Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
For the movie Dragonheart (1996), VFX studio @ILMVFX pushed the envelope of what CGI was capable of back in the day to create one of the main characters of the movie, a dragon voiced by Sean Connery.
To work around the many limitations CGi still had in the mid-90s, they came up with a very smart mix of practical and CG solutions for a key shot in the movie, in which the dragon interacts with the main character, Bowen, played by Dennis Quaid.
Do you think the shot still holds up today?
For the movie Dragonheart (1996), VFX studio @ILMVFX pushed the envelope of what CGI was capable of back in the day to create one of the main characters of the movie, a dragon voiced by Sean Connery.
To work around the many limitations CGi still had in the mid-90s, they came up with a very smart mix of practical and CG solutions for a key shot in the movie, in which the dragon interacts with the main character, Bowen, played by Dennis Quaid.
Do you think the shot still holds up today?
