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VISUAL EFFECTS (DE-EVOLVED LIZARDLIKE CREATURE)

ST DVD screenshots and episode screenshots from [#31 Threshold] by Janet.

Dan Curry's words are in this print style.

 

The most interesting thing for that was when they became lizards that we had a little person inside a large constructed physical lizard-like creature. And I was amazed that she was able to move around and get it to look so lively.

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Then we had a scene where the babies were jumping in the water. And what we did there, so we could have the water interact properly with the creature, is I designed the creature like a cross between a baby seal and reptile. Then we made a black sock filled with sand about that size and dragged with monofilm into the water, so the water would splash out, but because it was black you didn't really see it very well. And then we would replace the black sock with a CG creature, so that it would look like the creature was actually making physical contact with the water even though it was just a cloth stuffed with sand. We gave it the right amount of weight and mass to make the water spread from its arrival.

the black sock leaves the nest and heads for the water

the black sock splashes into the water

the black sock "swims" away

Costume and make-up are among other topics at PERSONAL LOG: [#31 Threshold] - on Behind-the-scenes Page.