Monday, June 28, 2010

AT-AT DAY AFTERNOON

9 comments:

Octopunk said...

The concept behind this is pretty blunt-force but the puppeteering is excellent. I'm not even sure how the three running shots were accomplished. (Probably CG)

JPX said...

I was wondering the exact same thing - is it CG?

Jordan said...

It just doesn't look like CGI.

JPX said...

I agree - how did they make the AT AT run?

Octopunk said...

All of it is a practical marionette with the strings edited out, with the possible exception of those shots I'm talking about. If there's compu-trickery going on, I doubt it's full-bore rendering from scratch, more likely it's manipulation of footage they actually shot. You just couldn't puppetteer the thing that fast, so it's at least sped up.

JPX said...

It's just amazing.

I have two of those AT AT's in my home but neither one of them ever does anything worthwhile.

Jordan said...

It's the "Kermit rides a bike" trick!

JPX said...

Damnit, I thought he was riding that bike!

50PageMcGee said...

he's shooting the squirrels! yes!

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