This reel represents only a fraction of the animation work completed by ILM for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Dead Man’s Chest. It provides a good overview of the challenges we faced.

Our work ranged from a tiny hermit crab to the enormous kraken, but the greatest challenge by far was the crew of the Flying Dutchman, in particular its captain Davy Jones.

ILM used a new on-set motion-capture technique for the body movements, while all facial expressions were crafted by our animators.

The result is an amazing collaboration between the actors on set, and the animators at ILM.