Created primarily by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) , the film featured groundbreaking CGI. The robots were composed of over 60,000 individual vehicle parts and 12.5 million polygons, with each transformation hand-crafted by animators rather than automated.
Two alien races, the heroic Autobots (led by Optimus Prime) and the evil Decepticons (led by Megatron), bring their ancient civil war to Earth. Transformers 1
Despite the heavy CGI, Michael Bay utilized extensive practical explosions and stunt work, such as tearing a real bus in half for the Bonecrusher battle scene. Plot Summary Created primarily by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)