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With Love, Death & Robots, Netflix has ventured into the territory of animated short films. The individual episodes of the 18-part series each tell a different short story, with individual styles. You can now watch short breakdown clips for many of the episodes in the “Animiation Inside” series. For this, the creators used various techniques, from traditional animation to photorealistic 3D animation. Alongside Blur Studio, the many participating animation & VFX studios include Digic, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Platige Image, Axis, Atomic Fiction and Unit Image, among others.
Beyond the Aquila Rift
In this breakdown, Unit Image shows the approach taken to implementing the sex scene for the seventh episode. From scanning the heads and previs to the difficulty of getting in the mood in mocap suites:
Three Robots
The Witness
Helping Hand
The Secret War
The Secret War – Motion Capture
Fish Night
Shape Shifters
Good Hunting
Blind Spot
Suits
Sonnie’s Edge
Sucker of Souls
