Red Tails: Pixomondo wrecks planes and trains

For Anthony Hemingway’s Red Tails, Pixomondo drew on its worldwide resources to collaborate with Industrial Light & Magic on the film’s aerial shots and battle visual effects, which tell the story of the ‘Tuskegee’ African American pilots during WWII. Pixomondo VFX supervisor Bjørn Mayer, who shared duties with Boris Schmidt, breaks down for fxinsider the train attack and other key sequences from the George Lucas-produced film.