While we were introduced to T’Chalia/Black Panther (portrayed by Chadwick Boseman) early on in Captain America: Civil War, we had to wait until the mid-credits scene to get our first look at his home of Wakanda, a technologically-advanced African nation.
Imagine Engine, a Vancouver-based visual effects studio, was hired by Marvel Studios to create that stunning establishing shot of Wakanda. Their artists were given just five weeks to make a photorealistic Wakandan jungle, featuring mist and fog wafting through a vast canyon, “sheer cliffs, rock pinnacles, waterfalls, a thick jungle canopy and a monumental panther statue.”
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The panther statue was sculpted (computer-generated) to appear as though it was made of vibranium, the fictional and nearly-indestructible material used in Black Panther’s superhero-suit and Captain America’s shield.
“If you go too polished and too refined for a sculpture it diminishes its scale,” explained Image Engine visual effects supervisor Robin Hackl. “Our lead lookdev artist Adrien Flanquart was responsible for a huge component of this shot. He established the shading characteristics and the scale of the cracks and displacements of the panther, illustrating that this sculpture was in fact 500 feet tall, not just 40 feet tall.”
Check out Imagine Engine’s VFX breakdown of Wakanda in the video below.
Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War finds Steve Rogers leading the newly-formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity, but after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers, resulting in two camps—one led by Steve Rogers and his desire for the Avengers to remain free to defend humanity without government interference, and the other following Tony Stark’s surprising decision to support government oversight and accountability.
The film stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Emily VanCamp, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd and Frank Grillo, William Hurt and Daniel Brühl.
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and produced by Kevin Feige. Louis D’Esposito, Alan Fine, Victoria Alonso, Patricia Whitcher, Nate Moore and Stan Lee served as executive producers. The screenplay was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.
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