BlueBolt VFX Breakdown - Outlander Season Eight

Led by VFX Supervisor Nic Birmingham, BlueBolt created 160 VFX shots to support the eighth and final season of the epic time-travelling adventure Outlander.

BlueBolt worked closely with overall VFX Supervisor Jon Neill, recreating key late eighteenth century environments for the American settlement of Savannah, Georgia, where the main characters Jamie and Claire are based. The team created CG set extensions for the characteristic Savannah estate homes and 360 degree aerial establisher shots of Savannah town and harbour - transforming and combining shoot locations in Scotland and Derbyshire.

The main focus of the work was a devastating fire at the print shop. The dramatic scene was built up using a combination of specifically filmed 2d fire and destruction elements, with volumetric CG FX smoke and smoke elements to support the increasing crescendo of the scene - in which Fergus enters the burning building to rescue his children. There was a co-ordinated effort between FX, led by Tim Jones, and Compositing, led by Giuliano Vigano. The final moments play out across the settlement rooftops. This part of the scene was shot against bluescreen and all the surrounding rooftops were created in 2.5D by Tamara Toppler, based on location photography.

BlueBolt also created and animated the iconic blue Forget-me-not flowers, accelerating their growth, unfurling and blooming to support their very significant, recurring appearance at the series magical time-travel location of Craig na Dun, to complete the circular story arc of this well loved series.

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