MPC’s work on Disney’s 2016 version of The Jungle Book earned an Oscar. The entire jungle and all the animals were created with CG — the only “real” thing in the movie is the young actor playing Mowgli, which meant he had to be filmed in such a way as to be carefully matched with the animated elements added later. So this shot, for example, begins with Mowgli hugging a model of one of his animal chums, filmed in front of a blue screen. This unaltered shot is known as a “plate”.
