Monday, April 14, 2008

Green Screen Comments 1st

1st Example:
Star Wars Episode III, final duel

Bravo was playing the series again this weekend, and I had the chance to watch the final battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan.

see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSwy412nttI

Fortunately no such lava-filled environments exist on this planet, and green screen tech had to fill that vacancy. The elaborate and well-choreographed fight encompasses skirmishes on narrow bridges, up falling ramparts, and across streams of lava. Besides the interspersed CGI scenes, of which the green screen scenes blend nicely, the fight is well depicted and visually astounding. Its fast-paced nature and multitude of locales must require an abundance of green/blue covered objects and landings.

1 comment:

Mr. McGowan said...

While I agree to the complexity of this scene in terms of special effects in a green screen environment, I do not find this to be the most amazing or well choreographed battle in the new Star Wars trilogy. Take the duel from episode 1, there is amazing martial arts training involved, as well as filming done completely in a green room. See the extra footage on the DVD to see how it was done.