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#STARWARS #ROGUEONE | Behind the Scenes- a Star Wars Story- Introducing Jyn Erso- Felicity Jones..

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As the build up to “Star Wars-Rogue one” gathers up momentum screening on the 15th December 2016 in Hong Kong, in which sits on 16th December 2016 New Zealand.. in which the storyline sits out to find the Plans of the Death Star, in which was first investigate  from an random patrol squadron of  Rebellion X wing pilots, in which was reported back to the Rebellion base.. As to the rebellion investigating it lead to finding the Daughter of the chief Designer of the Death Star, Jyn Erso…. Hoping in finding her, in which will finding her father in finding the plans…

In the process of the production of the film, it was important to make Jyn Erso- Felicia Jones, relatable grounded, and humble on her humanity also her vulnerability side, and finding those qualities agreeable by the director Gareth Edwards, in which doing so during the storyline making giving the share experiences the reader, the audiences, also her in given both with inspired strengths as the audiences will share in which take to heart..

…..… In the story out line is to steal the plans of a devastating weapon that’s been in construction since the fall of the Republic… That could determine the outcome of the whole galaxy at stake… also it’s about in between Daughter, Father- Galen Erso-Mads Mikkelesen, Mother Lyra Erso-Valene Kane, relationship through the struggles of this time… As Jyn Erso- Felicity Jones abandon at a young teenage age, later on in life recruits by the rebellion after receiving a message from her father…  Also Darth Vader shows up too…

STAR WARS- #THEFORCEAWAKENS | ILMFX- Visual effects is also part of the emotional visual storytelling…

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“LUCAS FILMS – ILMFX” have always been one of the few leaders in development of crafting special visual effects, from the very ground up in when their awarding winning hallmark benchmark is experimentation’s with “Star Wars” in when development the visual component of storytelling of capturing us in that story world of immersion beside in musical score that brings out the emotional voice of the words that lies within the pages of storyboard screenplay..

In this feature it demonstrates that storytelling in visually in the recent trilogic saga of Star Wars of “The Force Awakens” having taking notes from the very ground up, breaking bounds of going back to that 1975 beginnings in relearning of creating with today’s, graphically visual technologies in creating layering of various layering of animations in post-production taking from the green/blue screen footage in combining with collaboration partners Hybride, Base FX and Virtuos.  Those footage scenes at ILM Studios in San Francisco, Singapore, Vancouver to London… likes of the battled savage lands of Jakku to planet size Death Star- Star Killer..

 

GAME OF THRONES- RodeoFX | Season six- VI- 六- Visual Effects breakdown…

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As we left off from season six of “Game of Thrones” we see the collaboration in alliance with Daenery Targaryen in taking off with her great assemble fleet of ships from the ports of Essos heading directly to the already dysfunctional Lannister’s household rule Kingslanding, in which is now ruled by now Queen Cersei Lannister whom have become cold, as seen through her brothers eyes Jamie… in wondering if he still retains that blooded stained tittle King slayer….

In this we see in collaboration with “Rhythm and Hues” and” RodeoFX” tirednessly in producing post production work in storytelling recreating visually of George RR. Martin written works into HBO’s … In this we see the critical points of the story in the battlements of Mereen… Also among as the intro with the many faces illustrates the many key characters of the story, in which a place Arya Stark finding herself with a seclude group of assassins..  As part of the post production of using the raw live shooting of the production with the carefully co-ordinated placed position of the Green screen during the production only to be filled in bringing out the flesh of the story of using various layers compositions of computer Generated graphics in bring the words of the scene visually in which RodeoFX has done over 150 VFX shootings for eight episodes in the highest movie cinematic quality of work in entrenching you that world with a two VFX groups over in a tight production schedule… should be interesting to see what they bring for season seven..

BEHIND THE SCENES – AFK | How to build a fake wall for your next production..?

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When you in construction of making that set for your next production, either for stage or for studio stage set building….. Also when the actual material for construction like for making a stone wall becomes expensive for the budget required.. So what do you do..?  Well one thing is to become creative…. One way is to used  pallet wood where finding pallet wood is inexpensive…  when broken then glued with a strong adhesive  onto a massive back wall in like a sorted out brick manner.. Then wait for the glue to dry. Once Dry mix basic white based paints with black to create that undertone grey with sand to give that painted rocky stone texture look… like for when the crew set building for a “New Zealand Web Series AFK… “

Once the undertone dries up… Then paint with a watered down brown paint to paint in-between… The broken grey wood pallets is then heavily textured with the sand, and dirt to give an extra layer of timely worn rubbing it onto the grey board then spraying it with adhesive glue to hold the worn dirt onto the board then apply the same process with the in creating more layers with a bit of greens to give a moss growth.. also make sure the other panel walls have the same continuous texturing

GAME OF THRONES |The Stark’s Reclaiming back Winterfell, an Anatomy breakdown….

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Given that you’ve watched the intense battlement in which the episode was Tittle “ Game of Thrones-Battle of the Bastards” in which is like the scene from the Hundred year war where Jehanne d’ Arc and her army tries to take back the heavily constructed fortress city of Paris from the British and the Roman Catholic Church… during the massive Stark’s reclaiming back Winterfell there home from the Bolton’s.. There was several elements battlements on that day, when they penned they look back to many battle arenas from the battlements of Greek history, the hundred year wars, in Europe…….

In this they explain the compositions of getting from getting that forty strong Bolton cavalry in charging in real life towards Kit Harrington –John Snow after he was ploy into Ramsey’s trap…..  In this scene it was the largest battlement composition scene,  in various multiple layers of various duplication in order to create that immersive undertaking of what’s going on in between turning from hopeless to hope.. Once Sansa Stark’s Army have arrived to defeat the Bolton’s men to the very last…