They absolutely nailed it!
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In 2021, the New York studio of Framestore, the famous visual effects company, worked on several key sequences for Dexter: New Blood, and the most significant one was for episode one titled "Cold Snap". The biggest challenge for the team was to create the albino buck, which was a key symbol for our favorite serial killer's new life, as he was living away from his good-old killing ways. Read a breakdown of the scene from the CGI company and watch cool video right below!
via Framestore: One of the more challenging aspects of this project was to create a performance that felt realistic and authentic within such an intense scene. The importance of eye contact, the close proximity and relative stillness of the shots meant that the animators had to pay particularly close attention to the subtleties and tiny details that often go unnoticed in broader, more athletic movements.
“Our animation team focused on keeping all movements of our deer small, nuanced and natural while supporting the actor’s emotions, which added to the scene instead of stealing the show,” said John Montefusco, Framestore CG Supervisor.
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From placing a real deer captured in-camera onto plates, to incorporating the CG version of the butchered deer into the scene, Framestore’s effects artists replaced and sometimes augmented a practical model. The team also played a strong supporting role to the deer with delicate snow simulations that compressed and broke the snow where the deer’s feet fell, while taking a more heroic role with a number of blood effects that not only had to interact with fur but also seep naturally through the snow. This required the accurate modeling of complicated snowy topography, including melting characteristics for the fluid simulations to interact with.
“One of the pleasures of making the white buck for Dexter was in recreating a character that has been used in storytelling throughout history,” said Framestore VFX Supervisor, Nick Tanner. “The white deer has been a symbol of innocence and purity, an initiator of quests, an otherworldly messenger and a curse to those who kill it within various stories for hundreds of years. That these ideas seemed to match so well to the events that play out through the entire season provided great inspiration to the design and animation of the creature.”
Framestore also designed and executed the creation of the ‘Dark Passenger,’ a visual representation of the dark aspects of Dexter’s personality. The character appears in just a single shot, (during the dream sequence in episode 1) but directly interacts with another character (Debra Morgan) submerged in water, making for an extremely complex setup. The creative brief required the character to be recognizably human, but without clear features – distinctly indistinct. The result was a combination of fluid and solid Houdini simulations based on a live action performance. These elements were then further treated, distorted, diffused and disguised in the compositing process.
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“As it was just one shot, we were able to take rare pleasure in frame-by-frame painting on top of the CG element to further augment the character’s nebulous nature, then blend it with the original water in the plate,” said Tanner.
Watch below an impressive video with the four stages of creating the buck!
FAQs
“The white deer has been a symbol of innocence and purity, an initiator of quests, an otherworldly messenger and a curse to those who kill it within various stories for hundreds of years.
Will there ever be a season 2 of Dexter: New Blood? ›
Unfortunately, Dexter: New Blood season 2 is not happening.
How long did it take between Dexter and New Blood? ›
Starring Michael C Hall as the titular serial killer, Dexter: New Blood picks up 10 years after the original season 8 finale, and was an attempt to right the wrongs of the widely criticised ending (read our Dexter: New Blood review for more on this).
What is the show with the white deer? ›
Dexter, under the name Jim Lindsay, is living in a cabin in the woods. Every morning, he follows a routine that includes chasing a rare white deer, pointing his rifle at it, but never pulling the trigger.
What does Dexter inject into people? ›
Dexter uses Etorphine, commonly known as M99 to sedate his victims. This tranquiliser is commonly used on large animals like an elephant, on which it takes a couple of minutes to take its sedative effect.
Why does Dexter take blood samples? ›
Just before the murder, Dexter collects trophies from his victims so he can relive the experience. Dexter's trophy signature is slicing the victim's right cheek with a surgical scalpel to collect a small blood sample, which he preserves on a microscope slide.
Is Dexter coming back in 2024? ›
Tonight's the night. All eight seasons of Dexter, which consists of 96 episodes, will be available again on Netflix US on June 19th, 2024. Michael C. Hall plays Dexter Morgan in this Showtime series, which is among the greatest the network has ever aired.
Who is Dexter Morgan married to in real life? ›
How old is Harrison in Dexter: New Blood? ›
In Dexter: New Blood, Harrison returns as a 16-year-old, who tracked down Dexter after realising he was still alive. After arriving in Iron Lake to see Dexter, Harrison revealed to him that Hannah died of pancreatic cancer three years earlier, which caused Harrison to be placed into foster care.
Why was Rita written off Dexter? ›
Why Did Dexter's Showrunners Kill Off Rita's Character? Rita often felt like more of a plot device than a fully realized character. She endured an unnecessary amount of pain during her four-season run, starting at the hands of her abusive ex-husband Paul.
In the truck, Harrison finds a letter Dexter wrote to Hannah expressing his love for Harrison and why he kept him far away for all those years. Dexter not only adored his only child but he let him go to give him a better life.
Why isn't Hannah in Dexter: New Blood? ›
Hannah does not make an appearance in Dexter: New Blood, set 10 years after the original series. However, the now-teenage Harrison tells Dexter that Hannah died of pancreatic cancer. After her death, Harrison was placed into foster care, where he discovered a letter that Dexter sent to Hannah.
What is the prophecy of the white deer? ›
In Native American mythology there is the Chickasaw legend, Ghost of the White Deer. There is also a Lenape legend about white deer that predicts that when a pair of all-white deer is seen together, it is a sign that the indigenous peoples of the Dawnland will all come together and lead the world with their wisdom.
What does the white deer mean in Christianity? ›
In Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox, the white stag was partly responsible for the conversion of the martyr Saint Eustace. Eustace saw a vision of Christ between the stag's antlers and was told that he would suffer for Christ. A similar legend is associated with Saint Hubert. White Hart Badge of Richard II.
Is the white stag real? ›
The rare white stag, from the red deer species, is believed to be among just a tiny handful living in Britain, according to a conservation group. The John Muir Trust is now keeping the stag's location secret for fear of poachers.
What does Quinn do to Dexter? ›
Rivalry with Dexter Morgan
When Dexter's poorly worded testimony causes a murderer to be released, Quinn angrily berates him and shows him a picture of the dead mother and child for which Debra also berates him. Quinn later steals money from a crime scene which is witnessed by Dexter.
What is the animal tranquilizer in Dexter? ›
Etorphine is a ultra-potent semi-synthetic opioid used for tranquilizing large animals, and is approximately 3,000 times more potent than morphine. It is synthesized from oripavine, which is a naturally occurring alkaloid found in the Oriental Poppy and the Iranian Poppy, but not in the Opium Poppy.
What does Doakes do with Dexters blood slides? ›
Doakes, in the course of following Dexter, stumbles upon Santos Jimenez's remains and Dexter's blood slide collection box, and realizes Dexter's secret: He is the Bay Harbor Butcher. Doakes becomes the prime suspect in the case when he leaves Miami to get the blood slides analyzed.
What does Doakes do with the blood slides? ›
In S02E08, Doakes breaks into Dexter's apartment and finds Dexter's blood slide trophies. In S02E09, Doakes goes to Haiti to ask his old fixer Leones to get the blood slides analyzed in a hospital in the Dominican Republic.
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