Solo: A Star Wars Story

(2018)

Hybride produced 445 spectacular and innovative visual effects shots for Solo: A Star Wars Story, which marks a fourth foray into the Star Wars universe and Hybride's most important contribution on the franchise so far.

"We're particularly proud of the work we've accomplished within the production calendar thanks to our team's in-depth know-how and solid technical and administrative infrastructures that made it possible for us to meet the requirements of this large-scale project", said Pierre Raymond, President and Head of Operations at Hybride. "It is certain that the extraordinary synergy between our teams also allowed us to rise to the challenge and really push our technical limits".

 

Solo: A Star Wars Story
Solo: A Star Wars Story

L3-37 takes on a full role as an actor in the film and greatly benefits from Phoebe Waller-Bridge's performance as she was specifically chosen to play this character because of her style of acting. What bemused Hybride artists the most was the fact that the actress' performance infused "real life" into the droid. The way Phoebe moved with all the quirks of a human being, added real depth to the character. 

L3-37
Phoebe Waller-Bridge as L3-37 and Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian

"Our main goal was to be able to retain as much of Phoebe's performance as we could", said Hybride VFX supervisor Joseph Kasparian.  "Some shots have a lot of movement in them - crowds, people cheering behind L3, blaster shots and other ballistic effects - so for each shot, we had to recreate everything that had been hidden by the green portion of the suit, then prepare the plate to receive L3", added Kasparian.

The studio's work on L3 required meticulous tracking and match moving by Hybride's tracking team, otherwise the human aspect could not be reproduced or even animated at this level. The end results translate into a unique character of a disconcerting realism that seems almost human. 

Phoebe Waller-Bridge as L3-37, Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo and Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian
Phoebe Waller-Bridge as L3-37, Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo and Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian

"On Solo, Hybride has once again proven that they have the artistic talent, technical expertise, and passion for filmmaking that ILM demands of our VFX partners adds ILM VFX Supervisor, Patrick Tubach. What's more, they do it all with an unflagging enthusiasm and superb confidence, just like the namesake of our movie".

L3-37
L3-37

Hybride's work on Solo also includes the creation of explosion effects in several sequences, impressive 3D CG backgrounds for the mine and landing pad, massive set extensions for the Space Port and virtual characters in the scene where L3 is calling for a rebellion. Hybride artists also contributed to the realism of the sequence where Han Solo and Chewbacca meet and produced stage extensions for the scene where Han sees the Millenium Falcon for the first time. 

The Millenium Falcon
The Millenium Falcon

The studio also produced massive sandblasts, FX simulations and explosion enhancements for multiple sequences in the film. 

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LAYOUT / TRACKING

STEVE PELCHAT, Lead

ALEXANDRE CORBIN

ALAIN LACROIX

SAMUEL LORIAULT-GOULET

FRÉDÉRIC MEDIONI

BENOIT MORIN

TEXTURE & LIGHTING

MARYSE BOUCHARD, Lead

CHRISTOPHE DAMIANO, Lead

YANICK GAUDREAU, Lead

MÉLISSA ALMEIDA

MARIE-CLAUDE AUBRY

MICHAËL BENTITOU

JULIEN CHABOT

STEVE FRASER

FRÉDÉRICK GAUDREAU

VASSILIOS LANARIS

NICOLAS LEROY

CHRISTIAN MÉNARD

VALÉRIE VILLENEUVE

ALEXANDRE TESSIER

FX ANIMATORS

RICHARD CLÉMENT TAM, Lead

GLENN CURRY

JULIEN DUBUSSET

FRÉDÉRIC FORTIN

JEAN-FRANÇOIS GALLANT

PASCAL LORTIE LANGLOIS

GABRIEL MARTIN

DANG VY NGUYEN

TECHNICAL DIRECTORS

PATRICK PICHÉ, Lead

MICHEL BERGERON

MATHIEU LECLAIRE

MODELERS

MARCO TREMBLAY, Lead

MIGUEL BÉRUBÉ OUELLET

ANNABELLE CHEVRIER

ROBERT DE LA CRUZ

MATHIEU LALONDE

DAVID ROBERGE

VIKRAMJIT SORENSANGBAM

ANIMATORS

ALEXANDRE ALIN

MARC AUBRY

ÉDOUARD BUTTIERO

STEVE CADY

JOSEF SY

CHARACTER RIGGING

FRANÇOIS CHANCRIN, Lead

STÉPHANE JEAN-MARY

PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF OPERATIONS

PIERRE RAYMOND

VISUAL EFFECTS FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

MICHEL MURDOCK

VISUAL EFFECTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

THIERRY DELATTRE

VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISORS

JOSEPH KASPARIAN

FRANÇOIS LAMBERT

COMPUTER GRAPHICS SUPERVISORS

MATHIEU BOUCHER

PHILIPPE THÉROUX

EMMANUEL PELLETIER

COMPOSITING SUPERVISORS

OLIVIER BEAULIEU

MICHEL BARRIÈRE

BENOIT LEGROS

CREATIVE SUPERVISOR

PIERRE BLAIN

VISUAL EFFECT PRODUCERS

LOUISE BERTRAND

YANICK WILISKY

LINE PRODUCER

RICHARD MARTIN

VISUAL EFFECT COORDINATORS

JOANIE CROTEAU

CATHERINE LECAVALIER

MARTINE LOSIER

KARINA MARIANO

RESSOURCE COORDINATOR

SYLVAIN RIOUX

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

JASON BOHBOT

FÉLIX CLÉMENT

MÉLANIE COTTON

LUC DESMARAIS

STEPHAN GERVAIS

OLIVIER PAINCHAUD

COMMUNICATIONS

SYLVIE TALBOT

ANNE TREMBLAY

ADMINISTRATION

CAROLINE BÉLISLE

DOLORÈS TARDIF

SEQUENCE LEAD DIGITAL COMPOSITORS

OLIVIER GRAVEL

MAXIME LEMIEUX

SAMUEL LEPAGE-BÉDARD

DIGITAL COMPOSITORS

MATHIEU BOUDREAU

ÉLOI BRUNELLE

MATTHIEU CHÂTELIER

Gabriel Couture-Bojanowski

ASHISH DEWAN

MAXIME FERLAND

MATHIEU GIRARD

VÉRONIQUE GUAY

NADINE HOMIER

BRUNO-PIERRE JOBIN

XAVIER LAROCQUE

MARTIN LARRIVÉE

FRANÇOIS LEDUC

ELSA LEMIRE

LOUIS-ALEXANDRE LORD

JOCELYN MAHER

BELLY MINGMUONG

ALICE PÉPUJOL

SEBASTIEN RIOUX

CYNTHIA RODRIGUEZ

MAURICIO SALAS

PAUL SAINT-HILAIRE

KATY SAVOIE

GUILLAUME ST-AUBIN

JULIE THERRIEN

VÉRONIQUE TREMBLAY

RAPHAËL VALLÉ

JEAN-FRÉDÉRIC VEILLEUX

MOTION GRAPHICS

GEOFFROY LAUZON, Lead

PAINT & ROTO

LÉA VUILLEMIN, Lead

JAMES DANIEL HAINES

JUSTIN HÉBERT

MÉLISSA LAFRAMBOISE MAILLÉ

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

JEFF BLOUIN

ERIKA NORMANDIN

MARIE-EVE ST-AMOUR

CHRISTOPHE TRUDEL