Episode 005 May 2014
We chat with Jose Vazquez about Clash of the Titans, Ray Harryhausen’s other stop-motion creature films, Roy Arbogast’s work on the shark for Jaws and other physical effects, and experience the prehistoric comedy, Caveman. We also interview special guest Ed Marsh about the stop motion techniques in Chicken Run, and discuss the current state (and the future) of 3D movies.
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Host Mark Boszko takes you on a journey back through the annals of Cinefex magazine, talking about the movies and topics they covered 30+ years ago. We talk to people involved in the films, people who make movies, and people who love movies, and have a fun time doing it.
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Revisiting:
Cinefex 5
Special thanks to Cinefex for access to these out-of-print back issues.
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Special Guest:
Ed W. Marsh
Filmmaker, and Stereoscopic Supervisor on several recent films
- Ed Marsh’s essay in the book, 3D Storytelling
- The Real Wizard Behind the Curtain, Part 1 and Part 2 interview with Ed Marsh, from when Oz the Great and Powerful came out.
Sponsor:
Cinefex
Cinefex — The journal of cinematic illusions.
Guests:
and Jose Vazquez
Jose Vazquez, fan of Ray Harryhausen, and lover of Caveman
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Show Notes
Research Materials
- Cinefex number 5 — July 1981, available in the Cinefex iPad app
- Revisiting Cinefex (5): Ray Harryhausen, Titans, Roy Arbogast and Caveman by Graham Edwards
- Ray Harryhausen’s official website
- Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan documentary
- Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life by Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton
- VFX Titans Remember Ray Harryhausen on Creative Cow
- Roy Arbogast
- Jaws (1975)
- Follow along with our List on Letterboxd, featuring films we’ve covered, and upcoming films to watch.
More Bits
- Celebrating Cinefex
- Willis O’Brien Revisited by Don Shy, on the Cinefex Blog
Ray Harryhausen / Clash of the Titans
- Furia de titanes
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad skeleton fight
- Ray Harryhausen’s Evolution footage
- The Harryhausen Chronicles behind the scenes documentary
- Stop Motion on Wikipedia
- Ray Harryhausen filmography
- George Pal’s Puppetoons
- The War of the Worlds (1953)
- Harryhausen’s Army training films and his Mother Goose stories can be seen in Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
- Mighty Joe Young (1949)
- CGI water breakdowns by Important Looking Pirates
- Position Based Fluids demo from 2013, which may lead to more realistic CGI fluid simulations
- Ted smith talks about his work on the Titanic “miniature”
- Boinx iStopMotion apps for Mac, iPad, and the Remote Camera app for iPhone
- Clash of the Titans (2010)
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- Justice League
- Young Justice
- Fantasia (1940)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940) free to watch on Hulu
- Visual Effects documentary about the technical achievements of The Thief of Bagdad.
- A 9-inch Bubo that you can put on your shoulder
Ed Marsh / The State of 3D
- Aardman Animations
- Chicken Run
- Pillsbury Doughboy commercial from 1982
- Flushed Away CGI animation
- Ghosts of the Abyss
- Under Pressure: Making The Abyss in slightly less than 37 parts on YouTube
- James Cameron and Vince Pace's Fusion Camera System
- “Ironically, director André de Toth was blind in one eye and unable to experience stereo vision or the 3-D effects. ‘It’s one of the great Hollywood stories,’ Vincent Price recalled. ‘When they wanted a director for a 3-D film, they hired a man who couldn’t see 3-D at all!’” — from House of Wax (1953 film) on Wikipedia
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) in 3D
- When the Movie is 3D, But the NLEs Are 2D featuring the diagram of 3D workflow from Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Avatar (2009) in 3D
- Prime Focus World’s 3D conversion work
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) in 3D
- Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) in 3D
- SCTV: Monster Chiller Horror Theater presents Dr. Tongue's 3D House of Stewardesses
- The Eye as Camera from Laurie Anderson's Nerve Bible (transcript)
- Up in 3D
- Douglas Trumbull's UFOTOG demo film for his new 120P/3D/4K “Magi” process
- Showscan
- Showscan: A 70mm High Impact Experience — in-depth article on showscan, including some mentions of “a corporate film and commercial for the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corporation.”
- L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat — “The story goes that when the film was first shown, the audience was so overwhelmed by the moving image of a life-sized train coming directly at them that people screamed and ran to the back of the room.” via Wikipedia
- My experience with HFR in The Hobbit (High Frame Rate, 48 fps)
- RealD
- Dolby 3D
- XPAND
- RealD Precision White screen technology
- How to Train Your Dragon in 3D
- Prometheus in 3D
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer in 3D
- Barco and Christie 6P laser projection
- Ed Marsh’s essay in 3d Storytelling
- The Real Wizard Behind the Curtain, Part 1 and Part 2 interview with Ed Marsh, from when Oz the Great and Powerful came out.
Roy Arbogast / Caveman
- Hunting Bruce, or, On The Trail of the 'Jaws' Shark, NPR story by Cory Turner
- Inside Jaws a Filmumentary by Jamie Benning
- Dracula (1979)
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
Musical Guest:
Digital Droo
As Ever
- The Optical Theme Music by Digital Droo
- The Optical Aperture Logo by Mike Gower
