Don't let anyone tell you that being a superhero is easy. Just look at Billy Crudup who plays Dr. Manhattan in the hopefully upcoming Watchmen. Ugo has an interview up with Alan McFarland, the special lighting effects supervisor for Dr. Manhattan, in which he details how Crudup became the big blue atomic man.
"Billy wore a white spandex suit ... covered with blue Led [lights] and tracking markers that would be used in post production to reconstruct his performance in the computer," says McFarland. "Billy also had a number of carefully calibrated dots on his face to assist in capturing his expressions and dialogue."
McFarland says that Crudup was very in tune with Dr. Manhattan's "pathos," noting that "rarely did anything go past a few takes." Nothing like strapping your actor in an uncomfortable suit to get those thespian juices flowing.
As for the most technically challenging scene in the film, McFarland...
"Billy wore a white spandex suit ... covered with blue Led [lights] and tracking markers that would be used in post production to reconstruct his performance in the computer," says McFarland. "Billy also had a number of carefully calibrated dots on his face to assist in capturing his expressions and dialogue."
McFarland says that Crudup was very in tune with Dr. Manhattan's "pathos," noting that "rarely did anything go past a few takes." Nothing like strapping your actor in an uncomfortable suit to get those thespian juices flowing.
As for the most technically challenging scene in the film, McFarland...
- 10/1/2008
- by Josh Wigler
- Comicmix.com
A special effects expert working on the movie Watchmen has revealed one of the most taxing aspects of adapting the comic book. Alan McFarland, who previously worked on Spider-Man and Iron Man, commented that filming the character Dr Manhattan was particularly difficult and often required multiple actors playing the role. Billy Crudup is cast as the superhero, who gains superhuman strength, clairvoyancy skills and the ability to manipulate subatomic matter after a nuclear physics experiment. McFarland told Ugo that one part of the film, in which Dr. Manhattan splits into four identical versions of himself, was "the most technically difficult scene to (more)...
- 9/30/2008
- by By Michael Thornton
- Digital Spy
We’re all writhing in anticipation for the upcoming graphic-novel-turned-film, Watchmen. Can’t get enough pics, posters just leave me wanting more...well, Alan McFarland, the man who did the special lighting effects on Dr. Manhattan’s character, has been kind enough to give Ugo an interview. The man has worked on an incredible list of films. He did special effects electronics on Iron Man and Spiderman, animatronic lighting effects on Spider-man 2...he even did fembot electronics on Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me! He’s also doing special effects electronics on the upcoming Race to Witch Mountain and Land of the Lost. He gives us some great info about the process, Billy Crudup’s performance and whether or not blue commando is the new fashion for 2009. Read on for our exclusive interview:...
- 9/29/2008
- UGO Movies
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