LESLIE EKKER practical miniature effects
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- LESLIE EKKER practical miniature effects. Leslie Ekker talks about mixing practical and digital effects for Lord of the Rings. “Mix the tricks.” New segment from my Sense of Scale documentary. Photos: Leslie Ekker, Bruce Macrae, Evan Jacobs, Virgil Mirano, Pat McClung, Kento Gebo, Boss Film, Digital Domain
This is amazing. It's such a shame that the expertise and knowledge required to create this effect will never be noticed or properly appreciated by most people. But then, it wouldn't be such a great practical effect if it was noticeable. Great work from an invisible wizard!
"mix the tricks" - a good motto
Leslie Ekker is so well articulate it's really fun listening to him explain his genius ideas.
Love this - simple and amazingly effective. Thanks for the upload!
'Mix the tricks!'
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Very cool! There are a lot of tricks used in filming, this has to be one of my favourites! Happy days!😎
Berton, other than my boss Richard, Leslie has always been one of the most articulate effects technicians to listen to♥
Back in the 80s, while using a local "white Fly Ash" in Sydney, I found that by sieving-out all the tiny spherules (under 25 microns) we were left with this beautifully slippery/heavy clear powder. We used that whenever we found Q-cells to be too fluffy/floaty for a waterfall or backlit-foundry scene.
I had never ever thought to check our sandblaster!
Loving these!
Excellent video. It's always nice when the miniature work is explained in an easy to understand way.
Wish the videos would last longer...like 30 minutes or so...I'm always fascinated by how they film miniatures...stay safe and thanks for sharing!
I broke up the interviews into segments (about films) that I post on my channel every week. There must be over 15 hours already here!
@@piercefilm I think I've watched all of them so far, keep 'em coming!
Ha! “Mix the tricks” -so true
Ah! I remember the practical FX for the Naboo waterfall cliff model where salt was used. My question was how they controlled humidity so the salt wouldn't clump, heh heh. Glass beads certainly improve on both for the camera.
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Again, something that came from a supernatural comedy and used for decades. It is just amazing on what they did to create these effects before CG. The problem with CG is all of what is seen is just an artist interpolation, nothing more. The thing about practical effects it that it deals in reality. When CG artists do CG I do enjoy their work because all that is very imaginary. Problem is, instead of examing something like an explosion even on YT they just imagine how large an explosing will be. For instance, I do not if most people know, but plastic explosives do not cause fire when that compound is detnated. In order for Hollywood FX people to make there to be fire in the explosion, one thing they do is soak the plastic in gasoline. The reason for using plastic explosives in any usage is due to the reality of how safe that stuff is to transport and use. You can drop it on the ground from the top of the Sears tower in Chicago and it will not explode like dinomite, you know TNT. Also, like guys in Vietnam, they would burn it to make coffee or warm their food. It is a multi usage thing. :)
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Yeah, I figured this out too, by myself a long time ago.
Does anyone know what movie the inner-dome-greeble model from 0:26 is from? I'm just curious, and I can't place it like I can a lot of the other miniatures from the opening shots.
It's a car commercial that Boss Film did.
@@piercefilm Thanks! No wonder I didn't recognize it!
Awsome work What Brand of paint and Brushes you use In your own Hobby Projects
genius
Do you ever make your own Sculpting Tools
Question: do you actually interview these people or are these scrapped/reused footage from documentaries?
Almost all interviews were done by me between 2010 and 2012. Three recent interviews were done by the people filming themselves with my questions and sending me their interview footage to edit. This is all from my Sense of Scale documentary. An ongoing project about miniature effects model makers and their work.
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Flesh Gordon! I always wondered who made those Dildo Space Ships!! Know i know. What a surprise. Mindblowing actually.
I think you meant to comment on the Greg Jein segment. Greg made those models, not Leslie Ekker.
@@piercefilm Wrong segment? Dang! I'm such a Dildo.
Do you use epoxy potties
But how do you clean that stuff up???
vacuum?
And seems like it would be dangerous to breath it in?
@@wildman2012 I think they used gas/dust masks back then I heard that in a corridor video about dune 1984.
@@wildman2012 Almost everything small is dangerous to breath in including smoke and vapors.
@@spinsandneedles Yeah, we understand that, but fine glass beads would seem more hazardous than second-hand smoke.
He’s giving himself far too much credit than he should. Derek Meddlings used salt to simulate a waterfall in Moonraker (and that was in 1979).
Yes, salt! And Raise the Titanic also used salt. But the point is that salt is cube shaped. Glass beads are little orbs. Much more fluid looking and better than salt! Meddings was a master, but even he didn't try that approach..