When the makers of Carnival Row, a new series on Amazon Prime Video, set out to tell their story of mythological immigrant creatures whose homelands are invaded by mankind, they needed to fill out this world with exotic locations set in what appears to be Victorian times. The places are inhabited by both humans and the winged fae, who must co-exist in a place that isn’t quite like our world but still had to feel as real as possible.
Starting with practical photography captured in Prague, a swathe of visual effects artists delivered set extensions and fully CG environments to help depict Carnival Row’s locations.
3D World asked Mr. X and Important Looking Pirates, who worked under overall VFX supervisor Betsy Paterson, about their particular contributions, including the tools and techniques used for their environment creations on the show.
CARNIVAL ROW, ITSELF
A main area seen in the series is the slum neighbourhood of Carnival Row in ‘the Burgue’ where the magical fae have been relegated to. The show follows the faerie Vignette Stonemoss (Cara Delevingne) who escapes to this world of man. She has also had, previously, a frownedupon relationship with Rycroft Philostrate (Orlando Bloom), an Inspector of the Burgue Constabulary.
In general terms, production designer Francois Seguin delivered set designs for the Burgue that extended to a certain height only, with some greenscreen sections included where VFX would take over. Mr. X were then tasked with extending the buildings and streetscapes, which also included an elevated tramway.
“It was influenced somewhat by steampunk,” says Mr. X visual effects supervisor Matt Glover. “We would look at Glasgow, Edinburgh and other European cities. And they built such a great set that a lot of it was ingrained in the photography and we would just match to it.”
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