When entertainment industry veteran Mark Kolpack, VFX supervisor for Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., began assembling a team to support the series back in 2012, he needed both strong internal and strong external resources to ensure that the shows effects held up to Marvels exceptionally-high standards. After all, this was their first live-action show. The work needed to be in line with the quality of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).