'The Creator' director Gareth Edwards and Industrial Light & Magic visual effects supervisor Jay Cooper talk to Ian Failes from befores & afters. We discuss the VFX tests (including which ones made it into the final film), deciding which actors would become robots after shooting, crafting simulants, shooting with the virtual camera, and filming on ILM's StageCraft LED stage.

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0:00 Video begins
1:18 Gareth notices Godzilla behind me
2:18 Doing VFX (and filmmaking) differently
9:14 Choosing a human to be a robot
13:57 Bald actors the new gray/mirror balls
17:38 The VFX tests
22:42 The tests that made the final film
24:30 How to make a simulant
32:45 Stilt houses
38:03 NOMAD scanner from Gareth’s A51 visit
42:28 Virtual camera shoot
45:10 Using StageCraft
55:58 Wrap-up

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