"Invasion" was a challenging project. Late in its schedule, the decision was made to forego the practical makeup appliances of the snatcher skin, and replace them with CG elements.

Fortunately, I wasn't involved in the removal and clean-up of the practically shot appliances. However, I did have to comp a number of the CG snatcher elements onto Nicole Kidman's perfectly smooth cheeks and hands - and without the aid of any tracking markers.

CG managed to get their matchmove in the ballpark. But only just enough to make 2D tracking a monumental pain in the ass.

Needless to say, many weeks were spent getting the snatcher skin to stick. Thankfully, the comp-work itself was fairly straightforward.

Comped in Inferno and Flame.