THE INSIDER GUIDE TO STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW
THE INSIDE GUIDE TO SKELETON CREW
SFX TAKES A TRIP TO INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC FOR A BEHIND-THE-SCENES PEEK AT STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW…
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FAST FACT!
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PRACTICAL MAGIC
“In our approach to Skeleton Crew, we used the philosophy of using practical effects whenever possible,” explains ILM Animation Supervisor Shawn Kelly. “That relates to things like the set, the ships, the props and even Neel’s head. That also carries through into the camera work on the show. We try to stay true to the type of camera moves that we would see in the original Star Wars trilogy.”
OUT OF THIS WORLD
“A big part of the show is the environments,” says ILM VFX Supervisor Eddie Pasquarello. “We haven’t been to any of these places before, so it was a very big challenge for us to start thinking about building these new worlds. For Port Borgo, we had some good concept art from Doug Chiang’s art department. We also had a team building all of the ships in this shot, lighting them, texturing them and making them. They are all unique. These didn’t exist as models from a practical standpoint, so a lot of them were built for the first time in CG.”