Sunday, October 27, 2013

The work behind special effects


  • A quicker way to do makeups and concepts is 3D printing, instead of spending time doing drafts they can do that on a computer program and then print it out. But Coulier still prefers sculpting by hand, I agree because there's some things that you may not end up with that you like that you won't get on the computer program.
  • High definition film has made special effects a bigger challenge since the camera can pick up every wrinkle and imperfection in makeup so they need to make them look more authentic.
  • The film World War Z had about 5,000 makeups. They did makeup for nearly every zombie in that movie! Not really, but that kind of work takes some real dedication. Even if the audience was just going to glance at that zombie.


I really liked how they used nylon socks covered with silicon to give Daniel Radcliffe webbed fingers, they didn't have to get too technological with this one.
Coulier says that in the end what matters most in the movie is a good script. So true! It wouldn't be a great movie if all they had was good special effects. But I agree, the script comes first before anything else when it comes to films.

This article is making me think about horror films and how I haven't seems a good horror movie in years. Which is why i switched my favorite movie genre to fantasy/action movies. Bonus points if Charlie Day is cast in the movie for any reason. When will there be a new, good scary movie be released?

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