5/7/2023 0 Comments Star wars movie effectsWe have a basic toolkit now, in the form of a computer, and so much of it now is programming.” “The producers, Gary Kurtz of Fox and George Lucas, took an incredible risk by listening to what myself and my collaborators had to say with regard to how to do this, because we were inventing this stuff from scratch. “Back in the days of Star Wars, we kind of walked into an empty warehouse and sat on the floor and went ‘How are we going to do this?’” he told Den of Geek. John Dykstra, the special effects designer who worked on the original Star Wars and was chosen by Lucas to head up the director’s visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, has described sitting with a group of friends and building models and robots from scratch in order to achieve the realism Lucas was after. The original trilogy ( Episodes IV, V and VI) produced between 19 set the gold standard for visual effects. ![]() Without going into the merits of plot, character and storylines – a debate almost as controversial as arguments over whether Han Solo or Greedo shot first – the way Star Wars was made set a high bar for the future of special effects. In our universe, almost four decades later, that young Jedi’s creation remains a big deal. But at a time when computer generated imagery (CGI) was still in its infancy (having debuted in Richard T Heffron’s Futureworld only a year earlier), it quickly became clear Lucas was going to have to build his universe by hand. Lucas had created – in his storyboards at least – a rich environment filled with weird and wonderful creatures, space battles and hunk of junk spaceships leaping through hyperspace. The young Lucas had a very clear vision and aesthetic in mind when he wrote his space fantasy magnum opus, but the technology available was still woefully inadequate to produce such challenging visuals. The year was 1977, the far away galaxy in question was an inhospitable barren land known as Hollywood. Rita Lobo looks at the modern visual effects industry, and how it is in a constant state of fluxĪ long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a young cinematographer called George Lucas changed the way film was made. The Star Wars franchise has revolutionised the special effects industry twice already, and, as a third trilogy of films prepares to hit the screens, it is likely to change things yet again. To capture this growth, transparency and collaboration within business are crucial How Star Wars changed the special effects industry The circular economy could unlock $4.5trn in economic growth. But companies need to start treating their “green line” – the measurement of their environmental efforts – with just as much importance The circular economy: Enabling the transformation to circular business Traditionally, the top and bottom lines of a business are its most important metrics. ![]() More in Business How will corporation tax change under Making Tax Digital?Īs part of ‘Making Tax Digital’, an initiative to make tax administration more effective, the UK government is opening a consultation for the design of a digital platform for filing corporation tax Social Impact: Embedding social impact into the heart of businessīy partnering with social enterprises, businesses can accelerate growth and ensure their operations include a positive humanitarian and environmental impact Climate change: Managing the ‘Green Line’ to address climate action
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