Wednesday, January 03, 2018
STAR WARS: A FORCE FOR INNOVATION
VFX Voice Magazine: When George Lucas formed Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) in 1975, the director’s aim was for the company to deliver the ambitious visual effects for his space opera, Star Wars. Of course, ILM went on to revolutionize the way effects and story meet in that film, and across nine other Star Wars saga movies, plus scores of other releases.
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I love Star Wars, both as a story/universe to watch for entertainment and as a production process to admire. One of the first looks into the backstage world of entertainment I had was with a book that had all production and design material from the original Star Wars Trilogy. George Lucas created a whole different universe full of hundreds of different worlds to tell his story in, and then he brought them all to life. One of my favorite things, and one of the core reasons I was drawn to pursue technical theatre, is the building of stories and worlds into reality, and Star Wars is a brilliant example of that. George Lucas had a vision for the story to exist in, and when the current ways of filming wouldn't allow him to achieve that vision, he brought in people who could pioneer a way so he could have that perfectly detailed, new, alien, world. One of my favorite things from that production book that I read all those years ago was the pictures of puppets and the little models of all the ships and machines. It is so cool that ILM the most innovative model shop out there, just to create whole Star Wars landscapes. It's just all so cool. I hope to one day be able to imagine up and create worlds like those in Star Wars.
As the Syfy buff I strive to be, it is no surprise that Star Wars is an important franchise to me. Star Wars really speaks to be because of its immersion into space and the future of the universe as we know it. With my lighting design background in theatre, I have often been asked or suggested to consider a career in film, but have always resisted. For me, lighting a film doesn’t have the same excitement as say a musical on the stage. But now as I explore the world of creating worlds I can see the appeal. Its articles and and behind the scenes like this that make me rethink a job or two in films. I have always wanted to dabble in model making, both physically and digitally. The more I see how these movie magic moments are made, the more intrigued I get into the correlations between theatre and film, that I am actually interested in.
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