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[Kurgan]

RoTS actually had less CGI than AoTC. A lot of it was done with sets and miniatures.

 

That would be interesting if it were true. I know all three prequels made extensive use of miniatures and sets as well. Before ROTS came out we were hearing there was going to be NO location shooting, except the shots taken from Tunisia desert during AOTC that would be used. However this proved to be false and there were many background plates used from locations, merged digitally with whatever.

 

Another (correct me if I'm wrong) false rumor that seems to have been going around is that ROTS was the first "all digital movie." This honor seems rather to go to "The Rescuers Down Under" in 1990, which was filmed completely digitally. Or to AOTC, the first movie distributed in completely digital format (of course a "film" version of AOTC was also released, but I think they mean the first film distributed in digital format to digital theaters on the first run).

[El Sitherino]

Uh... Rescuers down under wasn't filmed digitally. It was DRAWN digitally.

This was the first 100% digital feature film ever made. The animation and backgrounds were done traditionally but all of the coloring, many effects and the final film printing was all done digitally. This was the first film produced with Disney's Academy Award Winning "CAPS" production system.

It still was done using film, but the process was done digitally, not like what they meant with AoTC which was filmed in digital format. And had a printing done to film.

 

And what I said about RoTS is true. And noone said RoTS was the first entirely digital movie. They were talking about AoTC being the first movie to be entirely filmed digitally, becuase it is.

[Kurgan]

Uh... Rescuers down under wasn't filmed digitally. It was DRAWN digitally.

It still was done using film, but the process was done digitally, not like what they meant with AoTC which was filmed in digital format. And had a printing done to film.

 

And what I said about RoTS is true. And noone said RoTS was the first entirely digital movie. They were talking about AoTC being the first movie to be entirely filmed digitally, becuase it is.

 

Filmed, drawn, arggh, poor choice of words on my part!

 

I know the tally for special effects shots done in ROTS was higher than AOTC, but you're saying a higher percentage of them were CG in AOTC? I guess you'd have to define what you mean by "more" or "less" CGI. Sort of like the "digital" thing.

[El Sitherino]

Effects doesn't mean CGI automatically. Miniatures, background placement, etc. Those all are counted as effects. They used a lot more miniatures in this than in AoTC. Mustafar for example. And they did a lot of the backgrounds using photos and such rather than doing digitally rendered backgrounds. They used a lot more actual sets, rather than having a bunch of CGI sets rendered for scenes.