"Tales From The Loop" Season 1 | VFX Breakdown
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VFX work behind Amazon’s neo-futurist semi-anthology TALES FROM THE LOOP. Visual effects are of course key to any sci-fi fable, but maintaining a balance with the naturalism of this sci-fi fable gave the VFX team more than enough to manage. To take point, supervisor Andrea Knoll enlisted the aid of Rodeo FX (Stranger Things 3, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) to take point as lead vendor.
Led by Robert Bock, the team at Rodeo FX gets the credit for breathing life into the more fantastical elements of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag’s original vision. Four robots (three moving, one static), Paul Schneider’s mechanical arm, and countless environmental elements went into the work, comprising a world that feels both painterly, humanistic and lived-in yet sharp, tech-forward and brand new. In all, Rodeo FX contributed over 700 shots to the series, a record for the firm.
Before & Afters:
PRODUCTION Amazon Studios
SHOWRUNNER Nathaniel Halpern
DISTRIBUTOR Amazon Prime Video
OVERALL VFX SUPERVISORS Ashley Bernes, Robert Bock
OVERALL VFX PRODUCER Andrea Knoll
Rodeo FX Crew
VFX SUPERVISOR Julien Hery
VFX PRODUCTION Don Kennedy
ONSET SUPERVISOR Robert Bock
CG SUPERVISOR Laurent Pancaccini
ANIMATION SUPERVISOR Yvon Jardel
COMPOSITING SUPERVISOR Rex Alerta
ART DIRECTOR Olivier Martin