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BenPhillips In reply to Bronze-Orange [2012-11-22 20:08:10 +0000 UTC]

The script is brilliant I will say. It was a sequel and standalone to the low budget film Small Town Folk.

I was to do the concept and creature/SFX... it got bogged down in development hell. Nice thing is, it's not totally canned.

also... thank you!

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Bronze-Orange In reply to BenPhillips [2012-11-26 16:01:27 +0000 UTC]

I never saw that film but after looking for the actor I think it does look interesting.

So it's open to actually being done at some point? Lucky thing, what's it like doing creature concepts and special effects? When I was younger I had this great dream of working for Jim Henson's monster workshop (not technically the same but it...sort of the same sort of!)

You're welcome!

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BenPhillips In reply to Bronze-Orange [2012-11-26 17:12:46 +0000 UTC]

It is... the script is still there and hopefully one day it will get made. There's no guarantee that I am doing it. Nothing is guaranteed in the film game.

Me too. I just entered the industry as Henson's Creature shop was shutting down. I did manage to work with them on the first Potter film - they made the Troll and a few animals like ron's rat and some animatronic owls.

It's great obviously.. but you don't know where your next job is coming from.. or when it's going to happen. Creature-wise it's being taken over by CGI... which is great in its own right. I'm not a practical effects warrior who thinks everything should be animatronic puppets... I mean... look at Gollum or Avatar.

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Bronze-Orange In reply to BenPhillips [2012-12-19 20:30:46 +0000 UTC]

True true, I guess also you have to wait for the right time and all that and sometimes the right time just never comes.

Aww that's such a shame! They used to be so huge too.

Yeah i imagine that can be a little annoying. Hmm I sort of still like the old puppets more, I don't know why, CG is great and all and it's true, the Avatar and Gollum ones are amazing, and you can do much with it, but still, there;s something different about a puppet, I mean as a kid I think I would have been much more impressed with the puppets than if I saw something CG (which I hardly remember being around lol) but maybe that's just me! Some things it's just impossible to do without CG

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BenPhillips In reply to Bronze-Orange [2012-12-20 08:08:26 +0000 UTC]

One of my top 3 films is admittedly The Dark Crystal. Beautiful film. A tour de force in ultimate puppet use and artistry.

They wanted to do a sequel, but the studio insisted on CG... which is I think pretty pointless.

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Bronze-Orange In reply to BenPhillips [2012-12-27 22:56:37 +0000 UTC]

You know I've never seen that film!

I think that CG would have ruined it, sometimes its best to leave things alone

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