-Timberwolf- opened this issue on Mar 14, 2006 ยท 16 posts
JHoagland posted Wed, 15 March 2006 at 8:50 AM
Think about your Poser scene as you would a movie set. Do you really need to have corridors and hallways and additional rooms if they won't be seen by the camera? That's just wasting resources, especially if you try to add two V3 characters (and their textures) to the scene. Instead, only add the minimal amount of sets to the scene. For example, did they build an entire starship for "Star Trek"? Sorry, but no. On the Paramount stage, the bridge set was right next to the engineering set. But, since the camera never saw through the open doors, the viewer assumed that the bridge and engineering were 23 decks apart. And did you know that the Millenium Falcon was a series of sets and that the exterior landing ramp didn't connect to the interior? When Han Solo ran up the ramp from the outside, he ran into a storage room. But, because of good editing, it looks like he runs up the ramp (one shot) and then runs through the interior of the Falcon (the second shot). And did you know that they never actually built an entire, full-sized version of the Millennium Falcon until they filmed the Hoth scene in "Empire Strikes Back"? Up until then, they only build half the Falcon as a live-action set and mirrored the rest in a matte painting. It was much cheaper to paint it in later rather than building it on the set. --John
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