Visual effects company Milk has released a video detailing how it helped to create 259 shots for Netflix’s drama about the infamous interview between Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew.
Led by VFX supervisor Ciaran Crowley, along with 2D supervisor Henning Glabbart, the team at Milk had to create and deliver the VFX and environment work for the royal residences featured in the drama from scratch.
The most complex VFX craft was creating the CG environments, said the company. Milk used DMP and 2.5D projections to accurately recreate Buckingham Palace and added CG cars and crowd elements outside the gates along The Mall.
Speaking about the process, Crowley said: “It’s always an interesting challenge to accurately reflect such iconic buildings such as Buckingham Palace and to do it justice with VFX. Scoop is a contemporary show with many topical and recognisable British scenes in it. The ambition is always to make post production so slick that you wouldn’t know it’s VFX at all! We had a great relationship with Dazzle Pictures, who did all New York environment work, Red Ring Entertainment and NetFX.”
