tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198569092024-03-20T01:40:46.920-07:00Movie MiniaturesAppreciating and Creating Movie MiniaturesJason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-79212539171014344972019-05-16T22:16:00.000-07:002019-05-16T22:16:11.314-07:00Looking Back at Shooting Sci-Fi Miniatures<br />
I stumbled on this retrospective from Alex Funke on his 30 years doing miniature photography for Hollywood films.<br />
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"Let’s consider the central issue in using miniatures. It is that the miniature scene must never draw attention to itself. It has to be absolutely of a piece with the photography of the real. And to do this, it must resonate with the audiences’ perception of what ‘the real’ looks like.<br />
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"The worst remark that a miniature builder or cameraman can hear is: '… wow, that was a nice miniature shot …' Oh, the horror! That is failure! That means that the viewer was pulled out of the story by the miniature effect, instead of being drawn into it.<br />
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"Utterly damning! Because as soon as the shot is perceived for what it is rather than what it represents, then the audience has been jerked right out of the story and is lost forever.<br />
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"What we must do: even though the scene has nothing to compare it to, nothing the viewer has ever seen before, he has to believe that it is consistent with his perception of the world he knows. In fact, our watchword is 'do your work, and then erase your tracks.'"<br />
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The person who posted the clip seems to have some knowledge of the behind the scenes, he answered a comment asking about the scale used by stating:<br />
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"They were larger scale 5th near camera then diminishing as you went further away. The sets were seriously forced perspective, about 20-25 ft deep... If you lifted the camera six inches you see the ludicrous fall away in scale.. The water as always, you can't really scale."<br />
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It's true about the water, and that's where the clip suffers. The overall miniature work is fairly well done, but when the levee breaks and the water comes pouring through, the fact that it's a miniature is revealed.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBySsszvJbQ">Watch the Clip Here</a><br />
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<br />Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-89052505011285388672019-05-10T12:17:00.004-07:002019-05-14T13:27:13.343-07:00Building "The Guild" HallSpecial Effects Artist Greg Aronowitz has been involved in a wide variety of interesting productions, but here's a nice little environment that was created for the Web series "The Guild."<br />
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In an entry on his blog, Greg describes why they went with a miniature over CG, the design process, as well as how the set was built and shot.<br />
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Greg describes: "Once everyone was happy with the size and scale of the white model, I bumped it up to a more suitable scale for filming. Movie miniatures are usually not small! Actually, up until ILM did Star Wars, they were often huge. This is so there is no lack of detail when the film is projected 20 feet high. The bigger the model, the more real it will look. I chose to make the Guild Hall 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. Way smaller than it would be in real life, but compact enough that it would fit in my truck if we needed to take it off lot for filming! The final scale actually ended up being ¾ inch equals 1 foot."<br />
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"Nick and Bryan spent hours gluing all of the plates around the two-tiered lower wall. They needed to line up perfectly, because remember, what might seem like a ¼ inch difference to the naked eye will look like 3 inches on camera!"<br />
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"When watching a film, you often forget how wonderful movie magic can be. This is the miniature of the Guild Hall from outside the camera. A wooden box and a few lights…But this is the Guild Hall from the camera’s point of view! I love my job!"<br />
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A lot more photos on Greg's blog post.<br />
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<a href="http://barnyardfx.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-new-year-guild-hall.html">Visit the Making of the Guild Hall </a><br />
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<br />Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-26794053495242667332019-05-09T17:19:00.001-07:002019-05-10T08:01:13.680-07:001945A - Giant Nazi Mech Short FilmWhile this short film has been around for awhile, it's a great demonstration of how miniatures can be used to add production value to a low-budget project.<br />
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Creator Ryan Nagata describes some of the behind-the-scenes:<br />
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"1945A is a presentation I made with George Edelman about an alternate timeline where the Nazis unveil all sorts of futuristic sci-fi technology at the end of WWII, turning the tides in their favor. It's essentially what 5 minutes of the feature film could look like. It was made for a budget of less than $2000. Most of the costumes were made by me for a previous project. We only had five helmets to share between actors, so I had to repaint the different markings between shoot days. Weapons like the Browning .30 caliber machine gun were made from plastic sheeting. I rigged a motor/gear system inside which moved the charging handle/bolt back and forth when the trigger was pulled. All of the tanks and vehicles are done with radio-controlled 1:6 scale models, shot at 48 frames per second. I wanted the project to have a very tangible, non-CGI feel to it. The Nazi "Spider" tank was a custom made puppet."<br />
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1:6 scale is, of course, the scale of G.I. Joe and Action Man figures and there are a variety of off-the-shelf items at this scale that could be repurposed for filmmaking, much like the Han Solo figures that were used as stand-ins for Nazi soldiers in the opening of the Ark scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPnINKwWUiY">View the Film on YouTube</a><br />
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<a href="https://ryannagata.com/">Visit Ryan Nagata's Site</a><br />
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<br />Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-90506522517956381032014-12-13T21:11:00.000-08:002014-12-13T21:11:55.360-08:00Peter from the jaw-dropping Matte Shot blog dropped by and left the following note:<br />
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a somewhat mammoth post on: 'The Magicians of the Miniature' which is
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Mammoth? That's an understatement! An amazing post with some incredible photos from the Golden Age of miniature work. And as a bonus, a shot of my favorite airplane, the Ford Tri-Motor in a miniature shot from the 1932 John Ford film, <i>Air Mail</i>.<br />
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A nice little page with some pics of Scud missile launchers used in the film <i>Stealth</i>. In the sequence, the fighter pilots attack a mountain hideaway where the missile launchers are staged.<br />
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Not much info, but as a bonus, the page includes a video of the final footage from the film, as well as raw footage of the explosive results.<br />
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<br />Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-8370577172195996082014-08-07T19:58:00.001-07:002014-08-07T19:58:38.902-07:00Behind the Scenes: Star Wars Prequel TrilogyWhile I am not a fan of the Star Wars prequels, there was some darn fine miniature work done on the three films. A thread over at the Jedi Council Forums, while old, has many behind-the-scenes photos that I have not seen before, so I decided to toss it up here. Give it a look - there are also many shots of the sets as well.<br />
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The photos in the middle below are of the crowd that watches the pod race on Tattooine. The seated figures are made from colored Q-Tip cotton swabs that would move when agitated with fans, giving a little movement to the scene. There's another link to a site that gives some more info on that bit. The standing figures are apparently from Star Wars "Micro Machines" toys. I love creative solutions like these!<br />
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<br />Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-19931720876796612412014-02-01T16:30:00.004-08:002014-02-01T16:30:51.303-08:00Behind the Scenes: The RocketeerI'm a sucker for films set in the 1930s-era, and <i>The Rocketeer </i> is an old favorite. Disney totally blew it by not giving this franchise a chance to succeed and piled on the error by releasing both the DVD and Blu-Ray editions with no special features that show how the filmmakers brought the story to life.<br />
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I went looking for anything that might give some insight into this great film and uncovered a few tidbits.<br />
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The first is the page of Michael John Cummins, who did effects work on the Nazi zeppelin used in the film. He provided a few behind-the-scenes shots of the model.<br />
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Next up is a segment showing the stop-motion work done on the film from YouTube. It appears to be from a TV show (hosted by Christopher Reeve) and it is from the scene in the film featuring a Ford Tri-Motor airplane - one of my favorite planes.<br />
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Finally, a 'making of..." show made to promote the film, titled Rocketeer: Excitement is in the Air. While only part of this show is focused on the effects, there are some interesting bits.<br />
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<a href="http://michaeljohncummins.info/SpecialEffectsModelsFilm.htm">Rocketeer Nazi Zeppelin</a><br />
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<br />Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-16798355586308760602014-02-01T15:58:00.002-08:002014-02-01T15:58:18.217-08:00Skyborn Model BuildThe details of the model build of the independent short <i>Skyborn</i> by Cat Harris. Some very nice work is included in the trailer embedded on the page.<br />
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<a href="http://catharris.co.uk/?page_id=1064">Skyborn Model Build</a>Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-83410654593040506662014-02-01T15:50:00.005-08:002014-02-01T15:50:40.421-08:00Low Budget Filmmaking Miniatures and Forced Perspective<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=19856909" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Taking a cue from Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, this low-budget director turned a $23 Wal-Mart toy into an excellent foreground miniature that sells the shot.<br />
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Reading the details shows how he linked the sound effects used in the scene as an additional means to help make the shot more realistic to the viewer.<br />
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In the photos below, you first see how Spielberg used a foreground miniature, then the setup used by Vashi Nedomansky for his movie. Click through to his blog for more details and a link to video of the final shot and behind-the-scenes action.<br />
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A behind-the-scenes shot is also there showing the scale for this effect. I've linked the finished scene below as well (and, yes, that is the lovely Carrie Fisher setting off the explosion).<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vl1byi6wXE">Finished Scene on YouTube</a>Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-23628906009834019932013-09-24T10:36:00.002-07:002013-09-24T10:36:32.515-07:00Welcome to Elgin ParkAlthough Michael Paul Smith isn't involved in movie production, his photographs of miniature vehicles using forced perspective are a great example of the process and beautiful works of art to boot! For over 25 years, he has been building scale models. Elgin Park is a recreation of everyday scenes from mid-20th century America, all in 1/24 scale. <br />
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Don't get the impression that he's just pulling ready-made miniatures out of the box and photographing them- oh no! There is a huge amount of craftsmanship in his modifications, custom buildings (with interiors) and streets.<br />
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But looking through his Flickr pages (and it's worth reading many of the captions) you'll get some great insight in how forced perspective and foreground miniatures can be combined to create some amazing images. It works the same for film.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An example of the end result. While Michael's work focuses on the 1950s, I'm a 1930s nut, so you get this image!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the setup for the photo above. Note the way he has added a pole in his diorama to tie in with the real-world power lines.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This miniature interior would be seen through the window from the outside, but that's no reason to skimp on the detail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The diner interior above is deconstructed, providing some insight into how everyday materials are utilized to become something else in the miniature world.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Self-portrait of the artist in his element.</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/">Welcome to Elgin Park</a>Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-70534170897454113642013-09-24T09:34:00.000-07:002013-09-24T10:10:31.872-07:00Fon Davis Talks MiniaturesFon Davis loves miniatures. He's been at work in the Hollywood industry for a long time and his company, Fonco, now provides special effects services to movies, TV and advertising, as well as creates content of their own.<br />
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Make magazine profiled him in a video awhile back and I neglected to link it here, which is a horrible oversight on my part. It's an interesting (though too brief!) look at miniatures in today's CGI-crazy world.<br />
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<a href="http://makezine.com/2012/12/06/make-believe-visits-fon-davis-2/">Make: Believe Visits Fon Davis</a>Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-70101106246116475842013-09-06T11:59:00.005-07:002013-09-06T11:59:55.018-07:0010 Movies With Mind-Boggling Miniature EffectsThe Mental Floss web site recently did a breakdown of some of their favorite miniature shots.<br />
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"Filmmakers are, by nature, liars. They’re masters of misdirection and
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Of course, I would encourage filmmakers to resist the urge to put a helicopter in your film just because you can. One of the reasons the early Star Wars films were so successful was because the miniatures were not showcased - they were merely a means to advance the story.<br />
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<a href="http://filmmakeriq.com/2013/01/put-a-helicopter-in-your-film/">Film Riot: Put a Helicopter in Your Film!</a>Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-42108022308974574812013-06-29T12:38:00.000-07:002013-06-29T12:38:10.055-07:00The Martian ExperienceModelmaker David Sisson reminisces about his attempts to create a super-8 sci-fi epic in the early 1980s. Having attempted such things myself during the same period of time, when Star Wars was driving the imagination of young filmmakers, this was an engaging and heart-warming read. Of course, if you give it a look, you'll soon see that David was (and is) a talented model-maker. I am not.<br />
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Though the work is dated and may seem amateurish, I am impressed with what he accomplished with the tools available to him. Be sure to follow the links to the film clips!<br />
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Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-3382621315001492902013-05-04T09:00:00.000-07:002013-05-04T09:00:10.131-07:00The Reflective Journal of Lyn BaileyI spent part of a three-hour train journey happily perusing the blog of Lyn Bailey, who is pursuing a Masters in Design for Film, Television and Events. Part of this is researching the building of miniatures for physical effects in film. And, since this is research, there are links to resources and a bibliography of what has been examined and attempted.<br />
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This was a delight for me to find, with a nice mixture of history, method and behind-the-scenes goodness. Bravo!<br />
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<a href="http://lynbaileyreflectivejournal.wordpress.com/">Lyn Bailey Reflective Journal</a>Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-60504718898231934402013-03-27T09:43:00.001-07:002013-03-27T09:43:35.633-07:00Model Builder: Dimitri KaliviotisModel builder Dimitri Kaliviotis shows off some pictures from his portfolio. Some excellent work! I love that he mentions a low-budget solution to some challenges. Speaking of some torches for the walls of a dungeon, he mentions:<br />
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<a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/SPECIAL-FX-MINIATURES/3331437">Dimitri Kaliviotis: SPECIAL FX MINIATURES</a>Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-34369334606533645192013-03-27T09:21:00.001-07:002013-03-27T09:21:34.810-07:00Special Effects and Miniature Museum in FranceI'd love to go to Europe someday - now I have a reason to go to France, specifically! Check out this amazing museum dedicated to miniatures and film special effects. It's wonderful to see the craftsmanship is being preserved, but I hope that the use of miniatures is not confined to a museum in the future.<br />
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"<span class="texte">Created by miniaturist artist Dan Ohlmann, the </span><span class="bold">Musée Cinéma et Miniature</span><span class="texte"> presents two rare and exclusive collections :</span><span class="texte"> first, over 100 miniature scenes exquisitely
crafted by world-renowned miniaturists and reproducing daily life
settings with hyperrealism; second, a film exhibition, one-of-its-kind in Europe, that focuses on </span><span class="bold">special effects techniques</span><span class="texte">.
Featuring over 300 original film props and artefacts, this educational
display uncovers the magic behind the greatest film studios."</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.museeminiatureetcinema.fr/accueil_eng.html">Musée Cinéma et Miniature</a>Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-63379839489457431872013-03-20T15:49:00.000-07:002013-03-20T15:49:20.158-07:00C Movie Miniature BuildOver at the Replica Prop Forum, there is a thread that documents the building of a starship model for an independent short titled "C." If you're the type that likes pictures documenting the build process of film miniatures, you're in for a treat, as this thread is filled with a good selection of photos. It starts with the basic computer model and continues through the finished miniature. The builder estimates over 3000 man-hours in the production of the miniature. You can watch the short film online before looking at the behind-the-scenes stuff, if you're the type that wants to see the finished effects prior to seeing the how-to stuff. Me? I'll take a good background look anytime!<br />
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<a href="http://c-themovie.com/">C - The Movie</a>Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-25404384350522349902013-03-12T22:54:00.002-07:002013-03-12T22:54:55.570-07:0024 Outstanding Effects Shots: Any Miniatures?Last December, The Single-Minded Movie Blog did a series called "Outstanding Effects Shots," stating that, "every day will bring you a short post about a classic or not so classic shot from the golden era of visual effects." I don't know if this is a list of the blogkeeper's "best ever of all time," or just some he liked, but I appreciated the breakdown.<br />
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I also couldn't help but notice that miniatures were involved in 20 of those 24 outstanding shots, with the remainder going to matte shots and 1 forced perspective. Miniatures get the job done!<br />
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Unfortunately, I was not able to find clip of this scene on the web to link to, though if you have it on DVD and give it a review, you'll find that this old-school segment holds up very well on screen. It intercuts excellently with the live-action portions and is very realistic, even if you know the trick.<br />
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"Making tiny sets and props was no
problem for the <span class="textitalic">ILM</span>
model makers. Filming them was. Since many of
the shots called for the camera to be trucking
along with the action, the mineshaft sets needed
to be built large enough to allow sufficient clearance
all around. The smallest camera in the <span class="textitalic">ILM</span>
inventory was 9-inch width and seemed to be a
limiting factor on how small the sets could go.
So they ended up using an in-house <span class="textitalic">Nikon</span>
after Mike MacKenzie slowed down its motor drive
about two-thirds and built a special magazine
for it that would hold fifty feet of film, which
is four hundred frames of <span class="textitalic">VistaVision</span>. ...
By making the <span class="textitalic">Nikon</span>
work they essentially cut their scale in half,
which meant that rather than building a set that
was sixty feet long, they had to build one that
was only thirty feet long. That saved them an
enormous amount of time and money. It was determined
that ten-inch mine cars would be employed for
most of the chase sequence."<br />
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The mine walls were crafted from heavy aluminum foil, which were then painted and weathered to look like rock. The set was further dressed with miniature lanterns, barrels, buckets and debris to show an active mining operation at work.<br />
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It's a great read, so check it out, as well as the pictures below, showing the animation models, the miniature set and the creative camera solution. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The display in the Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archeology exhibit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stop-motion figures. The largest are 10 inches tall.</td></tr>
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In this case, a search for info about the miniature mine carts in <i>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom</i> led me to an article from the November, 1981 issue of American Cinematographer magazine regarding the creation of special effects for <i>Raiders of the Lost Ark</i>.<br />
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It's a good read! Although much of what is covered will be familiar to a <i>Raiders</i> fan, I was particularly interested in the photo showing a box of action figures dressed in German army uniforms. I had read that they had used off-the-shelf figures for the scene in which the soldiers are swept into the sky following the opening of the Ark, but I don't recall ever seeing a close up photo of these figures.<br />
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The article itself doesn't discuss these figures (though it does mention some 4.5-inch figures used in the same part of the film), but I had always heard that they had used "G.I. Joe" or "Action Man" figures, while the ones in the box are clearly not from those lines. An additional search pulled up an online prop auction for one of these figures that provided some additional information- they're Kenner's 12-inch Star Wars figures! Han Solo dolls reworked into Nazi soldiers:<br />
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"<span id="item_details_info_description" itemprop="description"><span class="contentblock" id="ctl00_cphBody_cbItemDescription">During the climactic ending of <span style="font-style: italic;">Raiders of the Lost Ark</span>,
when the interior of the Ark is revealed, the spirits are freed
morphing into gruesome demons. During the conflagration the Nazi
soldiers are swept up in the flames and destroyed. This is one of the
special effects puppets used in that scene and is created,
interestingly enough, from a large-scale Harrison Ford “Han Solo” Star
Wars action figure! The head, hands, and hair have been repainted, a
resin officer’s cap has been added, as well as painted cuffs made from
tape. Includes a wooden rifle with shoulder strap (tip of rifle
broken). Measures 12 in. tall. Exhibits slight wear from production
use."</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://cinemaraiders.blogspot.com/2011/06/raiders-30th-anniversary.html">Cinema Raiders: American Cinematographer Article</a><br />
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<a href="http://bid.profilesinhistory.com/Raiders-of-the-Lost-Ark-Nazi-puppet-used-in-Ark-reveal-sequence_i11537385">Raiders Prop Auction</a>Jason Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443364954049627442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19856909.post-65931554968931277822013-03-11T22:21:00.001-07:002013-03-11T22:21:33.164-07:00"The Hobbit" - No Miniatures AllowedAlthough "The Hobbit" has nearly completed it's theatrical run (I haven't seen it yet, but it just hit the local cheap theater so I'll likely see it this week), I hadn't read much about the production. Apparently, there won't be a "miniatures" section when the Special Editions hit the DVD.<br />
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During production, director Peter Jackson said, <strong>"This time around, there are no miniatures. It’s all done with
CGI. Everything that we need to build, from a miniature point of view,
we build as a CG miniature. I can now swoop in, over rooftops and
through doorways. I can do things that I never could have dreamt of
doing with the miniatures. For me, that’s actually one of the most
profound differences." </strong><br />
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Profound? Indeed. I can appreciate the benefits of CGI. Really, I can. But hearing that Peter Jackson has removed miniatures from his toolbag makes me feel very, very sad. <br />
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<a href="http://vfxrocket.com/2012/08/13/the-hobbit-special-effects-to-be-all-cgi-no-miniatures-allowed/">“The Hobbit” Special Effects To Be All CGI – No Miniatures Allowed</a><br />
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