We didn’t want to have something that felt too magical or would require complicated visual effects in every shot, so we had to come up with a hybrid solution that has practical silicone wings that were hand-painted that we could use in shots without flying and then come up with ways to quickly transition into the CG wings.
One of the most immediate worries was how to pull off the fairies and the wings.
We wanted to make sure we had a way to solve it that felt natural and organic, that these people were just a part of the world.