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Like Cats & Dogs
Warner Brothers
In many of the feature
film projects of the past few years: Lake Placid, Mission to Mars
and the Sixth Day, it was physical and technical scale that gave
them a memorable character for me. Cats and Dogs was bigger than
any of them. It was huge in fact, but in a very small way. Cats
and Dogs required more of everything I've ever done. For over six
months it was relentless. My crew and I serviced Construction, Special
FX, Props, Set Decoration, Costumes, Visual FX, Puppets, Animal
Training and Art Departments.
Although difficult
and frustrating at times, Cats and Dogs was a privilege to work
on. It gave me yet another opportunity to push the envelope of my
knowledge and experience.
One of the most challenging
projects that we undertook on Cats and Dogs was the Mason's Factory
"Legions of Mice" sequence. It required a assembly-line
approach to the creation of ten-thousand rubber mice. These physical
castings were filmed on set and then animated in post-production.
Mice by the Thousands..
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