Chris

I think it’s unlikely that ILM wasn’t consulted at the storyboard stage. The production team will have wanted to know how to stage the scene so as to make the best of the CGI. Certain shots, movements and lighting can make the CGI easier to produce while others make it more complex. In particular the precise amount of time the effect will be on screen has to be known from the outset because that feeds in to post-production timing and cost.