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Description acceptable. A talk by Jason Bayever notes that rendering this character took 30 hours per frame, partly because they uniquely used sub-surface scattering in the fur. A green-tinted image (-5[1])of this character provides the thumbnail for a YouTube documentary calling attention to “fixed bids”, foreign tax breaks, and other unsustainable practices in the VFX industry. A huge uproar was caused by the company Rhythm & Hues (-5[1])going bankrupt just before winning an Oscar, largely for their work on this character. (15[1])In a CGI-heavy scene, this character is told “Tell me what you see”, followed by visions like a giant squid attacking a whale that breaks up into a variety of animals. The VFX tool Massive was used in the scenes where this non-human character encounters thousands of (*) flying fish, as well as an island with thousands of meerkats. For 10 points, name this photorealistic character from a 2012 Ang Lee film mostly set on a lifeboat. ■END■ (10[4])

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