Animal Logic to provide effects work for Alien: Covenant. As mentioned in this latest article from ABC, the Australian based effects house Animal Logic will be providing special effects for Alien: Covenant. Animal Logic has worked on many big films over the years including the Matrix films, Harry Potter, 300 and several Marvel films. The team also worked on Happy Feet and The Lego Movie, both of which netted them several awards including a BAFTA.
In 2012, Animal Logic purchased another Australian effects company called Fuel VFX. Fuel were responsible for providing visual effects for the preceding film, Prometheus. They created the “holotable” used on the Prometheus, the holographic recordings of the Engineers and most notably, the impressive Orrery scene.
Animal Logic to provide effects work For Alien: Covenant. In 2012 Animal Logic brought Fuel VFX who produced special effects for Prometheus including the Orrery scene.
In this studio visit by ABC’s The Mix (around 04:40), Animal Logic’s work on Alien: Covenant is brought up. Jason Bath and Paul Butterworth briefly talk about working with Ridley Scott though nothing new is mentioned.
It's not quite there yet. The feeling a lot of us are getting from what Scott has been saying is that there's a possibility that the Engineers aren't the Jockeys. We know they were meant to be but it sounds as if Scott maybe retconing the retcon. He keeps talking about who created the Engineers.
Not necessarily involving a plot involving a human crew whose interaction effects the events leading to the derelict crashing on LV426.
While it has an implication of being marooned on LV426 for a long time the thousands of years aspect has been retroactively been proven invalid since the Space Jockey is not a skeleton but a bio tech suit, its a phrase Dallas in Alien simply assumed "alien life form, its been dead long time, fossilized, looks like its grown out of the chair."
True the setting of the circumstance is something to take into consideration, to evoke a long history. The point I was getting across is that the particular events where space jockey succumbs to a chest burster crashing his ship was the center piece on what we though we'd be getting with Prometheus, its what us fans were lead to believe we were being given, an alien prequel, that is until the vague word from those involved in its production suggested other wise and ultimately turned out to be. If Covenant doesn't fare so well Fox may decide to discarded the other sequels it would be all for nothing. We probably wont be getting the installment that portray the events of LV426 until 2024
so right on this...his visuals are always so beautiful. i loved the effects they did for Prometheus including the degraded holograms..it was different and not what i would expect. i do not think they would have had an impact if they were too polished or extravagant. The only real visual choice i did not like was the final deacon design.
The idea of the derelict being a remnant from another age adds so much to the mystery and awe of the scene in Alien, and to the Alien itself.
If it was just some thing from 20 years ago, who gives a f**k?
Generally-speaking Scott doesn't tolerate shitty effects in his films, if he can help it.
The Orrery scene is pretty fantastic.
And i like the old holograms. Pretty intense moment in the pyramid.
And yeah I'm in total agreement with the holograms etc. We are so far past the blue lazer look of Minority Report that somehow became the generic norm.
The visual effects in Prometheus were pretty awe-inspiring.