CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the THIRD KIND miniature effects
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2020
- CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the THIRD KIND miniature effects. David Jones, Greg Jein, Mark Stetson, and Lisa Morton talk about the miniatures made for the original film, and the special edition. Extended segment from my Sense of Scale documentary. Photos: Greg Jein, Lisa Morton, Mark Stetson, Virgil Mirano
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It’s still hard to believe the ship in the desert is a model and forced perspective. One of the great shots.
Starlog was my favorite magazine growing up!
That Mother Ship blew my little mind. I guess I was too young to even question how things were made back then, or how many hours the artists had to put in; and even if I had known it back then, I wouldn't have been able to process it. Only now, soon to be 50, have I done enough work and have encountered the ridiculously long days (in other fields) in recent years, so that I can begin to appreciate the efforts of these artists.
I'm really grateful they put the effort in, but feel a teeny bit guilty because those wonderful scenes, which felt Euphoric to watch, came at a cost; a little bit of their physical/mental health perhaps. But I suppose I've learned of late that sometimes, in order to achieve something magnificent, you may have to go overboard (or might be required to), not always obviously, but seems to be the case with these movie setups. My hat off to these people. They gave me so much childhood escape.
Interesting post mate. I was too young to have worked on this film, but re mental- torture, I honestly wake up in a cold-sweat where I find myself counting imaginary rivets, and I have missed one and I have to start all over again.
I call this condition OCRCD Obsessive Compulsive Rivet-Counting Disorder.
It is purely a quest for perfection, which can of course never be achieved, all any creative has to try and do... is let go! Give up your baby to it's new parent!
But, unlike yourself... I can't do maths! 🏆
As a kid, I was just enjoying movies never questioning how something was done now as an adult most of the time I can tell if it's mat painting, miniature, animatronics, etc and appreciate the work and effort people put into making films. I actually now love behind scenes and making videos more then actual movies.
Honestly, as a little kid, I just thought it was actual footage, and never for a second thought anything was simulated or fake. I thought all the hoopla surrounding the movie was because it was all real.
It was pretty much the best time to be a little kid.
This miniature effects were awesome. They look so natural when they were proper done
Even now, while looking at the miniature, nostalgia and scale came oozing through.
These folks don't realize the genius energy that they put into this!
I can't get enough of this kind of thing. As a kid In the 70s bought Starlog and Famous Monsters whenever I saw them, always wanted to be one of these guys. I did go on to study art, so hearing these people talk, seeing them work, really resonates.
Same here. Do you remember the Star Wars Model Maker Contest? I bought that issue and kept kicking myself for not building an entry!
Wonderful memories. 😁
What a coincidence, two items in a row feature models from Buck Rogers! How these ships, from Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica, filled my TV childhood and fantasy - together with all the big screen marvels being shared on this channel. This is what dreams are made of - literally. Thanks for sharing!
I interviewed Pat Mcclung and Dave Jones in the same place. The owner has many screen used and replica models from Galactica and Buck Rogers. You'll see those models pop up in many segments on this channel!
@@piercefilm Thanks again, great stuff, wonderful memories!!!
What they did back then is nothing short as an art form. I recently watch a reaction from a young person watching Alien from 1979 for the first time. He said ...wow.. the CGI looked amazing back then. People responded. Oh no no no. That is not CGI. It’s practical effects. The space ships were miniatures.
It’s fun to watch reactions with younger viewers discovering some of these older films and saying “I have no idea how they did that!” These effects not only hold up, but are magical again!
The unsung heros of filmaking.
Some fancy baker should make a giant cake designed like the mothership from close encounter of the third kind. Maybe it's been done?
This whole film 🎥 just blew me away at the cinema ! Nobody had ever seen anything like it
Star wars never quite grabbed me like CEIII Kind. And movies like this somehow make CGI disappointing by comparison - go figure!
wow, i am just learning about these special effects in close encounters,.........a high level of skill,...thanx for sharing !!!
미지와우조우는
내인생 최고의 명작이었습니다.
엔딩씬은 눈물이날정도록..
아름다웠습니다
It seems that some of the shots are from the special edition, the ship found in the desert and inside the mothership. I always assumed these we filmed later on after the original release of the movie.
This is about the original and special edition.
I watched this over and over when it came out in 77, I can't believe I was only 13!
Happily, this film was made before totally fake looking CGI was in existence! What an achievement to do this and other films using lit up models!
It IS astonishing that this movie is nearly 50 years old (!!!) and it still looks tremendous. Nothing to apologize for. Except the 70s fashions and interior decorating.
That model of the Mothership is in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, parked next to the real NASA space shuttle Discovery.
I spent at least an hour finding the hidden Easter eggs on that thing. It’s a lot larger than I expected. The only complaint I have is the display case makes it difficult to take detailed pictures of it.
At the Dulles location, not the Nat'l Mall location. I was going to add the same but you've beat me to it. I was pleasantly surprised to see it there. I never would have thought that it was something I'd see there but was a nice addition.
That sounds like it was an exciting time to be in VFX. When it was very much roads not traveled.
I still remember seeing the miniature of Devil's Tower at Greg Jein's shop!
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing this.
I heard some of these guys went on to work on the effects in "V". Makes sense, particularly regarding the motherships. I hope this channel does a segment on that amazing TV movie someday....
Greg Jein built most of the spaceships for V. I didn't talk to him about that show, though.
I heard a story of a production artist working on a project, that had to go home to sleep.
When the other artists came in the next morning they could see the degeneration of detail on the model but didn't have time to do it over so they copied the loss of detail on the remaining sections.
Now, that's artistry. ;-)
Superb film, you could say from another world
what would go on to be used as the top of the Blade Runner police tower can be seen at 5:21!
With such a good presentation I am obligated to be part of this channel. I have subbed. great video
Thanks for watching. Many more segments coming soon!
Masterpiece of a movie still have it on VHS 👽
Treat yourself and upgrade to bluray. Your mind will be blown.
Yep, in my mind all of this stuff was in fact stuck onto the Mothership cause among the aliens it is fashionable to display samples from worlds they visited.
Why is this documentary not on Amazon Prime or Apple TV+? This is great stuff.
I tried Amazon, but I think they require subtitles. And trying to subtitle 15 or 20 hours of footage is crazy. UA-cam is free!
I wonder who the heck designed that mother ship. That think was huge and very complicated. CE3K was one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. Those aliens still scare me.
Ralph McQuarrie designed it. He also designed a lot for Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica.
Rest in peace, Gregory Jein.
October 31st, 1945-May 22nd, 2022.
He was a great guy. An amazing talent.
This is a lost art we should not have given up.
Love practical effects and miniatures.. I think cgi and no story killed movies
nothing beats good old craftmanship
For anyone who hasn't already seen it, the following may also be of interest:
*The Making of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Documentary, 2001)*
ua-cam.com/video/_XytWm9m9cY/v-deo.html
Close encounters of the third kind. One of the best movies ever made?
I think so.
I like the tiny little airplanes on the mother ship from Revell aircraft carrier models.
I love these videos so much.
Do you happen to have any interviews concerning Star Trek: The Motion Picture?
Yes! I have a long 30 minute segment on Star Trek TMP coming up later next year. Busy editing it now.
@@piercefilm i'm looking forward to that one
4:31 That's some cute ... 😄
36 hours straight up working…. crazy.
Very interesting
미지와의조우 ufo 는
가장 아름다운 우주선이었습니다.
프라모델 로는 안나오나?
I don't know about that extended cut with the interior of the mothership...honestly, if I had had to do an interior of the mothership, it would have been far less greebly detailed, and far more from Roy's point of view as he walked up a set of dark stairs to a set of open, brilliantly lit doors. He would have entered one, and we would have seen blurred lighted images passing in front of his backlit head for about five or six seconds...then the camera would have receded back down the stairs and out the ramp entrance...cut to Lacombe.
Yeah, but this was the late 70´s and greeblies were in! Plus they look cool in the light. Denis Villeneuve likes his alien craft without much detail...
WOW …
i really hate anything to do with star wars. but i love close encounter of the 3rd kind I HATE CGI, so this is why this movies is so good
Thats awesome...now I know 😂
Ever wondered why Richard Dreyfuss made that Devil's Towers diorama in the living room?
Spielberg - 'Great models guys! I really like them. By the way.... I could use a model or a diorama of the Devil's Tower in Wyoming where the climax is set.
Maybe a 10 by 10 ft base with trees, bushes small hillsides with 5 ft tall 'rock' in the middle. Got time for that...?
Dreyfuss - 'Hold my beer - I got this!
infact, i wonder the same. wasn' a little model enough?
@@michelebaratt8403 it looks cool
Wonder who got Greg's models .
Most were up for auction at Propstore.
is this where hiding R2D2 on models began?
I think so, yes. Dave Jones started it.
JOE ALVES MADE THE BOAT FROM JAWS!😃😃👍👍👍
HiDef 60fps celluloid, eh!? The PC a master Race feels even more justified! ;)
2:50 4:30 R2-D2
Well l never a VW camper, R2D2, a Tia Fighter ..... to make an alien space craft lol 😆
CGI is not as good as pure skill model making. You guys should be proud of what you have done.
CGI has been overdone now. Its good in places. Film hours are ridiculous. 18 hour days became the norm in my case.
I did a 16 hour day yesterday on set and a 14 hour day today...I’m over 50 and am ready to find something with better hours.
That's the main reason I quit effects and film work in general: insane hours. Doing my own thing at my own pace is much more rewarding and far far healthier.
Practical effects look fake but feel real. CGI looks real but feels fake.
@@har9020 hmmm...not sure that's true....I've seen plenty of fake looking cgi in my time
@@har9020 not entirely true, but I like it! 😁
this moive is perfect, it looks insaine, story is inasone the acting is supurb , the arent making moves like this anymore.
Honestly this doesn’t feel very serious...
Model makers like to have some fun under pressure