Most Visual-Effect Shots in an Independent Film

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Los Angeles, California, United States / February 28, 2025

LIGHTS, CAMERA, PIXELS! Indie action-horror A Breed Apart explodes past the finish line with a certified 1,034 visual-effects shots packed into its feature-length runtime, earning the world record for Most Visual-Effects Shots in an Independent Film.

Director-producer Griff Whitt and his lean-and-mean post team stitched together CG canines, matte-painted islands and frame-by-frame clean-ups that turn every minute into a digital playground—proving that indie budgets can still deliver blockbuster spectacle. Think you can render even more? Fire up your own pipeline and Beat It!

- Film must be an independent production, made without majority financing or creative control from a major studio (e.g., Disney, Warner Bros., Universal).
- Film must be a completed, feature-length narrative of at least 70 minutes.
- A “visual-effects shot” is any shot that includes imagery created, manipulated, or composited outside live-action capture — CGI, digital environments, animation, matte paintings, or digital enhancements; colour grading alone does not qualify.
- Each qualifying VFX shot must be unique to the final locked picture; duplicated or reused shots are counted only once.
- The total VFX-shot count must be verifiable via a time-coded VFX breakdown or shot list that maps every shot to its location in the finished film.
- Submission must include: (1) final cut of the film; (2) VFX breakdown reel or time-coded shot list; (3) signed statement from the VFX supervisor or producer confirming the shot count and independence status.

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