The Dogged Pursuit of Character in Live-Action Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp features 1,150 visual effects shots that were created over nine months, with the main vendors being Framestore and Weta Digital with MPC being brought in later on during the post-production process.

“Framestore built Lady and Weta Digital built Tramp,” states Weaver. “The houses would share as few assets as necessary. Lady and Tramp needed to be shared because they were in almost every shot, but Peg and Bull were in Weta Digital’s court. We were smart about how we divvied up the work so we didn’t have to match another house’s asset. If two people do the same asset it is difficult to make them look and feel as the same character.

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