THE SPECIAL EFFECTS SECRETS of Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, UFO and MORE with MIKE TRIM
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- What does it take to craft the model worlds of Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, UFO and more? In 'Fly By Wire' designer and special effects expert Mike Trim shares special effects secrets from his time working on classic Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Supermarionation television series.
From Derek Meddings and Thunderbird 2 to 'Doppelgänger' AKA 'Journey to the Far Side of the Sun', Mike shares his thoughts on the unique look of Century 21 Films' model effects output.
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Century 21 Films Ltd is a multi-faceted production company whose work spans drama to documentary, miniature effects to puppet shows. It was founded by a group of filmmakers who first collaborated on Filmed in Supermarionation, the story of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's hit puppet shows including Thunderbirds, Stingray and Captain Scarlet.
Since then, we have worked for a multitude of high-profile clients including ITV, BBC, Mammoth Productions, British Film Institute and the Halifax working on projects such Thunderbirds, Endeavour, Doctor Who and The Twilight Zone.
In addition to our regular filmmaking services, we specialise in ‘Supermarionation’ - the puppetry filming technique used to make shows like Thunderbirds and have collaborated with ITV repeatedly to provide specialised services. Our work has been featured on The One Show, This Morning, Good Morning Britain, BBC News, ITV News and Mastermind.
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those models became apart of my life i was already a sci fi fan at a young age being born in 1955, growing up with all gerry anderson shows. i started model making age 9 and wanted my kits to look like gerry anderson ones . now at 69 i cant move for models and things so thankyou for the great creative models you made..
Gerry Anderson & the artist that worked for him created a world that was so amazing. As a child I was mesmerized by the pseudo- reality they brought to life. Thank you, Mike, for all the magic you & Gerry gave to us.
Be assured Mike, Century 21 had an enormous impact on many young post-war baby boomers. Derek Meddings, Red Hill, and all of your colleagues are an enormous part of my childhood. Thunderbirds was just the best thing in my life. To some extent it still is. I deeply regret never going to a convention and meeting Gerry. Just glorious. Please just get over the lemon squeezer. I never noticed it until some “expert” pointed it out.
I have just retired from being a aircraft engineer at the major UK manufacturer. Guess why I became an engineer?
more time for the hobbies like model building - dangerous explosions - puppetry - piano ... in Century 22 production
The lemon squeezer is iconic.
The brilliant Mike Trim x
Very interesting. I could listen to Mike Trim all day long. He was fascinating.
Thanks to content like this, i can see the men who shaped my childhood. I wanted to be Virgil Tracy when i was little.
Mike, you scared the hell out of me with those UFOs when I was a kid.
Can't thank you enough for the thrills!
Seeing the miniature cars and vehicles driving in the outdoors or around buildings and roads were some of my favorite moments in these shows in addition to the classic puppets/marionettes.
Terrific little documentary.I still have the various "Dinky " versions of the Captain Scarlet,Joe 90 and UFO vehicles , still lurking in the attic!
These shows were the narrative of my childhood. I can still recall the sense of exvitement watching the drama of Thunderbirds. Thank you Mr Trim for some wonderful memories.
Great interview.
That was extremely interesting! Thank you for making my childhood so exciting! I started with fireball XL5 right up to the point if not watching the Secret Service! Simply as it was not shown on my regional channel! Sigh! What was lovely was the magazine that was made for us kids back then! It made us feel grownup, sitting down at Breakfast with your parents reading the newspapers too! Thank you for all the magical fun you gave us all! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Why did Century 21 shut down? It's weird to say but the management had no imagination as to the future potential of this amazing collaboration of artists. As a kid , I watched them all.
Such a shame that so many of those wonderful models and sets didn't survive. But they will live on in film (or in some form of digital media) and that's some consolation. It was certainly an era.
Great video the effects were out of this world and the music especially in the disaster scenes in Thunderbirds were epic thank you so much
My late uncle Rod was a model maker on Cptn Scarlet and Joe 90
Thank you Rod, great times.
Mike, you and the crew of API did magnificent work I and many others have good memories and still enjoy your work. Thanks.
Always loved the Thunderbirds! Was part of my early development! Fantastic production quality and stories!
Sorcerer is the name of the film about the trucks driving through the jungle with nitroglycerin. If anyone's interested. Roy schieder was the protagonist
Sorcerer was 1977. He is, in fact, talking about The Wages of Fear - the original.
Wages of Fear is a far superior film, in glorious black and white.
Thanks so much for sharing, it brings back a lot of happy memories.
What an uplifting and marvelous 26 minutes. Thank you so much. I could listen to Mike Trim recounting the making of these seminal series for hours. I do hope you are able to have Mike back again to talk more about his many years in production with APF. There are so many aspects of how and why things unfolded as they did as their abilities and experience increased that there must be many more stories to tell.
It was all fantastic and still is. What a great video. Way ahead of its time. Excellent!
Those Century 21 graphics that was the opening sequence for each series was fantastic. I loved it. You knew your favourite show was going to start and it launched you into a new era!
I know exactly what you mean!
Thanks for the interview.
That was a stroll down memory lane. Brilliant.
Compare and contrast our childhoods then to what children experience now. I'd go back to that era in a heartbeat.
PS. My era was Fireball XL5, Supercar, Stingray and Thunderbirds when whacking the side of the tele got the valves working again.
You were part of my chilhdood, and yes: I did notice the orange squeezer 🤣
This is fascinating, what a great insight!
It's always so interesting hearing about how these shows are made. Thank you!
Talking of using everyday items - as kids we had an oval soap dish with a plastic tray that was the same as some 'grids' that appeared on some of the Thunderbird models and sets. Took me years to realise that. Great series and terrific effects.
If i recall correctly, they also used the caps off toothpaste tubes because of the size, shape and texture! Thanks for the memories - its a real treat to watch all these "behind the scenes" clips.
What a great video. Ah Mike, all your hard work is a major part of my childhood. Amazing stuff. Now I think the guys at the Gerry Anderson Podcast need to get you in for a bit more of a detailed chat. People would love that!
This was such fantastic television.
The model makers were genius! Also high as a kite to be so creative..
Mid-1964, 15 GBP per week - before taxes & union dues. My word, Mike was an absolute STEAL 🙂 ( but he would have been at 100 times that salary!) SO humble & understated, and so British. The model-making and filming techniques on these shows were YEARS ahead of their time - geniuses & pioneers that raised the bar to a level that has never been surpassed.
I ADORE these videos - PLEASE keep them coming.
Seeing the Lemon Squeezer - Knowing it WAS a Lemon Squeezer was definitely an awakening in my early model making career. DON'T ever diss that lemon squeezer, its more holy than the universal greeblie. And so too; all the knobs from radios, gas appliances etc.
Wonderful stuff. I loved all these shows on first release when I was a kid. My endless gratitude to all the skilled creatives that made these shows happen.
That was great, such a sad ending to it all though, it went out with a whimper.
good documentary
I am fascinated by the Round House which TB3 launched through. I wish there were more pictures of it. I don't think the Tracy family ever used it for interior shots in the TV series. Perhaps Lady Penelope stayed in it when she visited. Thanks Mike Trim, you had an eye for such style and grace.
Great interview. Mike Trim mentioned he was the main vehicle designer for Captain Scarlet. I'm curious who the vehicle designer was for the New Captain Scarlet?
Awesome content
Love the Supermarionation series. Particularly loved the super percussive intro to Stingray, "Anything can happen in the next half hour!..."
A propos of nothing, quick shufti on Google Maps to see the studio location in Slough, and the buildings were still there in 2016, but they've since been demolished.
@@AXE668 See our latest upload in which some crew members go back to the site before demolition.
Thank you
Thunderbirds... I was 5 or 6 when it was first broadcast. It was GLORIOUS - although I always thought the child characters annoying - and somehow, I KNEW what I was looking at: models and puppets. I was an avid reader of TV21 which had frequent behind the scenes photos and articles; they didn't break the illusion for me, they made the visual magic even better! Of course, nearly 60 years later, following this series with extra details like the different speeds of rolling roads and such...
The real reason for this post, though, is the lemon squeezer on Thunderbird 1's launch bay... for me, it was a link to the real world, somehow. It looked perfect! It was brilliant - and of course, we had one in the kitchen! But for me, that lemon squeezer is THE highlight of that launch bay - always was, always will be.
Those two discs of ( I presume torch light) “the Mysterons” combined with the accompanying mysterious sound effects did make my quiver as a kid.
But as an aside I crapped myself when “the child catcher” was present in the movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
Awesome!
I just love such looks into the actual thought processes that led to certain aspects that shaped the designs.
Thankyou for sharing that with us, it was a fantastic era , I work within the filming industry and still hope that we will return to in camera practical effects rather than going down the AI root. again thankyou for all of your great work Tim and all of your colleagues.
Great video...👍
What a great job
Love these videos. Keep it going. 😊
Fantastic stuff. Love all the vehicle designs especially for UFO by Mike Trim. Loved the Shadow mobiles and didn't realise the heritage from Joe 90 episode with the trucks based on the French film about transporting nitroglycerin. Those cloud shots with dry ice and smoke were revolutionary at the time. Shame they didn't keep all the sets and vehicles for a museum. Still they are great memories.
Thank you, I love the stuff you made, it was of great inspiration to me when I was a kid ❤
Amazing my opinions changing from comic book youth to engineering degree/systems engineer operation and maintenance real life experience.
It's always sad hearing how the Century 21 props were smashed up. Some of the film making and special effects techniques made their way into TUGS through David Mitton as he had worked as a special effects technician on Thunderbirds. There's a fantastic documentary on the making of the series and the ongoing preservation of the surviving model props ruclips.net/video/MoKZmBClElc/видео.html
Love it
Took a look at the Sunprobe episode on ITVX. The resolution and lighting was remarkably high. So high, the paintbrush marks were sorely evident on the hull of the Sunprobe. Too much of a good thing :-)
Some of your designs are brilliant. I have your book too
I lived outside of Detroit from 1967 to 1972 before moving to Cincinnati. Anyway, we watched The Thunderbirds big time up there. I used to draw the ships, especially Thunderbird 2!
Wgat a wonderful insight 👏
is century21 films still active in making new tv shows? It would be cool to see new productions like space: 1999 with new actors but with old technology, no cgi.
Wonderful and ultimately sad, I was 11 when Four Feather Falls started but watched it anyway because it seemed to be different and became an Anderson fan through all of the developing projects, as a near teenager, my peers and I enjoyed other shows like Space Patrol but Supercar was really the start of the exotic for us.
For that trailblazing organisation to just disappear was a tragedy.
Genius
I thought Captain Scarlet was SO handsome, back in the day. 😊
I've seen what happened to one of the models from 2001: A Space Odyssey, quite bizarre.
Astounding to think none of this was done with radio control, batteries & servos. Just wires !
2:21 £15 a week was a relatively good wage for someone in their twenties back in 1964. Just shows how much inflation has eroded everything since.
[25:07] They found new jobs with the cheaper to make, Blake's 7 :-)
Is this an exerpt from a longer documentary?
This particular interview is not, but we have produced longer documentaries like 'Century 21, Slough' and 'Filmed in Supermarionation'.
You were a fort knight after sting ray .
That's really sad about the ending and what had occurred.
salary of 15 pounds LOL.....
Each series wasn't long enough! Except for joe ninety. Never liked that one.
No offense, but even as a kid I never liked this show. The whole thing just wasn't convincing.