Visual effects were delivered by London's Moving Picture Company (MPC), and were applied to the one thousand or so shots in this movie, though most of the effects simply painted out puppet supports and similar set equipment. Some visual effects elements, groups of birds and butterflies, were created completely in computer graphics, though others were composited as visual effects from real-life elements. Pete Kozachik explained that the trick for shooting the characters by themselves was obtaining visually interesting shots that would dependably support the directors' storytelling, saying: "The challenge is keeping the action clear and simple with lighting and composition. There's a discipline to clear storytelling with these puppets. You want to be abstract, but one can easily go overboard with these critters because they aren't as familiar to the audience as real humans. The characters don't necessarily translate the same as if you're shooting a real person. You have to consciously balance arty atmosphere and graphic clarity so as to not confuse the audience about what it is they're looking at."

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