AUTOBOTS – ROLL OUT! Wētā FX created 460 shots for this film. Most are fully digital with minimal plate photography. We animated Transformers, created the Maximals‘ home-world and brought the 3rd act battle to life.
About Wētā FX: Wētā FX is the standard-bearer for creative innovation in Visual Effects and Animation, attracting talent, partners, and clients who seek a collaborator that embraces and nurtures their artistic vision. Our renowned proprietary pipeline provides artists with the tools and infrastructure they need to create their best work.
Headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, with creative hubs in Vancouver, Canada and Melbourne, Australia, we are 1,500 of the most ambitious artists, engineers, and executives you’re likely to meet. Across three decades, our trailblazing work has so far earned seven visual effects Academy Awards®, 14 Academy Sci-Tech Awards and seven visual effects BAFTA Awards in addition to 58 Visual Effects Society Awards, awarded to us by our peers. We’re known for performance-driven animated creatures and characters such as Gollum, Kong, Neytiri, Caesar, and Pogo as well as for the universes they inhabit, including Middle-earth, Pandora and countless others.
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