By: Dee, Willow, Christina, and Isla
In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, there was some really great special effects so we’re going to tell you some of them:
- The animals (and Groot) are played by people in suits that sense their movement and then they’re shown as animals (or Groot) on the screen.
- Did you know that the person who is the actor for Rocket for how he moves also plays a character in the movie? His name is Sean Gunn and he plays the character Kraglin. Rocket’s voice acting is done by an actor named Bradley Cooper.
- When the human actors touch Rocket, it’s usually a foam replica of Rocket. Same for most of the animals like Lila.
- In the hall fight scene, all the aliens are not actually there–they’re digital–so actors have to act like they are attacking something when there is nothing there. Later someone edits the scene to make it look like there were aliens.
- In the hall one fight scene, a woman swings from a pole, and then someone takes that scene and edits it so that it looks like she swung from Groot’s arm.
- Just a fun fact: When the Guardians of the Galaxy sign breaks, it symbolizes the friends having to break up at the end of the movie.
- When working on Rocket, the designers had to figure out what he would look like at each stage of evolution from normal raccoon kit to the evolved/mutated Rocket who could walk and talk like a human.
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 was nominated for an Oscar for Visual Effects. The Oscar was won by Godzilla Minus One.
