Ray Harryhausen

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by crabapple

Yes...the original "The Entity" from 1980-something. The new Anchor Bay DVD is good and it has a new documentary that features my effects recreation of one of the scenes that took place when the true-life story happened.

I know the work. Very nice.

And my 9 year-old will go nutz when I tell him about your Elf stuff. That movie plays on the television allthe time and he ALWAYS comments on the stop motion animation. "Cool, it's stop motion, just like the wierd Evil Dead stuff"

He's pretty hip

[crabapple]

That's cool...your kid is a stop-motion fan and knows what it looks like! Most kids today, I think, don't get the education...

[urgeok]

i mentioned this before - but i'm still proud of how effective it was ..

i downloaded a software that allowed me to combine shots into an .avi
so i animated one of my sons Mega Block dragons bit by bit ...
had his mouth opening and closing as his head moved up and down and wings flapped ..

i did this to show him how they made monsters in movies... since then he's not afraid of them anymore ...

[crabapple]

That's really awesome too. You could put that on YouTube...I would love to see that...

[The Flayed One]

My cousin and I did a short stop motion with The Maxx figure and an Isz. It turned out pretty cool. We were happy with it.

I hope people learn that CGI is not the end all of special FX. I love stop motion and puppetry, and I think marrying them makes for some of the greatest FX of all.

[urgeok]

Originally Posted by crabapple

That's really awesome too. You could put that on YouTube...I would love to see that...

oh god - its terrible - i only took 60 or so different positions and didnt anchor the legs so there was some unwanted movement..

it was perfect as an example for my kid but its too piss poor to post anywhere.

it did make me want to do more though - the software was very easy to use - so someday i really want to play around with it some more - and take my time.

[crabapple]

Originally Posted by The Flayed One

My cousin and I did a short stop motion with The Maxx figure and an Isz. It turned out pretty cool. We were happy with it.

I hope people learn that CGI is not the end all of special FX. I love stop motion and puppetry, and I think marrying them makes for some of the greatest FX of all.

I think that's true...I like old-school techniques and mixtures of old and new school. It's cool that you can explore stop motion using these new tools.

Cool....school...tool!