The streets of Los Angeles that appeared in "Blade Runner 2049" were made of miniatures

movies"Blade Runner 2049"The stage is similar to the previous work" Blade Runner "in Los Angeles. The garbled townscape is still alive and it feels a strong respect to the previous work even from the trailer and the like, but it is not only about "imitating the atmosphere", but also sticking to creating the townscape with a miniature rather than synthesizing it It was hidden.

Weta Workshop - Blade Runner 2049 Miniatures - YouTube


This video is a VFX Production CompanyWeta WorkshopIs published on YouTube.

The first thing that appeared in the video is Alex Funke. He was awarded the Academy Award Special Achievement Award by visual effect at "Total Recall" in 1990. "Blade runner" is a work that played an extremely important role in movie history from the viewpoint of "visual art", so the point of expressing Los Angeles using its miniature at its sequel "Blade Runner 2049" is very interesting It was said that it was.


First of all, about the building of L.A.P.D (Los Angeles Metropolitan Police) who is the workplace of the main character · K.


Flow time of 30 years in Sakuchu situated a number of buildings in Los Angeles, especially large building among them has been carried out design on the premise that it is the Los Angeles Police Department.


Once the design roughly solidifiesPre bizThe 3D modeler will create the 3D model of the building at the time when the design is OK. In this 3D model the parts are divided finely ... ...


Print parts with 3D printer.


From there we will assemble miniatures.




Exterior of K's residence. Ventilation fans and outdoor units are installed and written until doodling.


Even if it says "miniature", it is quite huge, so when you carry it you will have two people.


Fiber optic cables are passed through in miniatures to express lighting and aircraft fault lamps.


Next, the garbage mountains scene.


From large ones like steel frames to everything that is small and something I do not know, all kinds of garbage are scattered, and if I thought that making CG would have been serious, this was also made with miniatures.


We are overlaying colors to become old fashioned paint.


This is attaching a slack wire.


When you pass this miniature world with a crane camera ......


It looks as if you are jumping through the mountain of garbage.


The end is "Wallace Tower". It is the building of the Wallace company which manufactures replicants.


The size is about 3.5 km in height setting. The green board is a panel stretched over the surface of the miniature, and the slight length indicated by a vernier caliper corresponds to the human height.


Therefore, especially a huge miniature was made. Even if you are looking at painting work, I do not think that it is painting a very miniature wall.



It is like this when it is up. One of the joints corresponds to the size of a human being.


The streets of Los Angeles, which is raining all the time, was actually in the Weta Workshop studio in Wellington, New Zealand.


I do not think that the building of the Los Angeles City Police, which is the background, is a miniature, but the skill of Weta Workshop staff who is a big fan of "Blade Runner" is amazing.