Sentences with phrase «practical creature effects»

In an age where pre-production is almost always rushed, they took a gamble with crowdfunding to nail down a vital component; practical creature effects.

A slightly hour - plus - long documentary, divided into five 10 - 15 minute segments, comprehensively covers the film's making from conception to production, with a large amount of time spent on the elaborate digital and practical creature effects.

Even the look of the film holds up to the expectations of today's effects - driven industry, with Stan Winston's practical creature effects outdoing the likes of Stephen Sommers» SFX - happy «Van Helsing.»

Not exact matches

Taking a cue from the original «Star Wars» trilogy, «The Force Awakens» relied mostly on practical effects — except for Lupita Nyong «o's character, Maz Kanata, a creature created with motion capture.

Director Michael Dougherty does for Christmas what he did for Halloween in «Trick r Treat» in this comic shocker that Entertainment Weekly called «a great - looking movie, filled with freaky creature designs and a just - right mixture of practical effects and CGI.»

Full credit to director Michael Dougherty (Trick «r Treat) because this is great - looking movie, filled with freaky creature designs and a just - right mixture of practical effects and CGI.

Fittingly, Magee adapts the skills he learned on past creature crews to make his first turn in the director's chair a tour de force, with creature design and practical effects that rival the best of the big budget movies going today.

Universal Pictures has released a new featurette for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom which takes us behind the scenes of the blockbuster sequel and sees director J.A. Bayona, creature Effects supervisor Neal Scanlan, executive producer Colin Trevorrow, and stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt how practical effects are being used during filming to bring the movie's -LSB-...]

and other mythological creatures and then confronting a very pissed off Ares — before the heroes finally have to find their way into the Underworld through a very odd, three - dimensionally moving labyrinth — a kind of Greek - Deco - Escher construct that houses the film's best practical effect — a completely physical, GC - unenhanced minotaur.

They could create new creatures and amaze with effects, be they practical or elaborate CGI, and they could give us new versions of beloved archetypes, but after The Force Awakens re-hashed Episode IV and Rogue One couldn't stop winking at what came before, it felt like maybe Star Wars had gone as far as it could, and we would spend the rest of forever treading over the same ground.

The film also continues the franchise's renewed interest in practical effects, making this once again feel like a lived - in world populated by «real» creatures and «working» vehicles and droids.

The score from Alexandre Desplat has a timeless feeling to it; it's endlessly charming when it needs to charm, electrifying when we're required on the edge of our seat; Paul D. Austerberry's production design is aces, the film drowns in this ocean blue, soaking wet aesthetic that emanates this sensual but creepy world; and the creature design is nothing short of righteous, a perfect throwback to the era of practical effects reigning supreme that uses just the right intermitted splashes of CGI.

The shark in «Jaws», the T. rex in «Jurassic Park», the E.T. in «E.T.» — Spielberg's iconic trio of movie creatures all had one thing in common: they were all «practical» effects.

The impressive, practical effect driven creature feature is a pure visual assault on the senses, and invokes that «80s nostalgia that horror fans have been missing (review).

But if the panel lacked for concrete fan information, it was filled to the brim with grade - A fan service, with Abrams going out of his way to emphasize the movie's focus on practical effects over CGI work, up to and including bringing out that camel creature — whose name, «Baba Joe,» scores a disappointingly low «3» on the Star Wars Stupid Naming Scale — from the charity video he released last year.

As for the fantastical elements, there are times when practical effects would have better served the film (especially in close - ups of the creature when it's not scuttling around), but that's a minor complaint.

Aiding the proceedings are clever effects, many of which are practical and bring a physical reality to the unearthly creatures that populate Tales.

Director Benni Diez makes his feature film debut with the practical effects - driven creature feature Stung, a gooey thriller packed with laughs and mayhem.

Applecart is worth a visit for Cramption's glorious villainous turn and some fun practical creature and gore effects.

They could create new creatures and amaze with effects, be they practical or elaborate CGI, and they could give us new versions of beloved archetypes, but after The Force Awakens re-hashed Episode IV Full Story

It's enough for some people to have an immediate knee - jerk reaction to him being involved in any film, let alone a remake of an oft - imitated, never - toped genre classic that found the perfect balance between grim humor and gruesome horror while breaking ground with its astonishing practical make - up and creature effects (the great Rick Baker won the first - ever Best Make - Up Oscar for his work on the film).

And full credit to director Michael Dougherty (Trick «r Treat) because this is great - looking movie, filled with freaky creature designs and a just - right mixture of practical effects and CGI.

From there, we predict a spot for The Shape of Water and its remarkable sea - creature leading man, plus the futuristic wonder of Blade Runner 2049 — and then a little bit of room for the practical effects and achingly realistic military might of Dunkirk.

You can't even tell how much of the creature is a practical effect and how much is CG, because they look so incredible in a natural environment that you'd swear they were real.