The Lord of the Rings
Visual effects supervisor Eric Saindon was tasked with the challenge of creating Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. "When we did Gollum, no one had really done a CG creature mixed with live action that you were supposed to believe was just a creature in the scene," he said. Saindon's VFX team invented the technology that brought Gollum to life—and they won an Oscar for it.
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War transformed an 8,000-acre farm in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia into the fields of Wakanda. Trees that were indigenous to Africa were added to the terrain, as well as a makeshift river. Although it appeared as though thousands were fighting on the battlefield, there were only about 70 actors and stunt performers—CGI added 500 digital people and about 10,000 beasts.