A half-century ago when George Lucas decided to make “Star Wars,” a core visual effects team was handed a sizable challenge: Figure out a believable way to transport audiences to a galaxy far, far away. Essential to that goal was the development of a new type of motion control camera system: built in a Van Nuys warehouse where the production filmed space-set scenes such as the climatic trench run.
Now fans in Southern California can see the historic Dykstraflex camera system, newly restored and in working order, on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures starting Saturday in recognition of May the 4th, aka Star Wars day. The system weighs 1,500 lbs. and will be demonstrated by VFX vets with a 14-foot track and studio scale replicas of the Millennium Falcon, which is five-feet long, and a 20-inch X-Wing fighter.
Looking back, Richard Edlund, a member of the core VFX...
Now fans in Southern California can see the historic Dykstraflex camera system, newly restored and in working order, on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures starting Saturday in recognition of May the 4th, aka Star Wars day. The system weighs 1,500 lbs. and will be demonstrated by VFX vets with a 14-foot track and studio scale replicas of the Millennium Falcon, which is five-feet long, and a 20-inch X-Wing fighter.
Looking back, Richard Edlund, a member of the core VFX...
- 5/4/2024
- by Carolyn Giardina
- Variety Film + TV
Is David Fincher on the not-so-short list to direct "Star Wars: Episode VII"? Buried in a new piece on Deadline.com by Mike Fleming Jr. about celebrities self-immolating themselves on the internet is word that Fincher "might be game" to direct one of the new "Star Wars" sequels. That puts Fincher on a list that includes Matthew Vaughn, Jon Favreau and perhaps even Joe Johnston, among others.
That Fincher would wind up as a speculative choice for "Star Wars" isn't all that surprising. His first job was as an assistant cameraman for Industrial Light and Magic on "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi."
"I was one of 9,000 people getting the movie made," Fincher told Moviefone about his "Return of the Jedi" work in an interview last year. "I did the Chicken Walkers [a.k.a. At-st Scout Walkers] -- I was working on the Chicken Walkers. They had a lot of shots...
That Fincher would wind up as a speculative choice for "Star Wars" isn't all that surprising. His first job was as an assistant cameraman for Industrial Light and Magic on "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi."
"I was one of 9,000 people getting the movie made," Fincher told Moviefone about his "Return of the Jedi" work in an interview last year. "I did the Chicken Walkers [a.k.a. At-st Scout Walkers] -- I was working on the Chicken Walkers. They had a lot of shots...
- 11/30/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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