'De Geheimen van Barslet' | VFX breakdown

Waterland Film and director Boris Paval Conen contacted Planet X FX early in 2010 for the ambitious, seven-part drama series ‘De Geheimen van Barslet’.

The key moment in the series is a ‘rain’ of fish, lasting 30 to 60 seconds, on the village square of Barslet, a scene that recurs in every episode. All seven main characters in the series experience this miraculous happening in their own way. The viewer follows each character individually, but the ‘rain’ on the village square connects them all. It was up to Planet X FX to find a way to make these raining fish scenes (270 vfx shots) convincing.

In this vfx breakdown you'll see before and after comparisons, behind-the-scenes footage and different stages of development to reveal the secrets of the rain of fish we created using Maxon's Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects.