Behind The Scenes -Transformers: 'Revenge Of The Fallen'

Posted by Editor on 07/01/2009

Just a week after its release, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' is breaking all kinds of records at the box office. The first day it was released, it raked in over 60mm USD surpassing 'Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix' by over $20 million USD, and lagging the all-time box-office leader 'The Dark Knight' by only $6mm USD.

The main reason for the huge success of the sequel, starring alien robots, is its incredible special effects. As you can imagine, these were not easy, especially given that the movie had both live and animated characters.

The saga of the sequel began three years ago, when director Michael Bay hired some artists to sketch the transformer robots that he had envisioned . It was based on these sketches that scriptwriters started to draft the story line.

Once that was ready he set about filming two separate movies - An animated one starring the transformers and a real-life one with the human stars which was filmed on location in Egypt and New Mexico.

This was challenging, since the director had to visualize exactly where the transformers would be, when filming any scene that involved them and the actors had to act as if they were reacting to the giants - while in reality they were just talking to tall poles.

The live-action was filmed first. Then the animation teams set to work, inserting the hand-made transformers into each scene and making them appear larger-than-life. Once the scenes look seamless, the sound-effects guys added the drama to make them even more realistic. Finally, came the carpenters who added all the dust and the debris and other fine details.

No wonder it took hundreds of artists about three years and $150mm USD to make this movie - But the end result, as we can all attest to is simply incredible and something they will be proud of their entire lives.

Sources:eninews,wired.com,newsday.com

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  1. cat girl 4 days later:
    I want to see it!!!!!!
  2. gio 6 days later:
    the movie was tide
  3. j 6 days later:
    wey the movie is hit
  4. Eugenio 6 days later:
    the movie was hot
  5. Haha 7 days later:
    i have seen it xP
  6. lady solodolo 8 days later:
    It's pretty cool to know that they were talking to tall poles.i thought that there was small robots that they had to act like there were tall....
  7. ? 8 days later:
    best movie ever in the summer
  8. Marcus 13 days later:
    who saw optimus get his hat handed to him. then he came back ripping robots heads off and got his brother back. And who could forget the gangster robots who cursed in every sentence this movie was unbelievable its a must see and the movie of the summer just like last summer.
  9. kristen 28 days later:
    that is so cool
  10. zeyi about 1 month later:
    cool
  11. artem about 1 month later:
    Ho thats coool!!!!!!!!!!
  12. Breana about 1 month later:
    Such a good movie!
  13. Samantha about 1 month later:
    ha ha
  14. joe about 1 month later:
    that's so cool !!!!!!
  15. gabby 4 months later:
    i love this movie it was great
  16. mEds 7 months later:
    astig!..
  17. mEds 8 months later:
    wow that is cool
  18. mEds 8 months later:
    Im fat ...but i dont care i like it
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