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King Kong (1933) poster. While he worked in the Institute he met Willis O'Brien, who worked in special effects for movies in Hollywood.O'Brien was a specialist in building miniature creatures and sets as well as in stop-motion animation.
King Kong opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews, with praise for its stop-motion animation and score. In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry .
David W. Allen (October 22, 1944 – August 16, 1999) was an American film and television stop motion model (puppet) animator.. Allen provided special effects on such productions as The Howling, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Young Sherlock Holmes (for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects nomination), Willow and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
Willis Harold O'Brien (March 2, 1886 – November 8, 1962), known as Obie O'Brien, was an American motion picture special effects and stop-motion animation pioneer, who according to ASIFA-Hollywood "was responsible for some of the best-known images in cinema history," and is best remembered for his work on The Lost World (1925), King Kong (1933), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) and Mighty Joe ...
The scenes utilising stop-motion animation (or model animation), those featuring creatures on the island or Kong, were the work of pioneer model animator Willis O'Brien. His work in King Kong inspired Harryhausen, and a friend arranged a meeting with O'Brien for him. O'Brien critiqued Harryhausen's early models and urged him to take classes in ...
King Kong musical: Meet Broadway's 2,000-pound puppet star
The models and animation are more sophisticated than in King Kong and use more subtle gestures. Despite the increased technical sophistication, the film, like King Kong, features scale issues, with Joe noticeably changing size between many shots. Harryhausen attributed these lapses to Cooper, who insisted Joe appear larger in some scenes for ...
The huge King Kong puppet was created by Global Creature Technology. [230] The puppet stands 20 feet tall and weighs 2,400 pounds. It is operated by a large rig with 10 onstage puppeteers, [231] and features an array of microprocessors and tiny motors that power nuanced movements in the facial features. [232]