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Tron Unwired: Engineering New Worlds & Effects

Event Film 2011
Format Workshop
Organizer Brent Heyning Toyshoppe Systems
Description Check out the energy innovations under the hood as we look at the engineering that goes into building costumes, props, models and sets for science fiction films such as Tron. Producers and creators for film can learn quickly how to budget, plan and execute their special effects. Films large and small can build effective props with lighting, sound and in-camera special effects, often without a large budget. Learn how pros build new worlds out of old junk and wire up new solutions with high-tech power innovations. Modelmaker and prop engineer Brent Heyning has been working in the film industry for 18 years, most recently wiring sound, light and cooling systems in the helmets for TRON: Legacy along with lighting the "mousterpieces" in Dinner with Schmucks. Brent has extensive film credits including spaceships, ports, cities, vehicles and creatures for ILM, Digital Domain, Disney, Sony, 20th Century Fox, Dream Quest and Boss Films. Some other major blockbusters films include Star Wars, AI, Transformers, Team America: World Police and The Matrix Trilogy.
Questions
Answered
  1. What will it cost to build this special costume for our movie?
  2. How can you add low cost lighting to an existing prop?
  3. What goes into the engineering of a major blockbuster world?
  4. Are there budget-friendly solutions for creating big effects?
  5. What are the best studios and shops currently creating physical effects?
Level Advanced
Category Production
Tags costumes, effects, Engineering