Post by Ragingblues on Aug 20, 2014 14:40:12 GMT -5
No more Jar Jar: new Star Wars films to focus on practical effects
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Director Rian Johnson, who is slated to take over the Star Wars franchise after J.J. Abrams directs Star Wars: Episode VII, has said that the new films will favor practical effects over CGI.
From The Hollywood Reporter and the Girls in Hoodies podcast:
"They're doing so much practical building for this one. It’s awesome. I think people are coming back around to [practical effects]. It feels like there is sort of that gravity pulling us back toward it. I think that more and more people are hitting kind of a critical mass in terms of the CG-driven action scene lending itself to a very specific type of action scene, where physics go out the window and it becomes so big so quick."
This is a huge relief, of course, for fans who were upset by the CG-dominant approach of the prequel trilogy. Johnson commented on the generational divide in the interview: "I probably sound like a grumpy old man talking about it. I do wonder because I think kids are growing up watching those and that’s the thing that they love now, so I don’t know whether it is a generational thing, and it could be."
Star Wars: Episode VII is due out in December 2015, with Johnson's Episode VIII to follow in 2017.
You'll get no complaints from me!
It's not that I don't appreciate digital effects, because I very much think they have a real place in cinema that cannot be replaced for certain things. Unfortunately, it has become a creative crutch and one that can be terribly overused or just poorly done, which takes away from the realism entirely (especially in the hands of Lucas). I expected this approach when J.J. Abrams took the helm for the next movie and am very glad to hear it's the direction of future Star Wars productions as well.
Ken
games.yahoo.com/news/no-more-jar-jar-star-193005694.html
Director Rian Johnson, who is slated to take over the Star Wars franchise after J.J. Abrams directs Star Wars: Episode VII, has said that the new films will favor practical effects over CGI.
From The Hollywood Reporter and the Girls in Hoodies podcast:
"They're doing so much practical building for this one. It’s awesome. I think people are coming back around to [practical effects]. It feels like there is sort of that gravity pulling us back toward it. I think that more and more people are hitting kind of a critical mass in terms of the CG-driven action scene lending itself to a very specific type of action scene, where physics go out the window and it becomes so big so quick."
This is a huge relief, of course, for fans who were upset by the CG-dominant approach of the prequel trilogy. Johnson commented on the generational divide in the interview: "I probably sound like a grumpy old man talking about it. I do wonder because I think kids are growing up watching those and that’s the thing that they love now, so I don’t know whether it is a generational thing, and it could be."
Star Wars: Episode VII is due out in December 2015, with Johnson's Episode VIII to follow in 2017.
You'll get no complaints from me!
It's not that I don't appreciate digital effects, because I very much think they have a real place in cinema that cannot be replaced for certain things. Unfortunately, it has become a creative crutch and one that can be terribly overused or just poorly done, which takes away from the realism entirely (especially in the hands of Lucas). I expected this approach when J.J. Abrams took the helm for the next movie and am very glad to hear it's the direction of future Star Wars productions as well.
Ken