Working with Film Service Babelsberg, Mimic Productions captured Demeter’s geometry and surface reference for a production-ready digital double. The asset supplied the film’s VFX team with a detailed, adaptable representation of the live animal.
Services
3D scanning
Digital animal double
Modelling
Texturing
Blendshape modelling
Brand
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Client
Film Service Babelsberg
Format
Feature film asset
Release
2023
Animal performer
Demeter — canine
Capture location
Studio Babelsberg
Mimic’s contribution
Animal scanning
High-resolution capture of the canine performer on set at Babelsberg.
Asset processing
Scan cleanup, detailed modelling and texturing to translate the animal’s physical likeness into a digital asset.
Blendshapes
Expression and deformation shapes that supplied tools for the downstream animation process.
Inside the project
Project questions
Which animal was captured?+
Demeter, a canine performer scanned at Babelsberg.
What is Mimic’s credited role?+
Scanning and digital asset development, including modelling, texturing and blendshapes.
