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Overview of How To Train Your Dragon — créatures & animation
2025·VFX / Animation / Concept art / Previsualization

How To Train Your Dragon — créatures & animation

Concept · Animation · VFX

Framestore details the journey from concept to animation for Toothless and the other dragons: anatomy studies, filming puppets, flight and simulations. Director: Dean DeBlois; production VFX supervisor: Christian Mänz.

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Overview of Paddington in Peru
2024·VFX / Animation

Paddington in Peru

Framestore · Dougal Wilson · Alexis Wajsbrot · Pablo Grillo · Sylvain Degrotte · Mark Curtis

Young Paddington appears among ferns, with a red flower on his head. Framestore’s case study explains the animation and visual effects work on Dougal Wilson’s film, from sketches to previs and compositing. This is a production case study, not the full film.

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Overview of Gravity
Project·VFX / Animation / 3D

Gravity

Production study published by the studio. Check out the images and credits to understand his contribution to the visual effects.

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Overview of Paddington
Project·VFX / Animation / 3D

Paddington

Production study published by the studio. Check out the images and credits to understand his contribution to the visual effects.

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Overview of Mickey 17
Project·VFX / Animation / 3D

Mickey 17

Production study published by the studio. Check out the images and credits to understand his contribution to the visual effects.

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Overview of Wicked
Project·VFX / Animation / 3D

Wicked

Production study published by the studio. Check out the images and credits to understand his contribution to the visual effects.

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Overview of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Project·VFX / Animation / 3D

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Production study published by the studio. Check out the images and credits to understand his contribution to the visual effects.

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Overview of Fantastic Beasts — Magic Leap
Project·VFX / Animation / 3D

Fantastic Beasts — Magic Leap

Production study published by the studio. Check out the images and credits to understand his contribution to the visual effects.

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Overview of Guardians of the Galaxy
Project·VFX / Animation / 3D

Guardians of the Galaxy

Production study published by the studio. Check out the images and credits to understand his contribution to the visual effects.

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Overview of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Project·VFX / Animation / 3D

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Production study published by the studio. Check out the images and credits to understand his contribution to the visual effects.

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Overview of Fantastic Beasts: Art Department
Project·Concept art / Preproduction

Fantastic Beasts: Art Department

Creature research carried out with production designer Stuart Craig: anatomy, silhouettes and coherence of a bestiary.

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Overview of Doctor Strange
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Doctor Strange

Set deformations, digital doubles and astral forms: a production study on the construction of magic in the image.

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Overview of Arrival
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Arrival

Study of the final sequence: atmospheric effects and visual integration serving Denis Villeneuve's story.

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Overview of The Legend of Tarzan
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

The Legend of Tarzan

Animated creatures, digital doubles and jungle: the studio details the difficulties of making these elements believable together.

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Overview of Now You See Me 2
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Now You See Me 2

Visual effects designed for the film's illusions: an example of collaboration between staging, simulation and compositing.

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Overview of Deadpool
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Deadpool

Action sequences produced by Method Studios in 2016, now integrated into Framestore. The official file traces this contribution.

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Overview of The Martian
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

The Martian

Space plans and Martian landscapes: technical research, rendering and visual effects built around scientific references.

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Overview of Pan: Art Department
Project·Concept art / Preproduction

Pan: Art Department

Visual development of Neverland from the initial pitch to concepts for the VFX and animation teams.

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Overview of Pan
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Pan

Construction of a fantastic world where digital environments extend the settings and camera movements.

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Overview of Everest
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Everest

Creation of a credible mountain based on expedition references: atmosphere, snow, relief and integration of stakeholders.

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Overview of Ant Man
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Ant Man

Creation of ants by Method Studios in 2015, now integrated into Framestore: concept, anatomy and animation.

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Overview of Mad Max: Fury Road
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Toxic Storm produced by Method Studios in 2015: volumetric effects and visual intensity. Historical credit preserved by Framestore.

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Overview of Avengers: Age of Ultron
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Vision character development and associated effects: a study on digital characters and their integration into shots.

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Overview of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

A gallery of digital creatures and Rocket's animation work: character expressions, intentions and consistency.

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Overview of Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Fantastic creatures and action: production study of the visual effects of the second Shazam film.

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Overview of White Noise
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

White Noise

A study of the effects of White Noise, carried out with Noah Baumbach: preserving the tone of the film in retouched shots.

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Overview of Slumberland
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Slumberland

Animated pig, giant geese and dream settings: the preview accompanies the construction of a fantastic universe.

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Overview of The School for Good and Evil
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

The School for Good and Evil

Preview and visual effects: creature design and fantasy sequences for Paul Feig's film.

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Overview of Beast
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Beast

Animation of the digital lion: presence, weight and threat in the scenes facing the actors.

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Overview of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Project·VFX / Animation / CGI

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Digital doubles, simulations and environments across the multiverse: study of the plans designed by the London teams.

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