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Post by danieljames495 on May 7, 2021 12:18:28 GMT -5
Mmm. Rogues in the House! That would be great. How do we want our Thak? Stop motion? CGI? guy in a suit?
Definitely want to avoid the rubber-mask look, but CGI would limit how much the actors could interact with him. Makeup has come a long way and it's possible to do a decent job without a huge budget. You only need one Thak, after all. Plus it lets the guy wearing it show some expression and his fight with Conan can be shot without major FX. Stop-motion might work better for the man-serpent-thing in Bowl.
You're absolutely right, makeup has vastly improved over the years. Maybe they could even use both: a little bit of CGI to polish up the makeup. Thak wouldn't necessarily need a lot of CGI because a realistic Man/Ape costume would be affordable with a low budget.
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Post by mindboggled on May 16, 2021 18:07:19 GMT -5
Following the release of John Millius's Conan The Barbarian, fantasy movies have mostly been cheap and shit, except for a few exceptions. Besides Dragon Slayer and Lord Of The Rings, it's mostly been forty years of junk. It's rather sad that this trend seems like it will go on interminable. At least for me, great samurai and sword and sandal films give me something not far off the mark.
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Post by mindboggled on May 16, 2021 18:14:27 GMT -5
Definitely want to avoid the rubber-mask look, but CGI would limit how much the actors could interact with him. Makeup has come a long way and it's possible to do a decent job without a huge budget. You only need one Thak, after all. Plus it lets the guy wearing it show some expression and his fight with Conan can be shot without major FX. Stop-motion might work better for the man-serpent-thing in Bowl.
You're absolutely right, makeup has vastly improved over the years. Maybe they could even use both: a little bit of CGI to polish up the makeup. Thak wouldn't necessarily need a lot of CGI because a realistic Man/Ape costume would be affordable with a low budget. Practical effects all the way baby! With a sensible sprinkle of cgi if truly necessary, but not so much that the cgi cannot be distinguished from the practical.
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Post by crimsonblade on May 18, 2021 9:22:07 GMT -5
I’ve started watching Mortal Kombat Conquest on HBO Max, i’ve been a fan of the Mortal Kombat games for a long time but I’m having to dredge my way through the TV series from the 90s. The budget looks very low, and the soundtrack is louder than the dialogue at times. I’ll finish watching out of love for the games, but man I thought the series would have been better.
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Post by themirrorthief on May 20, 2021 0:25:24 GMT -5
I watched some of a horrible low budget fantasy film recently...a King went out to defend his kingdom with no less than five warriors...three were women. the invading force had six warriors...two women...I thought, damn couldnt you find a few friends to flesh out the two armies...dang
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Post by Von K on May 20, 2021 8:47:13 GMT -5
Much could be learned here from the success of Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers and Centurion. Dog Soldiers in particular shows how by keeping to a small cast in a limited locale with an intense conflict, and the effects budget focused on a single monster type done effectively one can produce an excellent movie for an extremely small budget. Actually Neil's Descent is probably the best example in this category.
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Post by Von K on Mar 23, 2022 17:45:47 GMT -5
Not sure where best to post this but here seems closest.
Youtuber The Critical Drinker had a live stream interview with director Neil Marshall yesterday, a fascinating discussion which covers some of the ground we'd been discussing in this thread re how to make great lower budget movies, practical effects etc:
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