How Chloé Zhao’s Unique Approach to ‘Eternals’ Impacted the Film’s Visual Effects

thewrap.com:

“Eternals” feels completely different from every other Marvel Studios release, and much of that has to do with writer-director Chloé Zhao’s unique approach to the material – largely skipping green screen sets in favor of natural locations, favoring outdoor lighting, and a generally more philosophical approach to the material and characters that is mostly missing from other Marvel Studios productions.

Watch any five minutes of the movie, and you can tell how unique it is – both in the Marvel Studios ecosystem and in big budget filmmaking in general.And this approach can be felt in the visual effects as well, which somehow have an earthier texture too.

TheWrap recently spoke with Stephane Ceretti, the VFX Supervisor on “Eternals,” and Matt Aitken, WETA Digital VFX Supervisor (he previously oversaw the end battle on a little movie called “Avengers: Endgame”), about how Zhao’s approach shaped the visual effects, what it was like bringing an ancient god to life, and everything you wanted to know about Pip the space troll but were afraid to ask.What was it like bringing Chloe into this world?

Because she comes from such a different background. And obviously is someone who, I’m assuming, would want to take charge of these kind of things.Stephane Ceretti: And she did.