MPC Film - The Lion King VFX Breakdown

We're thrilled to reveal MPC's stunning work on Disney's 'The Lion King'!
1250 MPC artists, representing more than 30 different nationalities, worked across studios in Los Angeles, London, and Bangalore.
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[@robieosborne7369]

Im so impressed with how they got the movement, twitches and mannerisms of the animals so spot on.

[@emilydamata12]

Tu

[@Muksss]

Robie Osborne the movie was pretty bad tho

[@robieosborne7369]

@@Muksss yeah. I saw the spoken word type remake of "be prepared" and i saw all i needed to see -_-

[@MrMiyagi005]

@@Muksss People are watching this video to appreciate the technology and hard work of artist, not whether the movie was good or not.

[@willdigital3d683]

@@MrMiyagi005 Now when I watch movies, i dont even care about the story. The good VFX keeps me there in my seat.

[@MichaelRyanMoss]

Everything's the light touches is CGI.

[@paparallada]

jajajajaj Yesir

[@fielalmanga]

@@paparallada hahahahaha*

[@myles432]

You said it

[@maximthefox]

Even the light

[@AdrianMarinMarinoES]

Except the first 20 seconds

[@PradyutChowdhury3DVFXartist]

Proud to be a part of this movie as a vfx rigging artist..❤️❤️

[@bencesomosi3611]

Pradyut Chowdhury 3D VFX artist Congratulations! I was in MPC as well, after Lion King! It’s an amazing place!

[@67lucita]

Police cars

[@alenkavenx2056]

Can I ask how much did they pay to you?

[@NomTom]

wow I would be to

[@PramodShetty]

@@alenkavenx2056 not much probably. Its outsourced to Indian companies, where they are paid around 700 usd per month

[@NSWSteamFan]

Wether you like or hate this film, there’s no denying that computer animation has reached new groundbreaking levels of realistic.

[@thomastsangthomas1616]

Exactly, my friend.

[@NSWSteamFan]

Thomas TsangThomas here are four examples of studios from each country that pull off some of the most realistic CGI animation and VFX in films: Australia - Animal Logic United States - Industrial Light and Magic United Kingdom - The Moving Picture Company New Zealand - Weta Digital

[@qnebra]

@@NSWSteamFan Well, in UK Framestore did photorealistic CG for "His Dark Materials", and DNEG work for "Chernobyl" was seamlessly photoreal.

[@GingerWizzard1994]

The animation isn't good though

[@thomastsangthomas1616]

@@NSWSteamFan I don't understand

[@th3_afro_king]

You chose the best song to summarize the whole movie! Excellent job!💪🏾

[@charanganeshsriram1148]

It's a dream for every CG artist to work in this company.

[@Escelce]

Just incredible. Amazing artists all over this film.

[@murtuzaalisurti]

It's mind blowing. The Visual effects are not just effects, they are actually creating a new virtual world... Great job....

[@aalato]

Guys, you are the best! Thanks everyone for what you do! Your work reaches very small cities from other countries. You give amazing emotions! And inspire other people to do beautiful things! Thanks to you, I began to engage in 3D modeling and visualization. thanks again

[@3dvfxprofessor]

Another CGI level. The people at MPC are literally wild animals.

[@juliehopkinson2036]

When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great Circle of Life.

[@juliehopkinson2036]

Jon Favreau: MPC helped build the tools for virtual production using a game-engine platform to emulate live-action film production in a VR space: even though the film is completely digitally rendered, every environment is made digitally by the artists at MPC, and every character is key-frame animated. The tools were being refined constantly; and now MPC has a suite of tools that are available to any filmmaker based on the innovations that we made on the Lion King.

[@halseyashley6562]

They could literally make a whole ass documentary with this CGI and I would believe they are real animals. Heck sometimes I feel in future they don't even need real actors, CGI will be everything (of course they won't waste their money and time on cgi instead of hiring real actors but just saying).

[@segundosdeciencia]

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[@Trathaal]

I heard they're making a film with an actor who's been dead for many years, using another actor to act his performance. They'll put his face on the other actor... It seems super redundant and morally questionable, but I guess we'll see what happens.

[@halseyashley6562]

@@Trathaal yeah I think they already have experimented with it. Didn't they use a cgi model of Paul Walker in fast and furious movie?

[@Trathaal]

Halsey Ashley that’s right, and I think it was well received. In the case of this new movie it’s stirring up debate about whether it’s ethical or not; with Paul Walker it was ok because his death was recent and he would’ve wanted a proper send off from his biggest role, but here we can’t ask for his permission to use his face because he’s long gone, even if his surviving family allows it. Personally, I think it’s a waste of talent for the actor who’s going to be actually doing the acting; we need the fresh talent and new names! Why on earth should we waste his opportunity just to say we can bring actors back from the dead? Otherwise in the future we won’t ever have actual new talented actors and actresses, we’ll just cgi the same tired faces from celebrities gone by in for many years.

[@halseyashley6562]

@@Trathaal yeah I agree with that!! I'd understand if the character was of the actor who died or if this was a sequel to the actor's past movie but if it's a new movie, then there's no reason to bring him back.

[@yelistener]

In my opinion, MPC is the star of this movie.

[@calebkuti7897]

Too bad they shut down

[@NSWSteamFan]

Caleb Kuti no they didn’t.

[@calebkuti7897]

Really? Then what happened? I kept hearing they shut down after making Sonic and Cats

[@villain42]

it's only their vancouver office, many vfx companies are about to leave vancouver. mpc has quite a few more offices around the world.

[@juliehopkinson2036]

Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures, from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.

[@roman_lapaev]

this is massive amount of work, I had no idea environment was CGI

[@juliehopkinson2036]

Andrew R. Jones: Making animals act and talk in a way that doesn't break the reality is the most challenging aspect for animators. MPC did an amazing job pushing through an insane amount of animation work in a short amount of time. My hat is off to the entire animation department at MPC; their love and passion for this film is up on the screen for all the world to see.

[@juliehopkinson2036]

The Lion King reunites with the Jungle Book veterans including director Jon Favreau, visual effects supervisors Rob Legato and Adam Valdez, animation supervisor Andrew R. Jones, as well as director of photography Caleb Deschanel and production designer James Chinlund.

[@juliehopkinson2036]

Audrey Ferrara: The main goal was to capture the look of the natural environment so that the audience believes they are in Africa. Traveling to Kenya was important to that goal. It created a shared experience and a common memory of spaces that really unified the team.

[@michaelperry8257]

The visuals in this movie are phenomenal and beautiful to look at the filmmakers must of taken their time to make this amazing as possible.

[@justrandom5012]

Outstanding work a shame that people hating on that movie i love this movie so much :)

[@flaviopresutti]

Amazing work! Congrats to the 1250 workers!

[@juliehopkinson2036]

Rob Legato: The animals that MPC created are a pretty magnificent translation of what those animals really look like. What MPC has done is a quantum leap even over what we did on the Jungle Book. To make up something that looks like it could real, that has the patina of real life: they are gifted at doing that.

[@juliehopkinson2036]

Everything the light touches is our kingdom. A king's time as ruler rises and falls like the sun.

[@ZbyHP]

So incredible. Thank you for sharing this breakdown!

[@Hgopher007]

Amazing !!! Thanks a lot for this vfx breakdown.

[@bjo004]

Well done MPC. You guys did amazing.

[@RSpudieD]

This looks so good! Great job everyone!

[@juliehopkinson2036]

MPC Film was involved with the project from its inception, when MPC VFX supervisor Adam Valdez began discussing evolving methodology with Jon Favreau and Disney while they were wrapping up the Jungle Book campaign in October of 2016. From there, the vision began to take shape. Jon Favreau wanted to create a new connection to a beloved story through a documentary style sense of reality and a true representation of Africa. That directive would first take the team to Kenya on location scouting and data capture missions, before moving into virtual production and beyond through final visual effects and animation.

[@juliehopkinson2036]

Technicolor's MPC Film collaborated with filmmakers of Disney's the Lion King to bring beloved Disney characters back to the big screen in a whole new way.

[@lauramaue]

"It's the ciiiircle of liiiiiffe" *Shows fatal wildebeest stampede*

[@swapnanilnag3713]

Let's celebrate our CG animation festival as we reached that level of reality and dedication of the artists

[@dacostpa]

AMAZING!!!!! 😍😍😍 The visuals were absolutely BREATHTAKING, and I LOVED the film! Thanks for bringing #TheLionKing to life in such a WONDERFUL way! ❤️🦁👑

[@juliehopkinson2036]

Adam Valdez: The entire project (from world building to character building) was informed by our initial trips to Africa. After we went to Africa, we did the virtual production together, and we did the final animation and VFX together. We were collaborative partners from beginning to end, and the technology and methodology enabled us to capture the creative choices we made on the virtual set, and carry them through to the end.

[@gregorybergot]

That's just MIND BLOWING!

[@unaiseali7635]

Incredible work

[@gregkiss2396]

I can't beleve what I see... Incredible work

[@juliehopkinson2036]

Charged with producing all visual effects and animation for the Lion King, the Moving Picture Company team delivered a staggering 1490 shots: as well as 2D and 3D renders; 1250 MPC artists, representing more than 30 different nationalities, worked across studios in Los Angeles, London, and Bangalore.

[@Chetan_patil]

Masterpiece visual wonder #TheLionKing Nice & amazing worked MPC.

[@dokie-dokie5733]

this is breathtaking.

[@6amez_brand55]

Wonderful , please more videos like this 🦁🦁🦁

[@HorrorFangirl34]

The best CGI I have ever seen for one of the best movies I have ever seen. Wow! Things like this were impossible and very hard to imagine when I was a toddler and when I watched the original movie in cinema back then.

[@Tehclaw1337]

I was watching it with my wife in the cinema and after the film she asks me how they get the animals to move the mouths when they talk.. That all this is Cgi is mind blowing!

[@umainebearman]

That is something I probably wouldn't tell people in public. You'll probably get pity looks from people. :Awwww he married a retard" stuff like that.

[@desiree2401]

@@umainebearman that made me laugh 💀

[@fangzahn]

I love this movie, so much work went into it!

[@juliehopkinson2036]

The Lion King (2019) Rob Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman

[@sumatrasumatra9336]

If only screenwriters did such a great job as cinematographers and digital artists did... what a movie could have been made!

[@juliehopkinson2036]

Technicolor's MPC Film has teamed up once again with director Jon Favreau to push the boundaries of what entertainment can be: beyond what's ever been done before. The award-winning team behind the hugely successful the Jungle Book reunited to bring the beloved characters from another Disney classic back to the screen, in another whole new way.

[@wifi-toaster]

Pre/vis is aesthically satisfying; appreciate the inner workings

[@chintuxsaif]

That's why I love MPC

[@freddylowe4900]

What a masterpiece this film was.

[@ar_lkac7237]

Freddy Lowe It still is!

[@prajeeshp9203]

mind blowing Film and Amazing work of MPC team superb

[@steliosstanis2125]

AWESOME!!!

[@TheHannahcast]

I never say this about my Oscar picks not winning, but I'mma be hella pissed if The Lion King doesn't win Best Visual Effects. This film is LEAPS ahead of all the others in terms of VFX. EDIT: Damn it! Out of all the movies to beat The Lion King for Best Visual Effects, why 1917??? The VFX in that film were so minimal!

[@Ponlets]

it has detail but it lacked a few bits it is "hyper realistic" but still impressive

[@barel8741]

Well, unfortunately 1917 won the best visual efffects

[@Ponlets]

@@barel8741 clever camera work does wonders to a production it was shot to look like a single shot but its actually many shots cleverly edited together

[@barel8741]

@@Ponlets thats correct, in my opinion it is insanenly challenging

[@Ponlets]

@@barel8741 the hardest part would not be the camera motion so much as getting the actors to move properly i might see it tonight to see what everyone clamors about

[@yashwantlohar4884]

Incredible

[@gaminghardx]

Proud, that one of the studios that did this was in Bangalore!

[@juliehopkinson2036]

Disney and visionary director Jon Favreau invite you to experience a grand, epic adaptation of the award-winning, global phenomenon, the Lion King. Brought to life like never before with an all-star cast, this Lion King rules and roars.

[@grainfrizz]

Mind-blowing is an understatement

[@z1ph0n3]

astonishing

[@pa9615]

You can still cry about "animals dont show emotions" but the cgi has reached an unbelievable realism level and for me the person who loves to observe animals in nature it was something beautiful.

[@thevozhd9846]

Yeah.... 🥰

[@wantedwario2621]

Its all in the texture work

[@shastrakar1]

This is how humans will remember " see kids that called lion " its a animal

[@florianluttgens8609]

The lighting and textures look so realistic! Incredible Job!

[@Journey_and_Memories]

Amazing

[@juliehopkinson2036]

The greatest adventure of all if finding our place in the Circle of Life.

[@bisvizstudio1242]

If only we can travel back in time, showing people this movie, they'll surely think that human in the future has successfully train animals to talk because of those realistic graphics.

[@bubbaboosstonerreview7558]

i got lost in this and loved it.

[@carminecdinoproductions]

Beautiful...

[@zakirali8721]

insane! amazing

[@kenyong7595]

Why these VFX artist are so talented. Looks like real animals.

[@Soluchi-InfiniteCoCreatorGod]

Incredible 😊😯👍🏽

[@justinperry2520]

We can all agree that the VFX team did a great job at making the animals movements as real as possible

[@pruthirajswain9861]

Another level hard work , they could have train those animals xD

[@diegocarrillo472]

There's something that they must know: Scar's real name was actually Taka.

[@0121straipah]

The CGI was the best part of this movie. Everything else, the original is better.

[@surachestkruersaeng1312]

This isn’t live-action. It’s animation!

[@ranjiths1285]

Leo work 🦁waiting

[@angelaolivo705]

¡Es impresionante!

[@bulldog1696]

Esse filme e muito Bom recomendo

[@DriesduPreez]

I haven't seen this movie, and have no intention to. By the sound of this rendition of Circle of Life, I'm glad I didn't. I don't need to replace good memories with inferior replacements. The only attention I pay to this product is the VFX breakdowns. These studios and artists are amazing and their results breathtaking.

[@lucasromualdo7003]

@Dries du Peez i know this is your personal opinion but i think you need to watch the movie so you can rank the original and this one

[@DeityLink69]

I liked the movie,nothing beats the original but i still enjoyed it. Rather you hate it or not,you definitely have to appreciate the technical achievement that the artist did with this film,they succeeded with flying colors with the visuals.

[@juliehopkinson2036]

You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of Life.

[@X_asthetic]

I Love it

[@sungjunpark1838]

Nice

[@juliehopkinson2036]

Disney presents a Fairview Entertainment production a Jon Favreau film "The Lion King" Donald Glover Seth Rogen Chiwetel Ejiofor Alfre Woodard Billy Eichner John Kani John Oliver Florence Kasumba Eric Andre Keegan-Michael Key JD McCray Shahadi Wright Joseph with Beyonce Knowles and James Earl Jones

[@SimeonKolev]

Great! Now we do not need nature when we can recreate it that well on screen.

[@artycassy]

The circleeeee, of CCGGGIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[@GD-xn8zs]

Real like real

[@elliejf]

I hated this film, but I gotta admit the VFX was astonishingly spectacular

[@sethu5454]

Wait Leo VFX 🔥🔥

[@JediOrder14]

Where was this movie filmed

[@carminecdinoproductions]

I wanna see more African animal species added to a rerelease of the 2019 remake like crocodiles, African wild dogs, secretary birds, sable antelopes, baboons, pythons, pangolins, springhares, and other species!

[@warlordmel]

3:05 to save Time. Biggest. WhaaaaaaaaaaaaatTheFFFFF of the Video.. Inpressive as hell.. I wonder how many 0:s their graphic designers salary has. $$$$$$$$$

[@eduardciocoiu4193]

Yes

[@crazywolffan2087]

the lions/the pride looks so real and the back around is beautiful i love, love the movie!! great job people of Disney! Also please see Spirited Away its a anime but not that crazy anime its very calm and peaceful, just see it you'll see what i mean. #on KZbin the Trailer!

[@costa2794]

After seeing this, i have huge hope for transformer rotb (i know the cgi in the teaser is terrible in some parts, but its confirmed its still work in progress, so i ll wait for the final product)

[@sonitaberoog5233]

03:42 Simba VS Scar Simba💚💚💚💚💚❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Scar💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚❤❤❤❤❤

[@oren_light]

cool

[@arthurviniciusferreiramour9715]

PLEASE WE WANT THE LION KING 2

[@minaminasctftlkhttydfan9958]

I feel bad, they work so hard, on this movie, only for people to hate it, to claim it was crap and emotionless, I get that the original is better and always will be, but don’t be so harsh on them, heck, MPC shut down after working on the Sonic Movie, I love the remake, don’t be so harsh on them. :(

[@jelanijelani454]

I like this movie