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Designing movie creatures and characters : behind the scenes with the movie masters / Richard Rickitt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Singapore : Page One Pub., c2006.Description: 176 p. : col. ill. 26 cmISBN:
  • 981245358X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN 1995.9.C36  .R424 2006
Summary: 2. how Weta Workshop beganSummary: 3. how Walt Conti builds swimming robot sharks and whalesSummary: 5. how Patrick Tatopoullos creates his stunning designsSummary: 6. how moolds, creature suits, eye mechanisms, and masks are constructedSummary: 7. how dedicated artists bring characters to life in front of the camera, using suits, makeup, animatronics, puppets, masks, and CGI. Includes a history of creatures and special effects in the movies, featuring Ray Harryhausen and other screen legends who have inspired today's artists.Features interviews with dozens of designers, illustrators, painters, sculptors, makeup artists, and special effects gurus, and explains how they work, how characters were brought to life, what inspires designers to create, and the skills and technologies they have pioneered. Also includes hundreds of behind -the -scenes shots, concept illustrations, sketches, and designs: mini biographies and filmographies: a glossary of specialist terms: and features on key manufacturing techniques.Summary: Reveals the inside story of how creatures of the imagination are brought to life onscreen-told by the makers themselves, and illustrated with exclusive, behind-the-scenes shots from hundreds of movies. Discusses the following:1. inspirations and motivations of the skilled artists
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Reference Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference PN 1995.9.C36 .R424 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3AEA0000316033

Originally published by RotoVision SA, c2006.

2. how Weta Workshop began

3. how Walt Conti builds swimming robot sharks and whales

5. how Patrick Tatopoullos creates his stunning designs

6. how moolds, creature suits, eye mechanisms, and masks are constructed

7. how dedicated artists bring characters to life in front of the camera, using suits, makeup, animatronics, puppets, masks, and CGI. Includes a history of creatures and special effects in the movies, featuring Ray Harryhausen and other screen legends who have inspired today's artists.Features interviews with dozens of designers, illustrators, painters, sculptors, makeup artists, and special effects gurus, and explains how they work, how characters were brought to life, what inspires designers to create, and the skills and technologies they have pioneered. Also includes hundreds of behind -the -scenes shots, concept illustrations, sketches, and designs: mini biographies and filmographies: a glossary of specialist terms: and features on key manufacturing techniques.

Reveals the inside story of how creatures of the imagination are brought to life onscreen-told by the makers themselves, and illustrated with exclusive, behind-the-scenes shots from hundreds of movies. Discusses the following:1. inspirations and motivations of the skilled artists

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