‘Nope’ VFX Supervisor Reveals Secrets of Jordan Peele’s Horror Epic: From Gordy to Jean Jacket
thewrap.com“Nope,” which recently crossed the $100 million threshold at the domestic box office, is the “Get Out” filmmaker’s self-described “great American UFO story.” “Nope” is just as thoughtful and provocative as Peele’s earlier movies (“Get Out” and “Us”), but much grander in scope and more technically complex – it’s a big movie, largely filmed in IMAX, that absolutely envelops you.“Nope” follows a pair of siblings (played by Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer), who inherit their father’s horse ranch following his mysterious death. (He was struck by falling debris from something.) They come from a long line of horse trainers/stunt performers and are desperate to keep the business afloat.
But they’ve got other things to deal with – mainly the sinister flying saucer that seems to be hiding in a cloud just above their property, as well as the former-child-star-turned-theme-park-impresario living next door (Steven Yeun) who wants to buy the ranch.
This is much bigger than anything Peele has done before and he and his many talented collaborators pull it off beautifully.TheWrap spoke to visual effects supervisor Guillaume Rocheron from visual effects house MPC, about how some of “Nope’s” most unforgettable moments came to life.Major spoilers for “Nope” follow.
Do not read if you have not seen the movie. Seriously.Throughout the course of “Nope,” OJ (Kaluuya) develops a theory: what if the saucer isn’t a ship at all, but a living, breathing creature (possibly from another world but possibly from our own).
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