MPC - Taj Mahal VFX Breakdown (2015)

Taj Mahal directed by Nicolas Saada (2015)

This VFX breakdown showcases the work on Taj Mahal. The film depicts the rescue of a young woman trapped inside a burning hotel during the terrorist attacks that struck Mumbai on September 26, 2008. As the real location could not be used for filming, the sequence relied on a hybrid approach combining footage shot in Mumbai, partial sets built in France, and extensive visual effects.

MPC Paris, operating at the time under the name Mikros VFX, handled full facade reconstruction, digital set extensions, and fire and smoke simulations created in Houdini. A key technical challenge was maintaining seamless continuity between real and digital elements, with particular attention to lighting, scale and atmosphere, ensuring the visual effects remain invisible and fully integrated into the live action.

SYNOPSIS
November 2008. When her parents go out for diner, Louise, 18-years old, finds herself trapped in a room of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai during a terrorist attack.

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CREDITS
Directrice d'affaire : Marie-Ange Rousseau
Etalonneur : Jacky Lefresne
Responsable Cinéma Numérique : Mathieu Leclercq
Superviseur DI : Jean-Baptiste Le Guen
Coordinatrices DI : Anaïs Meuzeret, Pauline Bouyer
Responsable Labo : Nicolas Daniel
Coordinatrices rushes : Amélie-Anne Chuche, Eloïse Guigno
Opérateurs rushes : Fabien Beraudo, Jonathan Brabant, Elodie Doudoux, Grégory Patris
Opérateurs archivage : Jérémy Beaulieu, Julien Hérou, Aurélien Klintzig
Responsables PAD : Sophie Lagoutte, Naïma Taiebi
Opérateurs PAD : Mathieu Cavillon, Antoine Salvi
Responsable Planning Labo : Vanessa Jacquet

Superviseur VFX : Hugues Namur
Chef de projet : Manon Le Bas
Coordinatrice : Eloïse Guigno
Superviseur 3D : Mickael Girod
Responsable Matte Painting : Guillaume Provot
Responsable Houdini : Pierre Villette
Superviseur compositing : Lucie Bories
Graphistes 3D : Laurent Borenstein, Clément Deltour, Emmanuel Denis, Matthias Dolphenes, Boris Kaufmann
Compositing : Barthélémy Beaux, Anaïs Lacoste, Guillaume Noël, David Sanchez, Florent Godin, Randy Gudin
Stagiaires compo : Thibault Chartier, Bertrand Taillandier
Générique déroulant : Maxime Cordier, Quentin Letout
Responsable Planning Studio : Isabelle Renaud
Responsable Studio : Benoit Holl

MPC Liège
Superviseur VFX : Guillaume Pondard
Chef de projet : Gaël Durant
Coordinateur : Loïc Poës
3D Matte Painting : Alex Rouil
Props modelers : Romain Couturiaux, Clémentin Massin, Elodie Chelot
Tracking / Rendering 3D : Thibaut Couwenbergh
Graphistes compo : Morgan Hardy, Anais Lacoste, Marie Maulet, Fabienne Mouillac
Stagiaire compo : Nicolas Gillard
Responsable studio : Bernard Devillers

Montage Making-of : Léa Latassa
Musique : Kabul - Robert Edwards (MYMA), Antalya - Robert Edwards (MYMA)

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