History of stop motion puppetry video

Found this on Yiutube & thought others might want to see it.Don't know if this has been around already.

In the AT-AT scene is that a go-motion AT-AT?It also has a nice shot of a Taun Taun armature.

History of Stop Motion Puppetry in Film - Part 3 - Star Wars - Chiodo Bros - Phil Tippett - Robocop - YouTube

Dave

Thanks this was very cool!

No,ILM used good 'ol fashioned stop-motion for the At-Ats.I believe Go-Motion (developed by Tippet) was first used in Dragonslayer for the flying sequences and some of the walking/crawling sequences.Not nearly enough of the dragon was used/seen in that film.It is still THE BEST Dragon on film next to Ray Harryhausen's work in Sinbad.That's just me though.

JPolacchi said:

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No,ILM used good 'ol fashioned stop-motion for the At-Ats.I believe Go-Motion (developed by Tippet) was first used in Dragonslayer for the flying sequences and some of the walking/crawling sequences.Not nearly enough of the dragon was used/seen in that film.It is still THE BEST Dragon on film next to Ray Harryhausen's work in Sinbad.That's just me though.

Nope, Go-Motion was introduced in ESB for the Taun-Tauns and the AT-AT´s to achieve some motion blur.

Go motion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That's tue, and I can confirm that Tippet says as much in one of the Blu Ray Empire interviews.

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That's tue, and I can confirm that Tippet says as much in one of the Blu Ray Empire interviews.

I think the Making Magic CD had a portion about GoMo already, and I think I can remember seeing the classic Tippet behind the AT-AT in the Video that came in the THX re-issue stardestroyer box as well.

Thanks for bringing this video to light. Parts 1 & 2 can be found here:

Part 1: History of Stop Motion Animation Puppetry in Film - Part 1 of 3 - Willis O'Brian - Phil Tippett - YouTube

Part 2: History of Stop Motion Animation Puppetry in Film - Part 2 of 3 - Ray Harryhausen - Willis O'Brian - YouTube

Dan