Through a combination of layered matte paintings, iterative lighting techniques and compositing using software including Maya, Houdini, Redshift and Nuke, the VFX team created a uniquely cinematic painterly feel to the film, recreating all of nature’s immense vibrancy.

The full 3D CG animation used not only allowed us to make this a net zero production, with all of the work carried out completely remotely by teams across the world, but it meant we could bring to life so many different parts of the world in a genuinely beautiful way. The final effect was designed to appear almost handmade. Highlighting the beauty of earth through the skill a landscape painter would bring to their artwork - but done completely through computer animation. The effect also gave the story a fairytale-like quality so we could appeal to all ages and get this important message out to everybody.