Under the direction of Barry Jenkins, MPC explored his unique style while bringing the Pride Lands to life. Combining artistry and technology, the team delivered detailed VFX that capture the essence of the story. Led by Production VFX Supervisor Adam Valdez, Animation Supervisor Daniel Fotheringham, VFX Producer Barry St. John, MPC VFX Supervisor Audrey Ferrara, and VFX Producer Georgie Duncan, more than 1,700 artists, production crew, and technologists at MPC created the visual effects for Mufasa: The Lion King. A few notes on the scope of the project: More than 1,700 artists, supervisors, and production crew contributed to the making of “Mufasa: The Lion King” at MPC. Storage requirements hit 25 petabytes which is the equivalent storage of 5.6 million DVDs. Rendering the film in final quality took 150M hours. It would take a single computer 17,123 years to complete.
DP: How did you first join the project for Mufasa: The Lion King?Audrey Ferrara: In summer 2020, right in th...
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