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4. The Environments - Monsters
Before he made Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and The Creator, British science fiction bigwig Gareth Edwards broke through with 2010's Monsters.
A sci-fi horror, Monsters takes place in a world where a spaceship crash leads to an invasion of Earth by huge creatures with hideous tentacles.
The film is set primarily in Mexico and a lot of the filming actually took place there, along with various other South American countries, but since the budget for the movie was just $500,000, Edwards had to get creative when it came to building his world.
Most of the background shots, the signs, the bits of wreckage etc., were done using special effects, and not just any special effects, but software you could buy in a regular PC store. Edwards spent five months putting together all 250 CGI scenes for the film and the end result was something that looked about 100 times more expensive.
Monsters is a truly stunning film with a great story behind it, and hopefully its success made up for so many of Edwards’ sleepless nights.