PETA "Best friend" - Visual Effects Breakdown

VFX breakdown starts at: 01:29



Find out all about the case and its background story right here: https://www.mackevision.com/references/peta-best-friend/



Ridiculously cute, deceptively true to life and 100% computer-animated – this is Lucky.



The short movie “Best Friend”, created for animal rights organization PETA, also marked the launch of the first element in Mackevision’s character pipeline: Emotional Creatures. The premiere can be viewed on TV, in movie theaters and online. Star of the show is Lucky – a piglet who is little Mara’s best friend.



Client: PETA e.V.

Production: Fahle Film UG

Producer: Veith Unger

Director: Nathalie Lamb

DoP: Christoph Schuman

Gaffer: Patrick Lang

Production Design: Jacqueline Lang

Production Design: Christina Mast

Costume: Astrid Hildebrand

Editing: Ann-Kathrin Matthes

Sound Design:Johanna Roth



VFX Producer: Francesco Faranna

VFX Supervisor: Christian Zilliken

Animation Supervisor: Bernd Nalbach

CG Lead: Emanuel Fuchs

Compositing Lead: Julian Körrenz

Compositing Lead: Jan Burda



Executive Producer: Heiko Burkardsmaier

VFX Coordination: Paul Maresch

VFX Coordination: Iggy Rau

Consultant Supervisor: Juri Stanossek

VFX Set Supervision: Rouven Dombrowski



VFX Editorial/Grading: Tobias Pfeiffer

VFX Editorial: Jörg Wohnsiedler

Pipeline Developer: Axel Mähler

Pipeline Developer: Henry Weickert

Matchmove: Frank Rosenkränzer



Character Designer: Christian Leitner

Lighting: Sebastian Plank

3D Generalist: Henrik Soeltzer

3D Generalist: Marco Wilz

Rigging: Jakub Krompolc

Hair, fur: Lukas Gotkowski

Hair, fur: Jaroslaw Handrysik



Animation: Maciek Wojtkiewicz

Animation: Dastin Hoffman

Animation: Dorian Knapp

Animation: Mariia Prokopenko

Simulation: Lisa Ecker

Compositing: Mauricio de Oliveira

Compositing: Gus Martinez

Compositing: Peter Lames

Compositing: Lukas Fabian

Compositing: Constantin von Zitzewitz

Compositing: AnhKhang Huynh