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Craft guide / 2 tracks

Making creatures and spacecraft convincing

Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman discuss Silent Running's models, drone performers, and aircraft-carrier locations. Joe Lynch, Chuck Russell, Mark Irwin, and Tony Gardner explain The Blob's storyboards, creature materials, lighting, and compositing. Both tracks connect effects techniques to performance and physical movement.

Reading order

Read the commentaries in order.

  1. Silent Running poster

    Part 1 of 2

    Silent Running (1972)

    Barry Forshaw / Kim Newman

    Scholar / 1h 29m / 210 segments

  2. The Blob poster

    Part 2 of 2

    The Blob (1988)

    Joe Lynch / Chuck Russell / Mark Irwin / Tony Gardner

    Multi-voice / 1h 34m / 210 segments