Visual Effects supervisor Robert Legato says they worked to find ways to bring actual practical elements of filmmaking into the VR world in which the movie was created. They were able to set up dollies, cranes, steadicams, and even handheld cameras in the virtual set, which helped bridge the gap between two teams that can sometimes experience friction on traditional movie sets. As Legato explains, sometimes the team responsible for a film's visual effects may run up against the team responsible for the practical moviemaking--the cinematographer, the production designer, etc. A cinematographer may light a scene one way, but in post-production it may be altered to account for certain visual effects, which then alters the DP's vision. On The Lion King, Legato explains how they were able to bring these two teams together closer than ever before, to ensure the creative vision moved forward in complete collaboration. Additionally, Legato discussed the difficulty in animating the mouths of the photoreal animals in The Lion King. He and the filmmakers decided to stick to a certain rule to guide how the animals would be shown talking: they could only use muscles and body parts that actually existed, rather than twisting their faces into impossible contortions to exhibit more animated emotions.
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