Amazing Pacific Rim VFX Reel

The folks at Rodeo FX have shared this incredible video effects breakdown from the work they did on Guillermo del Toro’s summer smashbot film, Pacific Rim. It’s astounding to see the shots come together with the actors and props in front of green screens and the after effects applied. In addition to the environment and immersive 3d matte paintings Rodeo FX provided, they were also responsible for all the variations of the interior Jaeger head shots, which included building and animating a complex CG rig used to control the actions and movements of the robots – a seamless photo-real blend of both CG and practical FX.