Poor Things
Yorgos Lanthimos
Chris Parks shot the in-camera fluid effects for Poor Things (2023, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos).
The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life. Chris was approached by the production to provide events to represent otherworldly skies for this incredible film. The shots used fabric movement, ocean currents and microscopic processes as inspiration for their form.
That really influenced Shona and James, who looked at an artist named Chris Parks. He created a lot of these liquid experiments in water that influenced the visuals in the movie.
In Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things, I created the shifting, surreal skyscapes that help to create the unique world of the film. … These elements were then passed to the VFX department who composited them with the action playing out below.
