ROBOCOP stop motion animation
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2022
- ROBOCOP stop motion animation. Harry Walton talks about working on the 1987 film with Randy Dutra and Phil Tippett, as well as advancements in stop-mo technology. Upgraded segment from Sense of Scale documentary. Photos: Harry Walton, Tippett Studio, Eric Swenson, Orion Pictures
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Great to see Phil Tippet's collaborators get some recognition. They produced such inspired and memorable work on Robocop but hardly ever get a mention.
I recently read the Cinefex article on Robocop, and it’s amazing how much they managed to achieve on such a tight budget. Tippett gave Verhoeven a lot of credit for insisting on shots and angles that would ordinarily be avoided in stop motion, and I was quite surprised to read that they didn’t actually use Go-Motion, as it would’ve been too expensive; instead, they manually moved or nudged the miniature puppets while the shutter was open to produce a hint of motion blur. Such delightful creativity - I’d certainly buy that for a dollar!
Ah! I always wondered how they achieved motion blur in RoboCop--especially RoboCop 2 which had a LOT of it.
@@RalphBarbagallo I’m not sure if they used go-motion for Robocop 2, but I think they had a bigger budget so it might’ve been practical for that one! Either way, it’s certainly got some of the best stop motion work in cinema history 🙂 It’s a big shame that Tippett & co. didn’t get a chance to really strut their stuff on Jurassic Park, as I’m sure it would’ve been amazing… but I think it would’ve had a big effect on the overall feel of the film. I guess we’ll never know!
@@Daveyboy100880 Yeah I remember at the time thinking RoboCop 2 was the best VFX I had ever seen in a film. And certainly the best stop/go motion ever.
The little bit of jerkiness in the stop motion walking of the Robocop attack robot adds a really unsettling layer a terror that i've never seen CGI replicate. Same with the first Terminator movie, there is something deeply unsettling about the way they move that activates something primal in the brain..like "this isn't natural, be afraid".
Absolutely. Gives it a nightmarish effect and Ed209 puppet vs the life size standing version are pretty seemless
Also Talos in Jason and the Argonauts. The jerkiness of stop motion helps evoke the stiff movement of a giant bronze automaton - the sound design adds a lot too. Terrified me as a kid!
Yes, the uncanny…
Robocop is a classic, one of the best sci-fi action movies ever made. It will never be forgotten and to be a part of its creation is pretty cool.
Part 1 really is Great! Even the villians were so memorable. This movie had lightning in a bottle. I can still watch it today!
Robocop is a brilliant film. It’s actually an amazing satire that is very well written. I remember being amazed watching it for the first time as a 9 year old boy. And very disturbed by the violence too. But as I got older I realized it’s actually such a clever and smartly written film. I still come back to it once a year. They don’t make movies like this anymore.
@@davidw5532 I think I'm going to have to watch it on the home theatre tonight. Its been many years since I've seen it. Awesome movie, right up there with T2.
@@tac6044 awesome bro! You will have a lot of fun watching it tonight. I also recommend Starship Troopers as it’s also directed by same director Paul Verhoevan. Kind of done in the same style as Robocop in terms of it being a satire.
@@davidw5532 its the greatest robo movie ever made!!! Droppp it!
Thanks once again for your interviewing style, where you don't interrupt at all and just let your guest talk! Brilliant.
The amount of patience and dedication you must have to do stop motion is incredible. Animators off all types are something else.
"Its pretty violent, pretty graphic." Understatement of the year.....but thats also one of the things that made Robocop so great.
We won tickets, some pre release at a theatre in Newport Beach, CA. Based on the title we thought it was gonna be joke. At the end of the movie the entire theatre stood and cheered.
Amazing. Stop motion animation must be a labor of love. It is so detailed and precise. It seems very stressful.
Davey and Goliath on Harry's TV/VCR combo!
I have the UTMOST respect for Phil Tippett and his work. The man really knew how to sculpt in time.
I made a short sequence with kit-bashed walkers (Robotech and Transformer parts + different Tamiya kits on armatures) in my first year of film school... those six weeks were my first and last serious try at stop motion. It's only for VERY special & talented people. 😂
You know when someone is cool, they have Windows XP and a VHS tape player / TV combo.
Interview was done in 2010.
I didn't think they were that small that's pretty damn cool
RoboCop(1987) was an awesome movie. My neighbor sold me a RoboCop action figure. He needed $10 badly at the time.
I love watching these type of videos while working on my models 😅
Imagine if you walked into that movie Robocop model shop and they said
"Here, Take one. It's yours". Which one would you take home to keep? A Robocop or an ED-209?
Think I’d have to go for an ED-209!
What movie is he talking about at 2:36? "Ugly Bird"?
I guess it must be > The Legend of Hillbilly John < from 1972.
@@PolLight3000 Thanks!
@@gapjunction11 No problem. ^^
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This stuff is really cool to see. What i would like to see is how the models are made step by step as well with the actual footage behind the scenes of the model working or not working for a take
one of my top 5 favorite movies. stuff of legend here. the stuff done in the end battle of rc2 is insane.
2:01 That was scary.
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I want info on those Davey and Goliath armatures behind him!
Harry used to animate on that show. And Gumby.
One of my favorite films. Great video and great miniature+stop motion stories.
The question everyone wants to know is ' Why are the baddies (puppet) arms so long when he falls to his death?'
The stop-mo puppet was just made for a quick 3 or 4 second shot. Nowadays everyone can freeze-frame the images in movies and pick things apart. Back in 1987 the shot went by fast on screen. A year later Die Hard tried a different approach, and had the actor fall into a blue screen for more realism.
Because of perspective. This has been addressed. It has been assumed that the puppet had arms that were too long, but that is not the case. The puppet does in fact look as it should but for some reason, maybe due to the lens and/or camera angle, the puppet looks weird in the final shot.
@@TheRealCybermaze You don't have to freeze frame it. The arms actually grow longer as he falls. Which doesn't happen in King Kong which might be the best comparison of a falling puppet. I'm not convinced by the camera lens argument
It was intentional as a joke
2:29 This shot from Robocop 2 was so perfectly implemented that you couldn't tell where the live action ended and the stop motion began. So interesting to see how it was done.
I always thought that with digital cameras, you should just film, move out of the way then cut all those frames out
Huge robocop fan ❤
Davy and Goliath armatures on the tv. Awesome.
I'm impressed by Harry's commitment to Windows XP.
This interview was done in 2010.
@@piercefilm windows 7 launched a year earlier. I too was still using XP well into 2017.
I'll always remember Robocop as one of the most graphic violent movies ever. Pretty good though.
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The whole thing ruined by the last guy falling out of the window with forearms too long.