<P> Principal photography took place entirely on sound stages at L.A. Center Studios in downtown Los Angeles . The animal characters were created entirely in key frame computer animation, with the assistance of footage of real animal movement, the actors recording their lines, and performance capture for reference . The production team underwent a thorough process to realistically convey the animals' speaking, while still making them perceptually believable to the audience . Favreau researched earlier films featuring anthropomorphic animals--including Walt Disney's animated features, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Bambi, as well as modern films such as Babe--and adopted certain techniques from those films into The Jungle Book . Nearly 70 separate species of animals native to India are featured in the film, with several species being portrayed as "150% larger" than their actual counterparts . </P> <P> Jim Henson's Creature Shop was brought in to provide animal puppet figures for Sethi to act against, although none appear in the finished film . The animal puppets were performed by Artie Esposito, Sean Johnson, Allan Trautman, and April Warren . Favreau utilized motion capture with certain actors, expressing a desire to avoid overusing the technology in order to prevent evoking an uncanny valley effect . </P> <P> Moving Picture Company (MPC) and Weta Digital created the film's visual effects . MPC developed new software for animating muscular structure in the animals . Around 1,000 remote jungle locations in India were photographed and used as reference in post-production . Weta was responsible for animating the King Louie sequence, with visual effects supervisor Keith Miller adding that, "It was important for Jon to see Christopher Walken in the creature . So we took some of the distinctive Walken facial features--iconic lines, wrinkles and folds--and integrated them into the animated character ." Favreau expressed desire in wanting the film's 3D shots to imbue the abilities of the multiplane camera system utilized in Disney's earlier animated films . At Favreau's behest, the idea was extended into the film's version of the Walt Disney Pictures opening production logo, which was recreated as "a hand - painted, cel - animated multi-plane logo" in homage to the animated films of that era, also incorporating the word "Presents" in the same style as the 1967 film's opening credits . The film's ending also features the original physical book that opened the 1967 film . </P> <P> Director Jon Favreau and composer John Debney sought to recreate the Fantasound experience Walt had in mind . When mixing the soundtrack in Dolby Atmos, as Favreau said, "we isolated instruments when we could . And in the sound mix, we created a Fantasound mix . If you see the film in Atmos, you will feel that there are instruments that move around the theater ." A mention for Fantasound appears in the film's closing credits . </P>

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