of cascaded from there.įrom the previous movie, we recreated animals including an antelope, a boar, a moose, a mammoth, an ostrich, a rhino and an oryx. So you were primarily involved with character work? Also, my eight year-old son loves the movies. I was really interested in the show, because I like doing character work. I got the call back in February 2014, when I was finishing up working on Maleficent. On Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Bangalore also animated some sequences and lit some shots MPC are bringing up the Bangalore division to be able to do those things. From look-dev onwards, most of the work then happens in Vancouver. The way MPC works is that all asset work – models, texture, rigging and so on – is centralised in London and Bangalore. I was personally working on the show for about ten months. How many shots did MPC deliver for the show, and how was the work divided between the different offices? VFX supervisors from four of these facilities – MPC, Digital Domain, Cinesite and Method Studios – are here to share their experiences on the film, in this extended VFX Q&A. Under Nash’s guidance, the task of breathing life into the film’s many and varied characters fell to a collective of visual effects facilities scattered as far across the globe as Larry and his companions. Shaun Levy returns as director for this third film in the popular series, with Erik Nash taking on the role of production visual effects supervisor. Without the tablet’s sorcery to sustain them, the various characters who have become Larry’s friends will return to their former lifeless states. In Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Ben Stiller reprises his role as night guard Larry Daley, and sets out on an international odyssey to restore the powers of a magical Egyptian tablet that brings the museum exhibits to life.

Night of the museum 3 cast