IndieWire recently sat down with director Boots Riley to talk about the stop-motion animation, miniature photography, and practical visual effects at the heart of I Love Boosters. Riley goes deep on his decision to pair stop-motion sequences directly against live-action footage — a technique he describes as deliberately unreal, but in a way audiences haven’t seen before. He also discusses the complex miniature chase sequence built practically by the Blind Beagle VFX team rather than rendered digitally — the kind of in-camera miniature work that has defined Christopher Lee Warren’s career across decades of Hollywood productions.
For directors and producers curious about what practical visual effects and miniature photography can bring to a film, this interview is a clear example of why filmmakers keep coming back to the craft.
