Sets

Titanic Flood Set

Models

Titanic: Behind the Scenes (Models)

Research: Part 1 Animatronics and Puppets

Jurassic Park Animatronics



How Animatronics Are Made



Jim Henson's Dinosaurs Behind The Scenes: Puppets and Animatronics Combo



How Jim Henson puppets were made and the various terms used for puppet making:
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/muppet1.htm

Outline

Introduction

1. Practical effects are a tool film makers use to make their stories more realistic, some of the effects used are puppets, models, sets, make-up and props.
   

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1. Puppets and Animatronics
   

• A creature or character that is created to be controlled by a person. These creatures can vary from being fully robotic with a remote control to a hand puppet.
• ---------Examples:
• ---------Jurassic Park
• -------------- The life size dinosaur puppets featured throughout the film
• ---------Jim Henson
  
• --------------Muppets and various other creatures that have been featured in films since the 80s.
• ---------The Thing
  
• --------------Ground breaking creature design and robotics for horror films.
  

1. Models

• Models are often built when it is simply not possible to create a real life size object or world. Some models are simply one aspect of a story, while in other cases an entire world is created in model form. In some cases models are used when a stunt is to expensive or impossible to be done full scale.
• ----------Examples:
• ----------Titanic
• --------------A smaller manage version of the Titanic was made to film scenes featuring the boat.
• ----------Nightmare Before Christmas
• ---------------The film features a world and characters made small enough for a film maker to handle.
  

1. Sets

• Sets are the world in which a movie takes place. When a world does not exist in reality, or it is simply cheaper, a director will have a set built in a movie studio for the actors to walk around and interact in.
• -----------Examples:
• -----------Wizard of Oz
• ---------------While parts of the world were made from matte painting others were full blown sets, such as the forest, which were built by hand.
• -----------Dark Crystal
• ---------------This entire film, including the creatures, was make up of puppets and props. Sets were built to scale with the props to create a whole new world.
  

1. Make-Up

• Actors are often asked to play characters that don’t naturally exist. Special effects make-up is used to help the actors become the creature they are portraying. Various waxes, paints, and latex are used to create these effects
• ------------Examples:
• ------------50's Horror
• ---------------Special Effects make-up boomed and was used to create monsters that could otherwise not exist on the silver screen.
  
• ------------Terminator
• ---------------In parts of the film, in other to make the Terminator look more like a robot special effects were used to create metallic features on the actors body and face.
  
• ------------Wizard of Oz
• ---------------The Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin man all required makeup that covered their entire face to integrate with their costumes.
  

1. Props

• Props can be nearly anything in a movie. Props can be clothes, weapons, or objects. While often times a prop is a background item, other times it can play a key role in a film.
• ------------Examples:
• ------------Nightmare on Elm Street
• ----------------The clawed hand Freddy is known for is an important prop that makes this film.
  
• ------------Constantine
• ----------------Props are the driving force in this film. Such as the Spear of Destiny and the Holy Shotgun
  

Conclusion