Building moana's kakamora barge

Disney's "Moana" was set in an environment inspired by the Pacific Islands, which made the ocean a prominent setting throughout the film. For much of the film, we found it necessary to treat our oceans like we would our hero characters, and so we ...

The art direction of Moana called for the use of hand-drawn animation to be intimately mixed with the primarily CG film. This direction pushed us to develop new workflows in order to not only achieve the very specific look but also allow for the direct ...

Disney's Moana was the largest and most complex water project the studio had ever undertaken. Over 900 shots required ocean interaction, which included boat wakes, splashes, shorelines, walls of water, and highly art-directed sentient water. Our ...