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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Creating the Otherworldly Creatures That Populate the New MEN IN BLACK Universe

VFX Voice Magazine: Alien beings attempting to blend into Earthly society by adopting human and animal forms and traits are a signature of the Men in Black franchise and served as guiding principle when designing the 36 different creatures. In the spin-off installment Men in Black: International, MiB Agents H (Chris Hemsworth) and M (Tessa Thompson) encounter both friendly and hostile visitors from other planets in their efforts to obtain a weapon of mass destruction.

1 comment:

Lauren Sousa said...

Their ability to create and combine these different forms is so impressive and honestly over my head in a lot of ways. However just looking at the pictures it is incredible to see how far the movie industry has come in creating these sorts of characters. I also love that they are mixing mediums to get an overall desired effect. I also enjoy articles like this because of the little details which take so much consideration and effort but if done correctly you will hardly notice. In this case it was the alien on the shoulder and getting the movement of riding on the shoulder correct and not constantly looking off-balance. I think I find it interesting because there are certainly times where my department must focus on the making of things to look effortless or seamless and it can be some of the most difficult problems for us. Though I haven’t seen the new Men In Black movies I have seen the old ones and am curious to see how the new one matches up. It is clear a lot of thought went into at least the special effects of the movie and hopefully the same amount of thoughtfulness went into the other components.