#WATCHWITHCUSHING!
'Is it wrong to love THE Rogue One? Well, here's a confession, I am
very fond of this film and have a lot of respect for what Industrial
Light and Magic and Guy Henry achieved in the finished film. We've posted a feature about this today at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE . .. For
those not up to speed with what happened four years ago...here we go! In
the 2016 anthology film '#RogueOne',
archive footage and a digital scan of Cushing's life mask made for the
1984 film Top Secret! were used to create a 3D CGI mask which was
augmented and mapped to actor Guy
Henry's face. Henry had studied Cushing's mannerisms many years
previously for the lead role in British TV show 'Young Sherlock', but
insisted on a screen test as he was not comfortable that his vocal
imitation was accurate, stating he sounded more like "Peter O'Toole than
#PeterCushing".
THE ILM team searched through hours of footage to find suitable
material of Cushing to build from, footage from 'A New Hope' was lit
very differently to the lighting used in 'Rogue One' and had to be
digitally changed. The more they manipulated the lighting to match the
other actors in the scenes the less like Cushing the character model
looked, which meant creating a balancing act between "a digital figure"
and "one who looked precisely like Cushing". The owners of Cushing's
estate were heavily involved with the creation and had input right down
to "small, subtle adjustments".
ABOVE: THE PCASUK STORY ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY!
THE RESULT, which has been called "one
of the most complex and costly CGI re-creations ever", received a mixed
response. Recently, Derpfakes who is quite the dab hand at creating some
quite stunning CGI creations and sharing them for critiques on YouTube.
Here for your analysis, is his tweaking and nudging, of the ILM job on
Tarkin's appearance in 'Rogue One' (2016) ... There are some interesting
chances... for some I am sure, there will be little difference. Later,
if you like me have always thought the ideas and concepts of 'Star Wars'
were very original and new, join us later 😉 - Marcus
