Ka Whawhai Tonu

Client: Akeake Ltd
VFX Supervisor: Frank Rueter

I was on-set VFX supervisor working on a hero drone shot showing the British attacking a Maori pa (fort), which was to be augmented with CGI British troops.

Using Unreal Engine and art department plans of the fort and the location, I built a rough model of the entire location in Unreal Engine, then created previs to work out the optimum drone movement and the shooting angles throughout the shot to help minimise the VFX work and keep the budget down.   

After the shoot I created concept art to help with the bidding process, first showing different variations of troop numbers, from one thousand to three thousand, as well potential troop placement and movement.