How ‘The Creator’s’ Destroyer Tank Was Influenced By ‘Akira’ and Bandai Toys
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “The Creator” director and co-writer Gareth Edwards started out making documentaries for the BBC, moving to fiction with 2010’s “Monsters.” From there, he jumped into “Godzilla” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” For “The Creator,” a futuristic sci-fi film depicting AI robots and humans in conflict, he wanted to draw from the best aspects of each filmmaking approach.
That meant staying nimble on shots while relying on a big visual effects team to create the look he wanted, according to ILM visual effects supervisor Jay Cooper.
One of the biggest challenges for Cooper was the destroyer tank. Cooper and the VFX team built it in London with the directive of making it seem larger than it was.
Says Cooper, “Each time we made it bigger, Gareth wanted it bigger than what we presented. There was nothing there on set, there’s no physical model.
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