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Steve Johnson’s Rubber Rules – Get Slimed Part 1

“Get Slimed: The Making of the Classic Animatronic Character” Go behind the scenes to see how Slimer (known as Onion Head in the script) was made for the smash hit film “Ghostbusters”!

27Nov2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Steve Johnson Doesn’t Want a F**king Oscar

Steve Johnson’s Rubber Rules has become a reason to watch Youtube again for me.  Finally someone telling it like it is without all the “We’re just a great big happy production” feel.  Steve talks about how The Abyss’s clear NTIs were a challenge and how the fiber optics lit the underwater puppets.  Also, there is [...]

15Nov2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Batman Dead End…yeah, that guy.

Shortly after that, I was fortunate enough to meet the man who would have the biggest influence on my life and career, and become my mentor. I’d first seen pictures of Henry Alvarez in movie magazines, he was kind of a legend at that point already and was working for Rob Bottin at the time, heading up the sculpture department.

4May2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Smell That? SAG and AMPTP Post “Joint Release” On Tentative Agreement.

In what is being called a “joint release” SAG and the AMPTP are saying that have indeed finally reached a tentative deal. See the full announcement after the jump.

17Apr2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Time for you to Revisit MUATV

If you have never seen it, it’s fascinating.  Joe Blasco plays host to of all people, Make-up Artists!  From recent Blasco school grads to Oscar winners.  Joe brings the goods and undeniably MUATV has become a serious resource to the make-up community.  For example, if you missed an episode just take a look at their previous [...]

25Mar2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Know Your History: “V” Make-Up Designer Leo Lotito

Lotito, whose credits include Planet of the Apes, is working with a crew of six full-time makeup artists at least 12 hours a day. “We are using a very involved and complicated makeup process in order to reveal the faces of the seemingly friendly Visitors,” Lotito explains. “Layers of foam latex prosthetics are applied to the actors so that when the outside human skin is pulled off, it reveals the reptilian prosthetics underneath.

See the video and full article after the jump.

19Mar2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Making up the Watchmen

Make Up Artist Magazine has an article featuring “Watchmen”. If you were wondering who the team is behind making Watchmen look good, check it out!

7Mar2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Looks Like Spectral Motion is a “Lock” for The Hobbit

Gullermo also said that he’s hoping to work with the following past collaborators: Hellboy comic book author Mike Mignola during the “design stage for a week or two”, concept artist Wayne Barlowe, cinematographer Guillermo Navarro of all of del Toro’s previous films, and special effects house Spectral Motion.
More after the jump…

2Dec2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Todd Masters, Sex Toys and Aliens (oh my?)

We took what was done by other companies in the computer, months before we came aboard, and created a maquette or miniature sculpture so the director could start seeing something for real. Then we started to make all of these disgusting tests. MORE…

2Dec2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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REVIEW: FANTASTIC FLESH – The Art of Make-Up EFX

Premieres on Starz October 7th, 2008
Introduced by series host Richard Roeper and then carried through by knowledgeable makeup masters and filmmakers, nearly all the greats in horror/sci fi/fantasy get a chance to speak.

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3Oct2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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