‘Dune: Prophecy’ VFX Team on Pulling Off That Ice Storm Sequence and Returning to Arrakis

Dune Prophecy’s season finale sees Valya trapped in a chilling nightmare. She’s on a frozen lake, battling fierce winds and a relentless blizzard. In the scene, she finds herself trying to save her brother Griffin from drowning in an ice hole.

The harsh environment reflects her inner torment and emotions. As she crawls across it, black snow falls, and the lake starts to crack.

Set-wise, there was a flat representation of an ice field, but that didn’t give the VFX supervisors a sense of depth and value. Their challenge was that the scene needed to feel like ice. It was also important that they weren’t doing effect for

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