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starship troopers stopmotion test?
"Den of Geek" have a list of there "25 great stop-motion moments in live-action films",http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/23707/25-great-stop-motion-moments-... right down at the bottom is an impressive "Starship Troopers" bug test footage piece. I'm not sure if it is actually stopmotion, I hope it is.
I was going to post the video here but I can't work out how to do that, so here's a link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZvYLRQ...
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Permalink Reply by Roger Beck on -
This looks like CG to me.
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Permalink Reply by Roger Beck on
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They used Bug Input Devices to transfer frame by frame or live performances to the digital bug models for many performances in Starship Troopers.
http://www.angelfire.com/film/philtippett/articles/realtroopers.html
I'm guessing that was the technique that was used for the clip.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Boot on -
yeah, looked like cg to me too.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Boot on
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Yep, there's no arguing with that.
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