Episode 296 - Matt Akey and Aldo Ruggiero - Crafty Apes, “The Babysitter: Killer Queen”

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recently released on Netflix,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Babysitter: Killer Queen</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is director McG’s gory follow-up to his equally bloody 2017 comedy-horror,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Babysitter</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Assisting with the blood, guts and mayhem this time is Crafty Apes, a rising studio that’s crafted effects for movies and TV series including</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stranger Things</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thor: Ragnarok</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Birds of Prey</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joining Chris are Crafty Apes’ Executive VFX Producer Matt Akey and VFX Supervisor Aldo Ruggiero. As well as talking about working with McG on</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Babysitter: Killer Queen’s</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">invisible and very visible effects, they discuss where Crafty Apes fit into the overall scheme of effects houses, photogrammetry versus LIDAR, why they love working for streaming services and how they’re integrating virtual production into their future plans.</span></p>