How Peter Dinklage's Avengers: Infinity War Scenes Were Filmed

Avengers: Infinity War

retaliator : Infinity Warhad a few surprises up its sleeve for fans - among them , the reveal ofGame of ThronesstarPeter Dinklage as Eitri , the nanus who forged Mjolnir and the Infinity Gauntlet . Thor takes Rocket and Groot to Nidavellir , home of the dwarfs , to obtain a weapon adequate to of defeating Thanos . However , when the Hero of Alexandria make it they find that the massive star - smithy is insensate , the dwarfs have been killed , and Eitri ’s manus have been encased in metal . Oh , and it turn out that overshadow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are actually ten feet tall .

Though Marvel movies have been criticized for theirsub - par CGIin the past , Infinity Warboasted some moderately impressive personal effects - most notably , thenew and improved version of Thanos . Now that the movie is out and the veil of silence has been lift , we can learn more about how some ofInfinity War ’s core particular outcome were achieved .

talk toArt Of VFX , Method Studios ' VFX executive program Greg Steele explained in detail how the sequences dress in Nidavellir were create . Given the amount of VFX thatInfinity Wardemanded , theworkload was divide across several dissimilar studios , and Method worked on the component of the moving-picture show featuring Thor , Groot and Rocket ’s quest . For Eitri ’s scene , the size difference between Eitri and Thor was created using the one-time - school filmmaking proficiency of forced perspective :

For those shots , because of metre challenge with the talent , the directors were willing to restrict themselves to nodal tv camera moves [ a make , rotating camera ] , which would allow us to cursorily move through evenhandedly simple forced position apparatus of the A and group B English of the guesswork . We would shoot the A side with Thor , then in the same position on set and in the same lighting shape , we would bring in some portable bluescreens and shoot the Eitri plate , accounting for the shell dispute by scaling down the camera family relationship to the beginning tip that Eitri was standing on .

Of naturally , Infinity Wardirectors Anthony and Joe Russo could n’t practice nodal camera moves throughout all of Eitri ’s fit . During the moments when the characters are moving through the environment , what you see on screenland is a " digi - double " ( a CG adaptation of Eitri create using apparent movement gaining control ) . Method also produce the teen version of Groot , based on video references of Animation Supervisor Keith Roberts ' 15 year - erstwhile boy . " The drooped psyche , and long dangly arms of someone growing into their teen body really captivate the teen angst [ Visual Effects Supervisor Dan DeLeeuw ] was look for , " Steele explains .

on the whole , Method Studios created 410 VFX shots forAvengers : Infinity War , with a squad of around 220 mass - and that was just for one of the motion-picture show ’s storyline ! Be sure to check out the full interview for more item of how the team brought Groot and Rocket to spirit , and how they designed the various Nidavellir setpieces .