Godzilla treads on unlucky Manhattanites. Redesigned by creature creator Patrick Tatopoulous, the beast was rendered in maquette form, cyberscanned in pieces at Viewpoint DataLabs, and then reassembled and animated at Centropolis Effects using Softimage. While VistaVision was utilized for certain shots, the first unit's 35mm footage made up the primary background material for the digital star.