Roxel Creative Shares Backrooms VFX Breakdown Reel
Roxel Creative has released a breakdown reel showing the visual effects work behind Kane Parsons' film Backrooms.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Science Fiction
Roxel Creative released a VFX breakdown reel for Kane Parsons' film Backrooms. The reel tours the film's world of empty yellow rooms through successive passes from previs to final grey renders with added detail.
Why it matters
The reel offers a look at how the film's environments were built, from early previs and stuntvis through layout and set extensions. It shows the production pipeline behind a film set in an endless series of yellow rooms.
The reel credits Track VFX with camera matchmove and Outlanders VFX with additional compositing support. Calvin Romeyn served as associate VFX supervisor and as Roxel Creative's VFX supervisor, generalist and compositor on the work.
The players
Roxel Creative
Roxel Creative is a visual effects studio that produced the breakdown reel for Backrooms.
Calvin Romeyn
Calvin Romeyn is a visual effects supervisor and compositor who worked as associate VFX supervisor on Backrooms.
Kane Parsons
Kane Parsons is the filmmaker who directed the film Backrooms.
The details
The breakdown shows previs, stuntvis, a top-down map of the full CG layout, set extensions and ceiling top-ups. It also includes grey renders filled in with furniture, clutter and fluorescent light, a suburban alley built under a yellow ceiling, and a stunt plate of a woman tumbling down a stairwell against bluescreen.
Timeline
Roxel Creative released the reel on November 6, 2026.
Behind the Scenes
Breakdown reels like this one document the layered CG workflow that film studios now use, moving from previs and layout to final composited shots. The reel fits within that practice of publicly showing how digital environments are assembled for sci-fi and horror productions.
The reel gives viewers a look at the visual effects work behind the film without changing how or where the film can be watched. It offers a preview of the film's visual approach for audiences following its production.
The takeaway
Watching how a film's environments are built layer by layer shows how much work goes into creating a convincing digital space. Viewers interested in visual effects can use reels like this to understand the craft behind the images they see on screen.
Further reading
For more on this kind of genre filmmaking, see Science Fiction.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Animation World Network.
