![]() ![]() “For starters, we had finished practical shooting season five in February, so when we went into lockdown mid-March, our in-house team was already well into post with the season’s seven vendors.” ( Rocket Science VFX, Spin VFX, Mavericks VFX, MARZ, Torpedo Pictures, Geoff Sayer and Krow VFX.) “Thankfully, we had a lot of things going for us,” begins Krista, who works for The Expanse production company, Alcon Entertainment. COVID-19 arrived, substantially impacting productions worldwide (with some projections stating the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns delayed at least 60% of scripted television programming worldwide.) The Expanse visual effects team had to produce ambitious visual effects at high volume and high quality in this atmosphere of upheaval, disruption, and remote work. The spectacle and scope are astounding.įor series five, however, the team faced a new challenge unlike any before. Character narratives move outside the Rocinante to locations new and old-from a future Earth suffering rising sea levels and overpopulation to breathtaking ship-to-ship battles in the depths of space. Krista Allain, VFX Producer on The ExpanseĪnd season five is The Expanse’s most ambitious yet. And with 2,000+ visual effects shots per season, that’s no mean feat-especially when the quantity also comes at a level of quality praised for accuracy by the scientific community. She’s now delivered visual effects across multiple seasons of the much-loved sci-fi, The Expanse. VFX Producer Krista Allain is no stranger to challenge. ![]() Below, she reveals how the creative team used cineSync to adapt, collaborate, and connect through lockdown for the critically acclaimed sci-fi’s latest season. Following our first article on Amazon’s The Expanse season four, we caught up with VFX Producer Krista Allain to discuss how things changed between the show’s previous season and its most recent: season five. ![]()
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