Mike Robinson Talks About The Effects For The New Monster Film Sacrifice

By: Mike Robinson
Source: From an e-mail sent to Avery Guerra

Bob Nelson forwarded an e-mail from our very own Avery Guerra to his effects man, Mike Robinson, about some questions he had about his latest monster movie project entitled, "Sacrifice." This is what Mr. Robinson had to say about the project:

"At the start I wanted to mention that things are still very fluid and therefore subject to change. Having said that, here are some answers to at least a few of the questions.

Although admitedly time consuming, to make the most realistic picture the effects that will be used are going to be almost, if not completely, all CGI. We presently have our own dedicated systems of suitable capacity. The software that we presently posess will be of some use to the production of the effects and the creation of the creature, however more capable software will be procured in the near future. We are anticipating that the proceeds from the sale of the chapters will be sufficient to acquire additional computers and software to augment what we have. We are looking at commercial items that have been used to make larger budget films, but at a bargain price as they have technically been superceded by more recent software advances.

Use of green-screen will play a fairly prominent role in the creation of some of the scenes and their surroundings. Again, a believable creature and realistic visual effects is the goal.

There will only be the one creature, which, for the sake of prudence, will not be "unveiled" for a couple of reasons: we still have yet to digitally render it; we have our 2D image of what it will look like, however it has not been made into a 3D digital image and might still undergo some minor modifications before this all rolls out. We also want to maintain a sense of suspense and anticipation, although (if we release a trailer) it's possible that some quick glimpses of its body in shadow or through NVD's could be used."

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