leading from
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| The Studio Shed in stage A |
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Giger's shed on the far end of the studio, while the rest of the studio is
taken up by the parts that make up the Nostromo's garage and the leg room
from the photos collection of Charles Lippincott, taken by Bob Penn |
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Work on the Alien head
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a) Life in Giger's studio
In the studio, people
with a right to be there
could go in to the cubicle and talk to Giger but he was very intense
about getting his work done.
Mia Bonzanigo would be working away on the
alien with the help with the likes of Eddie Butler. Dan O'Bannon would
come in and make recommendations such as adding the opposing digit.
Ridley would come along to see how the alien was getting along and then
later the studio bosses would also want to have a look  | Peter Voysey and Eddie Butler with HR Giger as he works on the Alien head
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 | Ivor Powell, Gordon Carroll, Ridley Scott, HR Giger and Eddie Butler
My source https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/386/shooting
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 | HR Giger, Gordon Carroll, Ridley Scott and Eddie Butler
My source https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/386/shooting |
 | Gordon Carroll, HR Giger (with Ivor Powell behind), Ridley Scott and Eddie Butler
My source https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/386/shooting |
 | Gordon Carroll and Ridley Scott,
My source https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/386/shooting
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|  | Rear of Alien head.
My source https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/386/shooting |
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 | Rear of Alien head.
My source https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/386/shooting |
 | Alien sculpture without the alien head
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 | Giger sculpting the alien, from the documentary Giger’s Alien
directed by Mia Bonzanigo and JJ Wittmer (My source https://madmuseum.org)
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 | the alien
My source https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/386/shooting
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| Shirley Denny and Eddie Butler working on the alien |
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Art studio rooms (Bob Penn - Alien ©1979 20th Century Fox Film)
scanned by Charles Lippincott |
 | Art studio rooms
My source https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/386/shooting
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b) Ghost in the Shed
Mia disliked being in the Studio for too long, she thought that she could hear voices or sounds, and felt a presence, to the extent that she became creeped out by the experience and hated being there alone
To
wonder about the nature of that experience, one might draw all kinds of
associations because of the nature of Giger's work for the film, and
perhaps the fear being generated by the film's story as a horror movie.
Perhaps the studio simply haunted by the presences of actors and film
crew from over the decades or perhaps the human skulls used in the alien
sculpture had brought their own ghosts and it would be some years later
that their secret would dawn on Dan O'Bannon.
(See Human skulls from India in Giger's Alien head)
However no one encouraged Mia to walk around the set and mingle, so she
stayed with Giger working, often still after the crew and wrapped for
the day and left and perhaps for that reason she might have been glad
when the film finally wrapped.
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| Art Studio rooms (from The Book of Alien) |
c) In
the photo above , in the room at the front of the photo, we see paintings; part of
the egg silo and derelict pilot chamber below to the far left, and the derelict
as seen from above in the middle and the derelict as seen from a
distance at the right.
At the bottom of the left is a maquette of the
space jockey by Peter Voysey.
d) In the room in the background, this is the main workroom where work is
done on the Alien sculpture and in the background , the second and third
versions of side view concept paintings for the alien.
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Giger working on the Alien sculpture
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| Giger at work on the alien sculpture |
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| Giger at work on the alien sculpture |
e) Giger would be moved on to another room on July 18th 1978, once this
studio has been torn down to make room for the landing leg set.
f) See also Sculpting the alien costume and Giger's Alien head
Source Quote
- Charles Lippincott: Giger
and his girlfriend were always in their little cubicle working. You
could go in and talk to him, but he was very intense about getting his
work done. His girlfriend disliked being in the studio all the time. She
thought she could hear voices or sounds
and was creeped out remaining in the studio all the time, but no one
encouraged her to walk around the set and mingle, so she stayed with
Giger working. I think she was glad when the film wrapped. (Charles Lippincott, 4th September 2014, www.facebook.com)
- Charles Lippincott: Mia and Giger worked for hours preparing the Xenomorph for shooting,
often working after the crew had wrapped and left. She hated being on
the set alone, saying she felt some kind of presence there. ( Charles Lippincott , Thursday Jauary 29th 2015, www.facebook.com)
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