Ka Whawhai Tonu

Client: Akeake Ltd
VFX Supervisor: Frank Rueter

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

Using art department plans of the fort and Google earth images of the location, I built a rough model of the fort and surrounding landscape in Unreal Engine, then used it to create previs to block out the optimum drone movement and shooting angle throughout the shot to help minimise the VFX work and keep the budget down. 

After the shoot I created basic concept art to help with the vfx bidding process for adding CG British troops, showing different densities of troop numbers, from one thousand to three thousand, as well potential troop placement and movement.