Three's Company in Being Human
"The fun part for me is shooting the scenes with the wolf and trying to make everybody else in the scene see what I see in my head: where the wolf is going to be, what he is doing and where the camera is and what motion tracking will have to do, the lighting of the wolf and where the shadows will be cast. It's very hard for everybody to imagine that wolf when we shoot the scene, so it's my job to make sure that everybody sees it."
Meanwhile, the vampire vfx are straightforward: basically eyes turning black when they get upset or the growing of their teeth. When the vampires die, they turn to dust. That will be in the final episode, so they are just starting those vfx. It's a combination of particles and well-planned rotoscoping and some layering in which the outside layer will disintegrate while the inside layer will be dust. But some of them will be a bit more interesting in what we call the "raisin effect." Before they disintegrate, their skin will instantly dry up.
"Most of the big effects will be in the later episodes," Rachiele suggests. "But there's a nice morph in the first episode of Josh when he becomes a wolf, but you don't see the end of his transformation. We zoom in on his face where his nose is very obvious and hair grows into a near werewolf. We cut just before the final stage.
"Another interesting shot is where he's in the woods on all fours and we see his rear and human legs becoming wolf-like. But it's in the middle of the transformation. We built a complete snout in 3D and we motion tracked the actor's face and added our CG on it. Episode 10 will have lots of animation with a wolf fight."
Bill Desowitz is senior editor of AWN & VFXWorld.
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Great hmaemr of Thor, that is powerfully helpful!
1. I'm not British im Serbian idiot.
2. The number of american shows remade for british viewers is below 4 percent compared to 96 percent for British ones remade for America.
3. You call me feebled minded yet in the same post you say they are no such thing as an original idea, thats feeble minded.
4. Tell the rest of Americans and your president to stay "across the pond" and out of other countries business. And remember American scum KOCOBO JE SRBIJA.
That path goes both ways. The British remake alot of American shows as well my feeble minded nationalistic friend:
List_of_US_television_series_remade_for_the_British_market at Wikipedia
The list goes on. There is no longer such a thing as a new idea, but there is always a way of presenting an old idea in an new way.
From across the pond.
Stupid Americans always remake already great British shows. Being Human, Shameless, the IT crowd, Life on mars and Skins to name just a few. Why don't you get up of your fat ass and create your own ORIGINAL ideas.
Don't worry, it's not Aiden. I highly recommend watching the BBC version, too.
I too love both verisons of this show!! I loved the BBC marathon leading to the new season. Can't wait until it comes out on DVD!
Noooo! He turns into DUST?!!!
i agree wth connie,LOVE is show ,its awsome all the way around .
I love both shows. I wouldn't miss an episode of either one.
Talk about "being human," they really make us feel the longing in each character.
Absolutely love this show! I agree that the effects match the show well. They're not too over the top but they're not a joke either.
I'm sure many people enjoy the BBC show but honestly I am just not a fan. I think the acting is just sub par. When I watch this show on SyFy I get lost in the story and the characters, but on BBC I feel like it's so over acted that you can't believe in the story at all.
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