For @Variety, I spoke with Gareth Edwards, Greig Fraser, Oren Soffer, James Clyne and Jay Cooper about how they made The Creator look like massive blockbuster at a fraction of the price of one. Please read, and share! https://t.co/tEbnOFK3ye
— Todd Gilchrist (@mtgilchrist) September 29, 2023
This movie was made for 80$m (and will probably not recoup it) — Gareth Edwards thinks they should have done it for less.
VFX were added "almost improvisationally" afterward after filming a proof of concept reel with actors on real sets. There were years of testing.
“Essentially, if you make sure everything in the immediate 10 or 20 meters [of the frame] is for real and that the stuff that you’re going to invent is in the distance,” he says. “The way parallax works, the brain can’t tell motion beyond about 20 meters. It’s like putting digital matte paintings behind your foreground. That’s a really good bang for your buck.” (Basically, the things farther away can be made with VFX; Smaller, less chances to mess up)
As someone who did nawt like Rogue One, I watched it and while it's not beating the formulaic allegations, I loved the focus on Southeast Asia that wasn't just set dressing for an ~aesthetic, I did ugly cry at the end.
Remember the trailer post when I asked who would be doing the acting? Well, it's the little girl who plays the robot.
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