Video: "Star Wars": how the film was made without computer special effects
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
On the eve of the worldwide release of the next episode of the film saga " star Wars"I want to remember how the film was shot in the distant 70s. This review presents footage of how iconic characters and battles were created without the use of modern computer special effects.
Star Wars for George Lucas became the biggest adventure of his career. At first, the film companies refused to take on the shooting of the film, calling the script mediocre and uninteresting in the era of disco. Finally, 20th Century Fox gave the go-ahead for the shooting, but with many reservations: only six months were allocated for the work, funding was very limited, but for an ambitious director it no longer mattered.
In Tunisia, scenes of the space desert planet Tatooine were filmed. Ships and other technical structures were built in miniature. When filming, George Lucas used a hitherto unknown technique: he did not move objects along the camera, but vice versa. At the same time, the picture turned out to be quite successful and realistic.
Inside the most famous robots R2D2 and C3PO there were living people. And if with the golden piece of iron everything was more or less clear, then for the barrel-shaped R2D2 it was necessary to find someone smaller. Children were not suitable for this role, since the camouflage was heavy, but the dwarf was just right. However, it did not do without curious cases: sometimes during the lunch break, the dwarf was forgotten to get out of the suit, but he could not get out on his own.
Role of the shaggy Chubbaki went to a really very tall man with a height of 218 cm. In addition, as the actor fell ill, no one else could repeat the same facial expressions, and the entire film crew had to wait for the thug to recover.
Throughout its 30-year history, "Star Wars" continues to be a phenomenon of cinematography, the incredible popularity of which still no one can guess. Even an 84-year-old grandfather as a gift to his granddaughter, a Star Wars fan with his own hand made a fireplace in the form of the Death Star.
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