Hitchhikers Say No to CG

[King of Creation]

<strong>[Film & TV -> Interview]</strong> - More info on <a href="http://wikipocalypse.duckandcover.cx/in ... tle=Robbie Stamp">Person: Robbie Stamp</a> | More info on <a href="http://wikipocalypse.duckandcover.cx/in ... tchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy">Film & TV: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a>

In
a recent interview, producer <strong>Robbie Stamp</strong>
talked about the special effects used in <em>The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy</em>.&#160; He said that wherever
possible, they tried <em>not</em> to use CG.
<blockquote><em>"I
think the guiding principle was to not do everything with
[computer-generated imagery]," Stamp said in an interview at WonderCon
in San Francisco last weekend. "So there's an awful lot of stuff that
is done in-camera. We've got real creatures. [Director] Garth
[Jennings] has used some of the oldest ... filmmaking tricks in the
book. ... I think we wanted something which had a sort of a heart and
soul and a charm to it. ... [With] some of the bigger, huge CGI epics,
... maybe just some of their heart and soul and fun has gone out of
them."

</em></blockquote>This is an old school crew.&#160; I'm glad to see that
there are still some people out there who don't rely on flashy graphics
for a box office draw.&#160; They just want to make a good movie.

Spotted @ <a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/">Scif Fi Wire</a>

[Mr. Teatime]

Same as with Land of the Dead, IIRC.

[Fez]

Bigger explosions! Shinier guns I say!