TV Series
The Rings of Power - Season 2
The Yard VFX
For Season 2 of The Rings of Power, The Yard VFX was the sole French studio entrusted with delivering approximately 250 visual effects shots, including 11 full-CG sequences, across all eight episodes. A large portion of the work centered on Khazad-dûm, the legendary Dwarven realm, where The Yard created complex CG environments combining monumental underground architecture with natural elements like waterfalls, subterranean lakes, and mineral-rich terrain. These environments required meticulous attention to lighting and compositing, balancing deep shadow, torchlight, and carefully directed natural light to support the tone and scale of the narrative.
The FX work encompassed a wide range of technically demanding simulations, including art-directed destruction, waterfalls and flowing rivers, dust and debris, atmospheric elements, flames, crowd interactions, and cloth dynamics. For a pivotal sequence centered around the character Gurdreth, The Yard produced two full-CG shots depicting a massive explosion and its environmental consequences. This involved not only executing the FX simulations, but also to helping define the conceptual approach to key elements such as the blast itself, cloud behavior, impact on surrounding rivers, and evolving atmospheric conditions.
CREW
Senior VFX Supervisor : Laurens Ehrmann
VFX Producer : Audrey Lagnous
Executive VFX Producer: Virginie Wintrebert
VFX Coordinator : Gladys Georges
Associate VFX Supervisor : Aymeric Auté
CG Supervisor : Louis Marsaud
Compositing Supervisor : Julien Martins
Department Supervisors and Digital Leads : Corentin Bachelet, Jean-Bastien Bellot, Mathieu Caré, Noemie Cauvin, Tom Fonvillars, Gregory Ginsburger, Antoine Goethals, Fabian Nowak, Hadrien Palanca, Denis Scolan
Production and Support : Aurèle Boquet, Constant Bourgon, Apoliine Bruere Dawson, Brandon Castel, Kevin Cordier-Royer, Lucas Coulmance, Mattéo Ehrmann, Julien Haudegond, Marja Maccotta, Gianni Manno, Jeff Neglokpe, Victor Pécoste, Maella Rethaber, Maden Roubert, Maureen Sanguy
Artists : Jordi Alavedra, Louise Aubertin, Sandro Bertchi, Chloé Berthier, Jory Bertrand, Kevann Boussac, Tiphaine Courbo, Nicolas Daguin, Arnaud de Mullenheim, Christophe Dehaene, Stephan Dumoulin, Antoine Gandon, Bertrand Garnier, Pierre Herzig, Ariel Imounga, Victor Jarnoux, Karim Jeday, Jerome Jourdain, Camille Juge, Théo Lelardeux, Ryoma Leneuf, Helloïs Marre, Gabriel Martinez, Eddy Martinez, Josselin Masdevall, François Masle, Angela Mikrut, Bora Min, Gabriel Mori, Benoit Paillard, Pierre Pereira, Frédéric Perrin, Romain Perrin, Jeremy Pierre, Amélie Rey, Matthieu Richet, Marta Rodriguez-Noriega Nava, Isabelle Rousselle, Michel Seretis, Guillaume Siadous, Anthony Stedman, Sebastin Tafani, Jean-Yves Teillet, William Trameaux, Mathieu Trevisan, Maxime Trichet, Romaric Vivier, Charles Zoller
Executive Staff : Marie Afriat, Harry Bardak, Muriel Lorach, Alexis Oblet
SOFTWARE
Maya, Houdini, Nuke