“Most of our shots contained some kind of creature or animation work. Often this was front and center, making you forget that the backdrop was also fully digital environments or heavily augmented. As an example, we had hordes of cg snakes crawling about in a largely fully synthetic arena. We also designed and built a large drone and ran a number of action driven digi-double shots.” - VFX Supervisor Martin Gaardeler

“We worked on a very complex sequence in the arena where a huge canister filled with snakes would be unleashed to hunt the remaining tributes. The fast-moving snake herd was a difficult challenge solved through simulation and animation. The snakes needed to interact with the arena, the actors, and themselves; on top of that, we also had to create cloth simulation for the shots where they are crawling on the actors. The FX team did a great job of bringing the snakes to life, and in some of the final shots there is hardly anything left of the original plate. It was an honor for our team to help fulfill Director Francis Lawrence’s vision for the film and to work with Adrian (De Wet) and Eva (Fizzinoglia) again.” - VFX Supervisor Martin Gaardeler