leading from
a) Animatronic puppet
They knew that Ridley would want to see for real something that relates to his creatures, which they could adapt beyond that later on.
But, in the production department, they agreed together "let’s build a hero version of the creatures just
for the look. It doesn’t have to be in a suit, it doesn’t have to be
practically operated on the set, but it will help the design process and
allow Ridley to finesse the design by building something real that he
can tangibly look at and tweak. "
With that an animatronic version the head with a full range of jaw, mouth muscle, lip and tongue movements for closeup work.
b) The Looker
They called these things "The Looker" versions of the aliens since they "looked good".
- Conor O'Sullivan: We also made an animatronic version for closeup work. (Alien Covenant artbook)
- Closeup shots showcased an animatronic xenomorph head with a full range of jaw. mouth muscle, lip and tongue movements. As with the puppet and suit, Conor O'Sullivan made full use of rapid prototyping techniques. (Cinefex #153)
- Charles Henley: We knew that Ridley would want to see for real something that relates to his creatures, which we could adapt beyond that later on. But, we said, let’s build a hero version of the creatures just for the look. It doesn’t have to be in a suit, it doesn’t have to be practically operated on the set, but it will help the design process and allow Ridley to finesse the design by building something real that he can tangibly look at and tweak. (https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/alien-covenant-set-suit-performances-mo-cap-vfx-played-role-production-150881.html)
- This became what was called the ‘Looker’ versions of the aliens, since they ‘looked good.’ But things did go further, with the design and fabrication of several versions of the two main creatures, seen in the film from their young states (in which they burst out of human bodies) to fully grown sizes. Suits and head pieces containing animatronics were some of the more elaborate builds, made with the combined forces of Creatures Inc and Odd Studio.(https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/alien-covenant-set-suit-performances-mo-cap-vfx-played-role-production-150881.html)
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| Odd Studios: "Alien: Covenant. The Xenomorph. On set maintenance. Image by 20th Century Fox Creature effects and prosthetics by Odd Creatures. Odd Studio and Creatures Inc. " https://www.facebook.com/oddstudiopl/ October 28, 2017
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| 'Original plate with practical Xenomorph.' Source https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/alien-covenant-set-suit-performances-mo-cap-vfx-played-role-production-150881.html |
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| Odd Studios: "Alien: Covenant. Ridley Scott. Damian Martin painting our hero animatronic Xenomorph puppet. Creature effects by Odd Studio & Creatures Inc. Odd Creatures." https://www.instagram.com =Odd Studio , June 2, 2017 |
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| Odd Studios: "Assembling the alien kit. Alien: Covenant. The Xenomorph. Adam Johansen, Rob Trenton & Colin Ware working on the animatronic version of the creature. Fun times. Creature effects by Odd Creatures-Odd Studio & Creatures Inc. " (Facebook/ Odd Studio |
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