Behind the Magic : Making of Kong Skull Island

An In-depth making of Kong Skull Island and the VFX tools and techniques used by ILM artist's. The team discusses about how the CGI Characters where created, and the challenges faced by the artist's in making the King of the Jungle.
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[@DMDvideo10]

The Monsterverse Kong has become my favorite version of Kong. The people who've brought him to life have done a fantastic job!

[@dennisp3314]

This film was definitely one of the best of all the Kong movies. It really felt like a 70's movie

[@darn4285]

Well, it did take place in the 70s, hence the Vietnam War vibes.

[@Account1746]

Vfx was crazy in this movie

[@MagikarpMaestro]

5:47 That CGI in this scene is almost perfect. The photorealism is actually scary. How this simple, cheesy, monster movie prequel ends up looking better than 99% of movies is astounding.

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

I SOOOOO regret NOT seeing this movie at the theater! The Skullcrawler looks like something you might see in Poltergeist.

[@Menace_to_society_k27]

No,not really?

[@Sm_techy]

I'm from India I watched it on theatres wat a movie jst thrilled amzed,🔥🔥🔥

[@NguyenQuang-tm3ou]

why lmao

[@poulvijay6237]

Respect to those workers who made this masterpiece

[@diddoinarow8846]

Looking back at the visual effects for Kong: Skull Island, it's interesting to see how well they old up till to this day, and how much the Wingard directed movies feel a lot less refined than this one. A key aspect is surely the details and photography, how every detail of Kong's skin, fur and texture makes him look incredibly big and imposing, even if in the movie is "just" 30 meters tall.

[@psychoticseries]

Better CGI and scale portrayed in comparison to other monsterverse movies

[@shahadathossain7867]

Incredible work done by the graphics team. Respect

[@davidg8104]

amazing CGI in this movie

[@naikeen5487]

Who doesn't like to see they're hero being made

[@estebanjulioricardomontoya4965]

a m o n k e is your hero?

[@awalasnakolla6351]

😔😔😔✋

[@alan_1414]

@@estebanjulioricardomontoya4965 very

[@glennperez9198]

@@estebanjulioricardomontoya4965well duh kong's a Hero

[@LiterallyJohnnyCageTho]

​@@estebanjulioricardomontoya4965better hero than most superheroes

[@chonjaebangtan9197]

Their work is incredibly detailed. Amazing teamwork. Just WOW. 💯😮👏

[@jasminemcfadden7]

They did that! I love this movie, I know for a fact Kong vs. Godzilla is going to be absolutely amazing!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@josefontanez3186]

This is epic...!!! 💯🔥💯🔥...!!! One ☝🏻 of the best CGI I EVER SEEN...!!! And it rivals GODZILLA 2014...!!! Hands down...!!! Way harder to make a CGI APE WITH ALL THAT HAIR vs a GODZILLA LIKE CREATURE...!!!! Just BEAUTIFUL...!!!

[@BrandonSKW]

CGI so good like this is hard to come by this days...

[@JBDNFT]

It's ILM

[@c13r16]

Its so cool i wish kong was real and skull island exist

[@gustavowendell7937]

Nobody would survive that island 😵

[@ScorpiosaurPrimeYT]

I wish the Monsterverse was real tbh :(

[@shafayetshourov8268]

​@@ScorpiosaurPrimeYTlmao hollow earth

[@ScorpiosaurPrimeYT]

@@shafayetshourov8268 yesss

[@The_Jabs3027]

It can But Robotic ​@@ScorpiosaurPrimeYT

[@PH-dn2kc]

Godzilla vs Kong *BIG CGI FIGHT COMING UP*

[@ElDemonioCalavera]

Is skull devil / ramarak / the big one really female? It always seemed to me that he was male

[@omdoes20]

you guys are doing great

[@SpiderBeetle]

"We took a lot of microphotography so we could have access to all the fine detail, the face, I got this amazing reference and that was definitely used for our creature." *Proceeds to take photos of a sick Gorilla*

[@peachibread1983]

Didnt know the skull devil was female. Also holy shit most of it was cgi? Fucking amazing

[@chancegivens9390]

Fantastic film!

[@elijahtoussaint1528]

10:36 11:17 11:19 11:39 I like this one. Perfect reference for a certain dragon

[@unique-0007]

In my favorite film. In. Monster verse

[@Misscouchpotato-]

My dad was obsessed with this film

[@pasqual0972]

Kong skull

[@adnanaliable]

Skullcrawlers reminds me of that SCP 680, that looks like that decomposing alligator creature.

[@soyfx4180]

Kong:U like bananas? Godzilla:No King kong Vs Godzilla

[@nex5691]

This comment is fire

[@daviddykla3098]

6:54 i wouldve left him jet black he looks more og that way

[@JarMar3296]

Back when the monsterverse had things be fantastical yet still believable unlike now.

[@The_Alpha_E]

What's wrong with it?

[@complexzay5935]

3:20 yeah i couldnt do that i would feel embarrased XD

[@gemotile1944]

Kimbo slice in a monster suit

[@Jac1up]

4:29 Kong turned into a koosh character

[@juanSanchez-mi9us]

I like gorilas

[@itellcap1261]

I’m watching this when he finna go one on one with the king of the monsters

[@DireitaeEsquerdapraPQP]

Luis Miguel singer is King Kong???

[@user-jc5eg7zp5t]

Kong in kong skull island is not big enough right?

[@vicbryancrisostomo9462]

Thank you ❤

[@clayharris7740]

6:54

[@Rajveer_Singh68]

🦍 : 💀 🏝

[@SagarPatil-py9qq]

Brie Larson is so beautiful 😍

[@eriksonbro-ductions4701]

They threw away the animal like behavior in gxk 😂

[@user-ss9kl1vu3u]

Я только непойму зачем было так детально прорисовывать рельеф мышц в zbrush если затем всеровно все тело покрыли мехом

[@did3d523]

more cartoon than movie

[@getemmemes9434]

5 year old me is the best at primate performance

[@jevariesbumatay8444]

That's a giant monke

[@kenschannel8051]

make a movie about the mire squid 🦑 called mire squid 🦑

[@user-jc5eg7zp5t]

Kong skull island is not big enough compareto godzilla monsterverse right?

[@mistaj8655]

He grows a lot in between Skull island and GvK

[@amazingandy4680]

6:37 Whats?? Kong doesn't have a penis.

[@Poloris_]

ik this is stupid but i never knew gorillas had fingernails lol

[@leefigueroa2092]

It’s not the mama skull crawler it’s their leader dude and he’s a skull devil that’s what they call the big one

[@LindenHS-Hillcraft]

It’s their mother… she isn’t male.

[@LindenHS-Hillcraft]

That’s the words of the people who made the freaking film… there is no room for argument

[@tokensdeez]

So Ramarak is female?

[@LindenHS-Hillcraft]

Ramarak is a fake name, it’s called the Skulldevil

[@tokensdeez]

@@LindenHS-Hillcraft It's still a popular fan-name, and I personally like it. I'm not calling it Skull Devil

[@a-uncreative-person]

@@tokensdeezWhy? Call it what it is. Your just spreading misinformation

[@tokensdeez]

@@a-uncreative-person Ok so first off, it's not misinformation, Ramarak is a popular FAN-NAME! Second, I didn't make up the name Third, what misinformation? Calling it a fan-name? Why does that matter? People are fully aware Ramarak isn't the name anyway You're just being rude now, for nothing

[@a-uncreative-person]

@@tokensdeez Well do you know what you are now based on what you just said? Guess

[@AlexA-ts8sq]

Don`t like Kong design in Skull Island and Kong vs Godzilla

[@davidostapenko2578]

Aaannnddd......... IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE. seriously, the CGI of 2019's "GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS" was worse than this CGI and the CGI of 2021's "GODZILLA vs KONG" ended up being even WORSE than the CGI of 2019's "GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS".

[@youngkingdav]

Wdym? The cgi is the best! Your must one of the people who don't understand and can't appreciate godzilla

[@imakethings9903]

How was it any worse lmao makes no sense

[@DogePIays]

@@youngkingdavi agree

[@UltimateEnd0]

Terrible CGI.

[@steflinga]

Let's see you do one better

[@naikeen5487]

Let's see you do better Mr. Perfection

[@UltimateEnd0]

@@naikeen5487 I was on the CGI team that helped create Gollum. I also helped create 1998 Godzilla. I know everything I am magic and I can fly around with my CGI skills. Do not challenge me.

[@A_K808]

UltimateEnd0 show us then

[@steflinga]

@@UltimateEnd0 gollum may not have been a troll but you definitely are

[@pathedickassfuck9395]

The film makers are to lazy accurately portray the skeletons of dead Kaijus.