ILM: Behind the Magic of Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War

A look behind the magic of Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War featuring the visual effects work by artists at Industrial Light & Magic that brought this epic battle to life.
ILM VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
Russell Earl
ILM ANIMATION SUPERVISOR
Kevin Martel
ILM VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCER
Katherine Farrar
ILM VISUAL EFFECTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Jeanie King
ASSOCIATE VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
Robert Weaver
VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISORS
Jeff Capogreco
Dan Snape
VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCERS
Danielle Legovich
Cabral Rock
ANIMATION SUPERVISORS
Shawn Kelly
Eric Leong
Gang Trinh
CG SUPERVISORS
Justin Martin
Steve Sauers
Doug Sutton
COMPOSITING SUPERVISORS
Paolo Acri
Scott Pritchard

[@ArtSpearEntertainment]

Q: I've always wondered - the people who put these breakdowns together - are they the same people who worked on the actual shot or is it a separate person(s) whose job it is to be given the project files and then create a video showing the different elements and how they go together?

[@lessalazar9068]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing

[@EditorDaniels]

@e-man They are done after the fact for the most part. Best case scenario, by the same artist before they are assigned to a new show. VFX are expensive, no one rushes to pay for the same shots twice.

[@rayperez6322]

This is done by the VFX Compositors in the post-production phase of the film pipeline.

[@justrandom5012]

The VFX artists in movies always get the least attention so sad though they always do a great job and so much work behind it

[@darkspeed62]

Probably because if you don't notice if they've done a good job! I always notice it, and these videos are ace if you're interested in the subject, but I can see that they might ruin the experience for maybe a die hard fan of the comics/series.

[@shadowaug12]

Agreed 👍

[@R9A9V2]

They don't get noticed because of their great work. If they've done bad at it you'll probably notice them.

[@scruffd0g193]

Unsung hero’s. The amount of time and work these guys out into their craft.

[@juliehopkinson9553]

Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Industrial Light & Magic ILM visual effects supervisor: Russell Earl ILM animation supervisor: Kevin Martel ILM visual effects producer: Katherine Farrar Bluff ILM executive visual effects producer: Jeanie King ILM studios: San Francisco

[@cetusipy]

I wish they would discuss what is actually being done instead of just quickly flashing a background CGI layer. We know it's layered CGI at this point, but like, what are they using to generate fire? Are they shooting their own explosions and keying them? Is it a program? Something custom? How long does this stuff take to render? Etc. etc. Just more technical info would be much more interesting.

[@thurfiann]

It's a fluid simulation. There are plenty of software that could make these effects.

[@moneybaglifts1944]

Isn't this the VFX studio for Lucasfilm/Star Wars?

[@proximascentauri]

TheCouncilGaming yea it is. But i feel like they did way more for Star Wars than Marvel movies, from the looks of it

[@moneybaglifts1944]

@@proximascentauri Yes, I looked it up. George Lucas founded this company specifically for the first Star Wars back in 1975. It was used for every other star wars film and Indiana Jones.

[@hugoibanez577]

Plus Back to the Future (among many others).

[@arleyx7090]

hire me...................take me to Sydney

[@shintori2808]

0_o surprisingly this actually is helping me with digital painting

[@GHOST_001_Bravo]

I would really like to learn from them..

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

🥰

[@chilichongoes9577]

Society if studios would release 3D models

[@williamestrada8936]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 #RIPBLACKPANTHER

[@shanemulvey4065]

Wait...am I real?

[@gregoryryan44]

“Don’t try to ruin my life with lies when yours can be ruined with the truth.” - #WeLoveGinaCarano #firekathleenkennedy #canceldisney+

[@roloug95]

Incredible work by the CG artists but this is seriously such uninspired filmmaking, not a single frame of practical effects

[@curtiszilla9192]

Still a masterpiece

[@darknemessis6880]

Not everything needs to practical to be good . Also practical effects are just outdated garbage . You should stop living in the past

[@yigithan.kilinc]

@@darknemessis6880 First Iron Man movie (2008) had better visuals than Infinity War (2018) because they used practical effects in it.

[@darknemessis6880]

@@yigithan.kilinc They also used CGI which looked amazing

[@yigithan.kilinc]

@@darknemessis6880 Yeah but what I mean is if you combine CGI with practical effects results will be better than just CGI.

[@wickedhouston5538]

ilm does garbage cgi. the jurassic world movies deserve better

[@ThruSkryingCoagula]

ILMVisualFX, That whole battlescene was complete stupid, the final render and the end game part was just very unfortunate to spend money on, a lot of these designs are from other movies, just lazy no creative technique anymore. Well, that's what sales right just recycle whatever, people will go buy they know no different. lol...

[@Coastersguy]

.... huh? what designs did they recycle?

[@adrianstjrnfldt3095]

What designs did they recycle ?

[@curtiszilla9192]

Infinity war destroys the dceu And I’m s better than most movies

[@darknemessis6880]

@@curtiszilla9192 DCEU destroyes this movie . Aquaman itself and Man of steel are superior to the MCU overrated garbage in every way

[@inspirationalgoosebumps6006]

In award functions, the actors take everyone's name like " I want to thank my parents, my friends, my love, the director,the producer,the cameraman,the makeup artist, the costume designer, the sound artist, the driver, the chef, the........ But they refrain themself from saying anything related to the VFX people and the post production team in the movies as if they will die on the spot if they say something about it. I hate these kind of mutts.

[@dog-xq5jw]

I think it's just because they dont work with the vfx people.

[@GarciaDorelion]

Do we need it ? Lol

[@inspirationalgoosebumps6006]

@@GarciaDorelion of course we need praises and recognition as an artist.

[@inspirationalgoosebumps6006]

@@dog-xq5jw vfx supervisor is 24×7 on the set

[@JakeVermont19]

Guys since Engame is coming out could you post more Infinity War Breakdown? Maybe with some explanatory voice over like Weta does? Your work is just magic. Keep it up.

[@StudioArtFX]

So these films are pretty much all CG now. They couldn't even find some real trees to film. Funny thing is I remember everyone laughed at George Lucas when he was trying to do movies this way 20 years ago.

[@TaunTaunTundra4477]

@@mysticalsnail7611 and you realise how much work they put into any CGI like a metric ton of work you call that lazy? That is literally the opposite of lazy

[@childrenoftheinfinite]

@@mysticalsnail7611 It's nothing to do with laziness, it's about artistic control and efficiency, why spend time looking for the perfect place when you can create it and get going straight away. Also less disruption than filming on location, less travelling, building sets and then either leaving them there (use to happen a lot more than now obviously) or having to dispose of waste created, paying for flights, fuel to travel, people for using their land, no red tape if you need to film abroad, the list goes on and on. And if you need to do reshoots? No going through all that again. Each of those things mentioned has to be arranged, by not one or two, but many, many people. Digital sets take far less people to organise, still lots to build, but nowhere near as many to arrange.

[@IDAVFX]

@Hillary Clinton most of the people that yell against CGI even dont know the defintion of the smalles element in a digital picture. Its kind of a witchhunt because they have no idea what technology and artistic minds are necessary to only to 1 second of ILM style animation. Those poeple are kind of not aware what real magic is in their lame life. So they blame CGI......hail to ILM!!!!!!!!!!

[@glxry3379]

@@mysticalsnail7611 oh ok so let’s go film a humongous fight with aliens against robots in a massive field in Wakanda

[@lessalazar9068]

This is crazy. I really appreciate the work VFX artists do.

[@noorvfxdotcom]

amazing and big work

[@DelightLovesMovies]

That's so cool, thanks for sharing ILMVFX

[@juliehopkinson9553]

Industrial Light and Magic presents their work on the final battle sequence in Wakanda for Avengers: Infinity War.

[@noobgameplay6183]

u guys know that ILM was founded by George Lucas, the creator of star wars ?

[@nakshblogger8201]

Yeah i knew that😊😊

[@maxmusic5380]

Why where these VFX better than in Aquaman although you also made them?

[@HenrichAchberger]

it depends a lot on budget, director ideas, quality standards of client, vfx supervisors, available time for shots and many other variables

[@parzeeval9792]

Well, I like the vfx in Aquaman more than this.

[@kxmode]

budget. more money = more time = better effects

[@AnestesiaHRRE]

Camera movement

[@taskforceknight9336]

Par'Z'ival Then you my friend are delusional the visual effects of Infinity war were miles ahead of that overrated Aquaman bullshit.The huge amounts of money and time to make Infinity war VFX was enormous

[@noitora524]

Damn... I love Lucasfilm.

[@Kroszmiller]

loved it #Brasil

[@ejicon3099]

Talk about turning nothing into something. All of this from beginning to end was magnificent. Well done team.

[@anurag720]

Are you alex ? 13 years ago you made a channel called alex

[@curtiszilla9192]

This movie is a timeless masterpiece

[@JoelKyayonka]

The Visuals in this movie are great and amazing.

[@nexus-kv1ze]

ILM can you give me a opportunity to study 3d modelling

[@RealAnt86]

No wonder some shit in this scene feels like Star Wars; ILM is involved

[@jeppe4545]

ILM delivered what the directors wanted, ILM didnt make the story line or how the action would unfold.

[@tommylee8394]

At what point does a film become animation?

[@curtfoosss]

It's called visual effects man wtf

[@HiyuMarten]

It's a concert of both acting and animation; a merging of the arts. And that's cool!

[@pablo3558]

0:53 i have seen ps2 games with better animation

[@Justin_sigma21]

what software you use to create this animation

[@smallbluemachine]

ILM I WANT YOU TO REDO ALL THESE EFFECTS BUT I'M NOT GIVING YOU ANY MORE MONEY TO DO IT. -Oh oh? you don't like that? -Well I hear WETA can do it while their interns polish my shoes! (Spits out coffee).. I SAID SKINNY LATTE! ARE YOU TRYING TO POISON ME!?

[@CartoonWarStudios]

is this a reference to something specifically

[@smallbluemachine]

The VFX industry.

[@CartoonWarStudios]

yeah I got that part, just seemed a bit long so I thought it was from something else I guess

[@TheVengefulSquid]

@@smallbluemachine Disney don't have to pay ILM anything. They own ILM. So they just pay their employees normally.

[@smallbluemachine]

What’s a normal salary in the VFX industry? Enough for a cardboard box and some dog food?

[@Featheon]

Now I'm positive I don't want to watch these films. So boring.

[@curtfoosss]

Why

[@dys30]

Dude nobody asked you :)

[@JakeVermont19]

Troll. Infinity War is incredible.

[@lessalazar9068]

Lmao shut up

[@darknemessis6880]

Ok go back and watch movies with people talking in a room just like every person with a sad life