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"Tom, Alec and I have spent years on
smoke-filled sets, being chased or pursuing something from
one town or planet to another, wrapped in creations that
would scare the life out of Satan himself. Tom and Alec make the director's choices physically tangible....
They are the Masters of the Impossible. AVP is the latest...Herculean. Stretched to the limitless.
It's been an honor to enter their domain."
- Lance Henriksen
Actor, AVP, Aliens, Aliens 3
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AVP-Alien vs. Predator, The Creature
Effects of ADI showcases the great work done by Amalgamated
Dynamics, Inc. (ADI) on the AVP feature film. You can follow
along as ADI founders/designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff,
Jr. share with you all facets of development of these well-known
creatures.
The book is full of design drawings, sculptures, artist bios
and much more that provide a wonderful case study of what went
on behind the scenes within one of Hollywood's top creature
effects houses. You see the subtle changes and understand the
reasons behind the evolution of the Alien over five feature
films. You witness the extensive animatronics engineered to
make the monsters move. And because Tom Woodruff, Jr. not only
designs and builds the Alien...he plays it...he has an individual
perspective on making creatures come alive.
Every step is well photographed and explained with an extensive
text dedicated to the creation of two of our favorite movie
creatures.
ISBN: 0-9726676-6-0
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