Chernobyl

‘Chernobyl’ was never about telling the story through gratuitous, scary visuals with the intention to shock. Instead it was to be completely story driven where VFX would provide support for the drama in every shot. Any VFX had to feel and look authentic and ultimately – plausible. While many VFX shots had live action plate integration, there were also many full CG shots which also had to seamlessly match the tone, style and feel of the surrounding drama shots.

Overall the team delivered about 550 shots for the series, designing the reactor #4 building inside and out, developing complex destruction and smoke simulations, creating CG vehicles like cars and helicopters, animating crowd, etc.

Power plant disaster explosion

'Chernobyl' | VFX Breakdown

'Chernobyl' | Behind the Scenes Part 1

'Chernobyl' | Behind the Scenes Part 2

'Chernobyl' | Behind the Scenes Part 3

'Chernobyl' | Behind the Scenes Part 4

Chernobyl - Compositing VFX Breakdown 

Chernobyl - FX VFX Breakdown 

'Chernobyl' | Trailer

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