Feature Film Sequence
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Eclipse Spaceship Reveal
Fin Design + Effects
This large-scale FX sequence required the creation of a fully CG spacecraft rising from the Thames River in central London, combining complex water simulation, environmental integration, and high-detail asset rendering. Fin Design + Effects led the sequence development using Houdini for large-body fluid simulations, including dynamic interaction with water surfaces, splashes, wake trails, and environmental spray. Real-world tidal references and fluid dynamics studies were incorporated to ensure physical plausibility while maintaining cinematic impact. The spacecraft model—detailed with moving mechanical components—was rendered using Fin’s GPU-based pipeline, allowing for high-resolution outputs under tight deadlines. The CG environment of the Thames and surrounding cityscape was reconstructed for accurate reflection, shadowing, and water interaction. The entire shot series was composited in Nuke, using multi-pass rendering and deep compositing workflows to manage scale, depth, and FX layering. The result was a highly integrated and physically grounded sequence that marked one of the film’s most visually arresting moments.
Crew
Visual Effects SupervisorROY MALHI
Visual Effects Producer DANIELA GIANGRANDE
CG Supervisor JURI MEJAN-FRIPP
Associate CG Supervisor JONATHAN RAVAGNANI
Comp Supervisor AARON BARCLAY
Animation Supervisor DARREN REA
Visual Effects Executive Producer ALASTAIR STEPHEN
Visual Effects Editors MATHIEU BOURGUIGNON
Visual Effects Editors BETTY NG
Visual Effects Production Manager SAPPHIRE SHEEDY
Visual Effects Production BETH HAYWARD
DAINA ANDERSON
DARIENNE ALPHONSO
KERIM COL
PIERCE WASHBURN O'TOOLE
SARAH MACPHERSON
Asset Supervisor MATHIAS LAUTOUR
Lead Lighting TD PETER KOBER
CG Leads JAMES BLEAKLEY
JONATHAN RAVAGNANI
JOSHUA TILBROOK
NATHAN LANE
OSCAR MEDINA
PETER SPINAZE
CG Artists AARON BRIEN
AASHKA KAPASI
ADRIAN LIM
AMANDINE COMES
ANISH KRISHAN
CALEB JONES
CAMERON TYLER
CHAYSE McKAY
CHIHARU YAMASHITA
CHRISTINE KRUMPHOLZ
CLAUDIO MOREIRA
DAMIEN PAON
DAN BRYCE
DAVID VOIGT
DOMINIC FRANCIS
ELEANOR WINCH
ELIZA ATKINS
ELLIE ANSELL
FOX WYSOCKI
HSIN-YI FAN-CHIANG
HUGO LAGRANGE
JACOB STREET
JAMES CLIFT
JARED BRUCE
JEFF DRIVER
JEREMY TAYLOR
JORDEN MARTIN
JOSEPH SWEENY
JURI BRYAN
KIEREN SHINJO
KK LIU
LUIGI DURANTI
MAHDI MANAR
MAHESH BALAKRISHNAN
MARC PURNELL
MATTHEW DOREY
MIKE THOMSON
MITCHELL COOTE
PETER LEE
PHIL SLOGGETT
ROD MARCH
SAMY BRUTOUT
SHANE BROUWER
SON PHAM
STEPHANIE TOMOANA
TIM STREETS
TOM ALLISEY
YOGA RAVI
YUKARI KAWASOE
Roto Paint Lead MOUNIKA KYATAM
Roto Paint Artists ANDREW KYUSANG CHO
JONNY WILLIAMS
RACHEL FOO
TINA HA
RUBEENA KING
Compositing Leads ARCHIE DOWELL
CHRIS DAVIES
HEATHER ECK
MATTHEW WYNNE
Compositors ADAM PRIEST
BERTRAND POLIVKA
BILLY WONG
CHRIS VAN NOY-MARCH
DANIEL WARD
HENRIQUE PACCI
JOHN N. MAYER
KIM NGUYEN
MICHAELA DANBY
NAIDU AKULA
PAUL WICKE
PHOENIX BATCHELOR
RICHARD HALL
RYAN BASA
SAURABH TRIPATHI
SCOTT BRICE
TAKAHN HUNTER
TOM CHANNELL
WILL HACKETT
YOAV DOLEV
Roto Paint Lead MOUNIKA KYATAM
Roto Paint Artists ANDREW KYUSANG CHO
JONNY WILLIAMS
RACHEL FOO
TINA HA
RUBEENA KING
STEWART KIRWAN
SOFTWARE
Autodesk Maya