Art of VFX
Interview With Aleksandar Pejic – VFX Supervisor – Cinesite

How did you create the shots with Yennefer setting fire to the forest with her magic energy?
This is the final battle and I don’t want to give much away in terms of spoilers, but it’s a pretty epic sequence involving Yennefer creating a massive fire using magic powers from energy bolts coming out of her hands. It involved CG fire on a massive scale which took a couple of months to create, with the first month spent entirely on shot set-up. FX TD Evrim Akyilmaz did a great job. That solid foundation was vital and meant that making changes, later on, was much more straightforward. The second month was spent adapting the speed and look of the fire, as the client required.