See How ILM Created DOCTOR STRANGE's Mirror Dimension and Time Warp Scene
Today is the last day for Oscar voting, and some people at Industrial Light and Magic are hoping to lock down a win in the Best Visual Effects category thanks to their work on Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange. The company has been sharing a few cool VFX reels on its YouTube page to potentially sway the minds of any last-minute voters, and we get to reap the benefits by peeking behind the curtain and seeing all of the amazing work they put in to creating the film's insane visual landscape.
First up is a dizzying look at the creation of the Mirror Dimension:
And finally, here's a quick look at the movie's masterful climactic battle, in which a fight happens forward in time as the city around the characters is reconstructed instead of destroyed: