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Ray Harryhausen Has Died
Aged 92. He was in London, attending Hammersmith Hospital for treatment.
R.I.P.
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/en tertain ment-ar ts-2244 1567
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.What a great man he was. His stop-motion animation technique was without parallel and the films he worked on have gone down in history as some of the most ground breaking ever made.
He helped lay the foundations for all the incredible special effects we now take for granted in film and TV. A true pioneer in his field.
He helped lay the foundations for all the incredible special effects we now take for granted in film and TV. A true pioneer in his field.
A pioneer , indeed. Just learned that he employed choreographers. They planned the movements of the skeletons etc and the actors. The fight scenes were then rehearsed with a the choreographer playing the part of a skeleton, the actor hero making his movements accordingly. Then the whole scene was recreated using stop motion, the skeleton being made to copy the choreographer's movements. Blimey, it's a wonder any film was finished; that must have taken ages of painstaking work.
Talos from Jason and the argonauts is the one I always remember
http:// www.enr icophil .it/tal es/Euro pe/Scri pts/tal os.htm
That and the skeleton fight (above)
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That and the skeleton fight (above)
On closer inspection that's even more impressive than I remembered. In the fireceness of the fight the movement is surprisingly, incredibly, fairly smooth. When the skeletons are moving slowly it's a bit too jerky to be convincing, but yes, during the fight that's wonderful techniques. A pioneer.
Wilhelm scream at 2:12, though... classic.
Wilhelm scream at 2:12, though... classic.
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