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The Clay people

posted 13 years ago by malpaso-7
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Okay, those clay figurine people of the Fourth World: does anyone know how they did that special effect in the film? I remember the computer graphics for the film Jurassic Park being cheesy, and that was released only a year before Heavenly Creatures (that is, in 1993). Those clay people looked really the way clay people in motion "should" look. And i know they could have just painted some special body paint on actors and actresses...but it seems even their eyes were glued over! I wouldn't think too much about this kind of effect in nowadays, but for 1994 i'm curious how it was done.

[–] YellowManReanimated 13 years ago

I would've thought it would have been actual clay models, animated the old fashioned way (ie moving them between takes).

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[–] NoodleLizard 13 years ago

It was quite clear that they were full-body latex suits with people inside them.

I would've thought it would have been actual clay models, animated the old fashioned way (ie moving them between takes).

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[–] king_of_bob 9 years ago

I'm feeling the same incredulity as you. I don't understand how those first two posters have such a hard time figuring out such a simple effect.

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[–] StaunchWoman 13 years ago

What I saw were large rubber-like costumes. Actors inside could move (although slightly restricted) which is why they seemed to move realistically.

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[–] envied 12 years ago

I remember the computer graphics for the film Jurassic Park being cheesy

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[–] windquake 12 years ago

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I think you were watching Land Before Time or some other crap.

The graphics in Jurassic Park were beyond cutting edge at the time, and still hold up really really well 20 years later.

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[–] Royalcourtier 10 years ago

But still nowhere near as good as the BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs.

British special effects remain far superior to Hollywood. Incidentally the special effects in the better American films - Star Wars, Galaxy, etc - are British.

[–] Molly-31 12 years ago

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[–] ecstatic-tickle 12 years ago

They were in rubber suits, save for a few moments when they were claymation figures getting macheted/beheaded.

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[–] There_Is_No_Sayid 11 years ago

IIRC it was suits/makeup on the actors.

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[–] CasseroleWorshipper 11 years ago

If you ask me, it was actors wearing tight rubber suits with clay or something clay-like smeared over the suits.
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[–] Caseyspook 10 years ago

You must be crazy in two ways, one for thinking the effects in Jurassic Park were cheesy, and two for not noticing that they were just people in latex suits.... It's hilariously obvious and you should feel embarrassed for not noticing :p

[–] TeenGangDeb 9 years ago

You must be crazy in two ways, one for thinking the effects in Jurassic Park were cheesy, and two for not noticing that they were just people in latex suits.... It's hilariously obvious and you should feel embarrassed for not noticing

How terribly rude.

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[–] Caseyspook 9 years ago

Look, TeenGangBang, stupid people should be laughed at. That's the way the world is.