what is your favourite special effect from firefly?
POSTED BY: Stubbs
UPDATED: Thursday, April 13, 2006 04:45
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I'm really tempted to second that call about the backwards facing shot in the pilot when Serenity is burning out of Witefall. I am instead though, going to go with any and all shots of the Alliance Cruisers from the show. I love those things, they're so cool looking and the way that they're built not only personifies what the Alliance is all about but what the show's design scheme is about.
Also, EarthThatWasWolf, welcome aboard. I'm going to have to disagree with you on the point you made. It's pretty well documented that since the big space-battle at the end of the film takes place in that debris cloud, that there could conceivably be sound, given the near atmospheric density of the material. It's kind of a bull-shit reason, but at least it is one and I for one can't recall any sound in space other than that sequence.
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My favorite shot in the BDM is the first reveal of the ship, and the "fly-around" just as she's entering atmo. I was at one of the early screenings last June, amd I swear I had to fight back tears, it was so beautiful. I still get chills down my spine every time I see it.
From the series, one of my favorite SFX scenes is the first "boost" in the pilot "Serenity", just after they activate the crybaby. I don't know why.
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Stubbs,
It's the silence. Silence in space - what a whacky idea!
For some reason it struck me most of all when Serenity pulled away from the skyplex early in "The Message", just as the police cutter was pulling in. Lot's of visuals - billboard ads, ships going every-which-way - and not a single sound. Nothin'. Not even background music.
Very different, and for someone brought up on all those other SciFi shows, more than a little unsettling.
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Once CGI shot that always amazed me was in BUSHWACKED, when the camera pulls back through the roof window as you see the Alliance troops tearing the kitchen apart and you see Simon and River in the space suits and the you see the camera pull back further and further until you see that Serenity is on it's belly attached to the bottom of the Dortmunder and how it dwarfs the tiny ship. It's a perfect blend of a practical shot and a CG shot.
Another effect shot I love is in ARIEL when Simon was moving the hologram of River's brain and realizing the extent of the damage that was done to her. I don't know if the CG animators were being particularily anal in this case, or if it was a new kind of CG technology being used or how Sean played the scene, but I got the sense that it was "real", y'know. Like it was actually happening.
As for mise en scene, the prologue in OBJECTS IN SPACE shocked me when I first saw it. For the longest time, we've only seen River objectively. But this was the first time when we're in her brain and we're seeing how she perceives the world around her. And after that, who's blame her for acting crazy.
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The first time we see Serenity proper when she's detaching from the wreck in the pilot, then of course, the 'Firefly boost' right after. The lighting, the guitar, and the sexiness of the ship in that very first sequence gets me every. time.
Alternatively, my least favorite effect comes from the BDM. Serenity's landing gear when they first land are decidedly different from the series, which were just simply extensions. The whole bug-like joint thing kind of put me off.
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Looks like I agree with all the previous posters ;p My personal 3 faves are Serenity "rabbiting" from the Alliance cruiser in the pilot (think the music there has something to do with it too :), looking down at the contrail after pulling the Crazy Ivan, and the zoomdown in the opening of Heart of Gold.
Also, I'm a big fan of the special effects that don't draw overmuch attention to themselves. The best special effects, I think, are the ones you don't even think of as CGI. I like the little touches you see throughout. Mal flying through the hologram window in Trainjob. The electronic paper idea that you see with Badger in the pilot, and with Niska the first time in Trainjob.
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Quote:You know, that 'neural imager' scene bothers me when it shows her whole body because her feet don't match. Summer/River's feet have that ballerina point to them, but the image's feet are held at a more typical foot-angle.
Originally posted by reginaroadie:
Another effect shot I love is in ARIEL when Simon was moving the hologram of River's brain and realizing the extent of the damage that was done to her.
My fave is also the 'rabitting' scene: the music, the lack of sound effects, the orange glowing whispy 'exhaust'...yeah. But I also really like the full burn in atmo while fleeing Whitefall. In fact, I like the way it contrasts so much with the rabitting scene.
As for the BDM, hated the buggy-legs in the BDM. It seemed so...Star-Wars-Prequely. Loved Serenity's cello intro and breaking atmo. Oh, and lets not forget Nathan smashing his face into the floor. Does it count as a special effect if he's actually doing it?
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Originally posted by nosadseven:
You know, that 'neural imager' scene bothers me when it shows her whole body because her feet don't match. Summer/River's feet have that ballerina point to them, but the image's feet are held at a more typical foot-angle.
Never really noticed the discrepancy, nosadseven....maybe that's kinda the point. I mean, maybe the Neural Imager projects a template based on a basic scan (gender, height, weight, age) and then adds the specific details from more complex scans. We never see a beam (that I recall) scanning River before the hologram popus up.
My favourite series effect? Kind of a toughie....sort of a toss up between the display screen of the Independent AA battery Mal uses to smoke the Alliance skiff in the opening gambit of Serenity and Serenity getting chased by the ARSEV in The Message. The former's just a small effect, but rahter cool to see; the latter just knocked my socks off for it's realistic styling and effects
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