{"id":37917,"date":"2025-01-20T10:55:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T10:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/xilam-on-the-legendary-animation-behind-twilight-of-the-gods\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T10:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T10:55:51","slug":"xilam-on-the-legendary-animation-behind-twilight-of-the-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=37917","title":{"rendered":"Xilam on the legendary animation behind Twilight of the Gods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With <em>Twilight of the Gods, <\/em>released on Netflix in September 2024, Xilam took on an ambitious adult animated project on a scale never before attempted at its studio. The story, created by Zack Snyder and Jay Oliva, is inspired by Norse mythology. The series follows Leif, a mortal king, and Sigrid, a warrior with an iron will, on a quest for vengeance against gods and demons. From inhospitable landscapes to bloody battlefields they embark on a perilous journey \u2014 a high-tension adventure, driven by love, betrayal and ordeal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xilam.com\/en\/\">Xilam<\/a>, known for their work on series like <em>Oggy and the Cockroaches<\/em>, <em>Space Goofs <\/em>and <em>Zig &amp; Sharko<\/em>, is a major player in France\u2019s animation industry, combining creativity and technical expertise since 1999 to make internationally successful animated productions. With more than 2,700 episodes and several feature films, including J\u00e9r\u00e9my Clapin\u2019s <em>I Lost My Body<\/em>, nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2020 Academy Awards, the company, founded and managed by Marc du Pontavice, has greatly expanded the scope and scale of their projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With <em>Twilight of the Gods<\/em>, Xilam had to take on new technical challenges to meet Netflix\u2019s lofty expectations: managing complex battle scenes, integrating 3D into a large-scale 2D project, and creating high quality 2D animation. We met with with Vincent Roche (technical director at Xilam) and Lilian Penzo (deputy technical director of 2D animation) to understand how <em>Twilight of the Gods <\/em>marked milestones in their respective careers, as well as in the evolution of Xilam itself. They told us about their career journeys, their own experiences in the trenches, and the technical challenges they overcame to successfully complete this production.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was originally written in French by V\u00e9ronique Dumon with the assistance of Luca Zutz.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Twilight of the Gods | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xyFKgPpdYdc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Official trailer for <em>Twilight of the Gods<\/em>. The series is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/ca\/title\/81153122\">now streaming on Netflix<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technical directors at the heart of innovation<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI come from 3D productions, but I have been working in animation for fifteen years, exploring different positions in 2D and 3D,\u201d explains Vincent Roche, who has been in his position for nearly seven years. His development has led him to occupy technical director positions, with expertise in complex 3D projects.<\/p>\n<p>Lilian Penzo joined Xilam six years ago as a 2D Rigger leader. \u201cMy role today is to set up the necessary pipeline, tools and software to achieve the final design requested,\u201d she says. Lilian prior experience in animation includes work on the <em>Kikoumba <\/em>series for TF1 at Blue Spirit and <em>The Minimighty Kids <\/em>at Red Frog studio.<\/p>\n<p>This project represented a new challenge for them. \u201cI have worked on feature films like Titeuf, le film, but Twilight of the Gods remains a big first for me, due to its prestige and its format,\u201d confides Vincent. The unusual format \u2014 a series of 8 episodes of 26 minutes created and, in part, directed by the Zack Snyder (whose previous films include <em>300<\/em>, <em>Justice League <\/em>and <em>Rebel Moon<\/em>) required new skills and organization. Lilian, for her part, also understood the atypical nature of this production in her career, which required all of her expertise in 2D.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151608\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151608\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151608\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151608\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151608\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151608\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-3-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151608\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-3-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151608\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-3-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151608\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-3-520x293.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151608\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-3-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151608\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Production still from <em>Twilight of the Gods<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>The challenges of large-scale production<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Twilight of the Gods,<\/em> originally envisioned as an entirely 3D production, was quickly redesigned in 2D. This strategic reorientation led to reworking all the designs and animatics in 2D within a very tight deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 3D, the manufacturing of assets can become very complex and time-consuming, especially when there are a large number of characters with very different sizes and shapes as in this series,\u201d said Vincent Roche. \u201cWe have pipelines that we adjust according to the series we produce. There is no single pipeline; we choose the tools that seem best suited to each project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team opted to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonboom.com\/products\/harmony\">Toon Boom Harmony<\/a>, a tool regularly used by Xilam, particularly for productions requiring rigs or mixing 2D and 3D. With eight episodes to produce (including a 42-minute season finale) and tight deadlines, production spanned two years and involved more than 150 people across Xilam\u2019s four studios.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151620\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151620\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151620\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151620\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151620\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-4-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151620\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-4-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151620\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-4-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151620\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-4-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151620\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-4-520x293.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151620\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-4-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151620\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Production still from <em>Twilight of the Gods<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>A collaborative production pipeline<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Organized between Xilam Paris and the three satellite studios \u2014 Xilam Lyon, Xilam Angoul\u00eame and Armada TMT in Vietnam \u2014 this collaborative structure made it possible to distribute tasks best suited to the specialties of each studio, an essential point for meeting the deadlines of a large-scale production. The weekly touchpoints between Xilam and Valkyrie, the company created by Zack Snyder, also made it possible to streamline the collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Lilian Penzo details the process: \u201cAfter the storyboards, layout and the tracing of the backgrounds, the animation was done mainly in Paris and Lyon. Then Armada, took care of in-betweening, cleanup, and coloring.\u201d The artistic direction of the series was also an adjustment: \u201cCompared to Xilam\u2019s usual productions, which are more cartoon-oriented, Twilight of the Gods had much more detail. We had to find solutions as we went along to simplify certain tasks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To meet these demands and save time, the team incorporated 3D elements at several stages of the process. \u201cFirst, we modeled certain objects in 3D, such as horses, some heads, and weapons. These models were imported into Harmony to serve as reference. The animators could then redraw directly on the model, adjusting the object as necessary.\u201d This method allowed them to maintain the precision and fluidity required by the production, while speeding up the production of particularly complex scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Other solutions combining 2D and 3D were implemented. \u201cFor example, for the horses, we created rigs in our 3D software and animated trot and gallop cycles. These cycles were then exported in FBX format to Harmony. There, the animators can use these animated models to redraw each frame of the gallop by emitting the camera as desired,\u201d explains Vincent. H<\/p>\n<p>armony, thanks to its native ability to import 3D objects, was a key asset. This process evolved over the course of production: at first, the 3D was only used as a reference for the animators. Gradually, the team kept certain 3D models until the end of the shots, particularly for objects such as weapons.<\/p>\n<p>A bridge tool with Blender allowed the 3D models to be exported for frame-by-frame rendering, re-imported into Harmony as a colorized 2D sequence. This made it easy to add 2D shadows while maintaining the graphic style and requiring complex 3D treatments. This hybrid approach simplified the process on repetitive elements, while maintaining the flexibility of traditional animation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151628\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151628\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151628\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151628\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151628\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151628\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-2-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151628\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-2-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151628\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-2-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151628\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-2-520x293.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151628\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-2-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151628\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Production still from <em>Twilight of the Gods<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>A 2D\/3D Alliance for Epic Combat<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For the crowd and battle scenes featured in the last two episodes of <em>Twilight of the Gods <\/em>, the team chose to integrate the 3 using the solution from Golaem, a French company founded by St\u00e9phane Donikian that develops crowd creation tools that make it easy to fill 3D scenes with characters or airborne objects, ranging from a few units to thousands. A first for the Xilam studio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s difficult for a 2D production to animate a large number of characters simultaneously,\u201d said Vincent Roche. The clashes between thousands of characters required a suitable solution. Golaem, integrated into Maya, made it possible to simulate the movements of soldiers in a realistic way. The creation of 3D assets being a time-consuming step, it was only used for the basic soldiers, the heroes and heroines being too varied and different.<\/p>\n<p>Once the soldiers were created in 3D and the battle scenes simulated, the scenes were imported into Harmony so that the team could animate the other characters in 2D. \u201cThis required some work to parallelize the pipeline,\u201d Vincent said. \u201cThis is something we\u2019ve done on other projects before, but not on this scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project required 300 shots where 2D and 3D coexist, and each shot required careful management to coordinate the two formats while ensuring a seamless result. \u201cWhat\u2019s new here is the intensity of this work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151640\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151640\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151640\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151640\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151640\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151640\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-1-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151640\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-1-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151640\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-1-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151640\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-1-520x293.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151640\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-1-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10151640\/Twilight-of-the-Gods-Press-Image-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Production still from <em>Twilight of the Gods<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Xilam reaches new milestone<\/strong>s<\/h2>\n<p>The project allowed Xilam to once again showcase their team\u2019s abilities outside of children\u2019s animation. As with <em>I Lost My Body<\/em>, <em>Twilight of the Gods <\/em>reinforced the studio\u2019s capabilities in ambitious adult animated projects, which required new talent. \u201cThe scale of the project forced us to recruit new artists, particularly experts in this style,\u201d explains Vincent Roche. The existing teams were also enthusiastic about the idea of participating in a more adult, action-oriented project, which created a buzz within the studios.<\/p>\n<p>Lilian Penzo emphasizes that this project has been a constant learning opportunity. Each stage of the project has allowed us to become aware of what could be improved, often discovering aspects that had not been anticipated at the beginning. This has led the technical team to review its way of thinking and working, and involved the creation of new tools. It was a process that required creativity, flexibility and expertise at every step of the way.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/06141336\/Twilight-of-the-gods-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26862\" width=\"767\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/06141336\/Twilight-of-the-gods-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/06141336\/Twilight-of-the-gods-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/06141336\/Twilight-of-the-gods-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/06141336\/Twilight-of-the-gods-1-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/06141336\/Twilight-of-the-gods-1-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/06141336\/Twilight-of-the-gods-1-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cdn3.toonboom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/06141336\/Twilight-of-the-gods-1-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Production still from <em>Twilight of the Gods<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Twilight of the Gods, released on Netflix in September 2024, Xilam took on an ambitious adult animated project on a scale never before attempted at its studio. 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