Behind the Scenes: Blade Runner Model Shop (1981)

Take a look at all these amazing model shop pictures from the production of Blade Runner.

Blade Runner Model Shop Gallery via imgur

Also check out

// Blade Runner Sketchbook (1982)

// Blade Runner: Composition & Color Analysis

The State of Practical Special Effects in Filmmaking

TESTED sits down with Fon Davis to discuss the state of visual effects in film, the resurgence of interest in practical effects. Fon is a visual effects veteran who has worked on films like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, Galaxy Quest, Star Wars, Mission: Impossible III, among many others.

Practical Special Effects: Livin' Large in Miniature

Here's a great talk by model maker, director and artist extraordinaire Fon Davis who I had the pleasure of working with at IMD. Check out his project MORAV 

Sense of Scale: Interview with Stephen Howarth

// Stephen Howarth Website

FONCO: Making Movie Miniatures

This is a great highlight reel for FONCO by the guys over at MAKE.

Also check out MORAV

'Sense of Scale' screening at Sci-Fi-London

I was planning on going to this screening at Sci-Fi-London but due to the crunch time on 'Gravity' I don't think I'm going to make it. 

Sense of Scale

'This documentary is about the dying art of model making focusing on the personal stories of the model makers whose work shaped and enhanced the impact of feature films and gave it a breathtaking scale.'

Making of 'The Matrix Revolutions'

//Miniatures of Matrix Revolutions 

// Making of Matrix Revolutions

// VFX Breakdown - Mifune's Last Stand

// VFX Breakdown - Superpunch Shot

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