Deconstructing VFX of MKBKM : Bollywood News

Pink Buffalo

For pre-production we did extensive preparations like making detailed storyboards, studying reference material and scouting locations. This was a well-planned project and the director has demonstrated his clarity of thought and expectation, one of the highlights of the movie was where Harry (Pankaj Kapur) frequently hallucinates and sees a Pink Buffalo. The buffalo is either lying on his bed or walking up to Harry, chewing and even smiling at him. The brief was to make it look very tender and clean. It was crucial to position the buffalo exactly where intended while shooting, For example, in one scene the animal was to lie on the actors bed, whereas in a party scene we needed the buffalo to walk between people. The next challenge was the buffalo constantly chewing and breaking into fleeting smiles. Since it was impossible to include the buffalo in the actual shots, we shot the buffalo as a separate layer. We modeled the buffalos head in CG where we had the crucial task of making it look photo-realistic with textures, muscle movement, fur and realistic animation.