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johnnyB
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Lots of VFX stuff, and keeper of the #spockalypse Known to post on twitter.
Jun 27, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
During the view conference talk, @halhickel referenced how original Star Wars camera moves had ships and backgrounds that did not necessarily use the same camera move .. going to start a small #VFXarchaeology thread on how those ideas worked and were applied. Probably one of the best examples I’ve ever seen explaining how to build a Star Wars camera move.
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vimeo.com/122058147
Jun 19, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Deep Dive on the Dianoga:
#VFXarchaeology

p1 "According to Lucas, the monster in the trash compactor sequence, which was called “Dia-noga” in the script, was intended to be “a giant, sort of filmy, clear, transparent jellyfish… " p2 "...that comes shooting out of the water.” Due to complications with the special effects crew, who proposed an alternative giant “brown turd that was bigger than the set,” the filmmakers compromised on the one tentacle seen in the picture..."
Jun 19, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Are these the ILM insert shots? Could that be Joe Johnston in there? I would say, based on posture, it is JJ on the left
May 23, 2020 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
After one year of development, with George in a near heart attack panic, the team throws together a shot that required no blue screen or motion control, with a spaceship model made out of two KFC buckets.

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Photo from Star Wars Behind The Scenes Society on FB The model was placed in the miniature setting, and dropped straight down. Shot with a rack-over Mitchell camera, the camera operator took great care to remember to push the lens back into position (Having experienced not doing so at some other point in his career)