[SPOILERS] Feral Predator Design Thread

[SiL]

Or the actor's face with tracking marks, or a dummy stand in.

[Highland]

Full CG face is a potential deal breaker for me. Bad feeling.... 

[426Buddy]

I think if done right like D9 a cgi face could be great.

Not sure why it would be a deal breaker imo. Personally I think this predator looks awesome from what I've seen.

[Highland]

I think if done right like D9 a cgi face could be great.

Not sure why it would be a deal breaker imo. Personally I think this predator looks awesome from what I've seen.

Mandibles under the mask, absolutely, it'll bring life to the suit. Full close up face reveal...The predator is a prop, always has been. It'll have them dead eyes , imperfections.

Straight to streaming I'm thinking the budget wasn't incredible.

I'll give the benefit of the doubt, but if you're asking me puppet vs CG it's not even a contest.

One thing, it'll clear up the mandible problem, but potentially creates a worse problem. Especially if they start animating the dreds etc.

Fingers crossed.

[The Shuriken]

Good shot of the mandible placement in the new tv spot. Not my capture, but I wanted to bring it here.



In the footage you can see them moving. They hug the sides or the face, no X shape closed formation. Definitely not what I was hoping for. But whatever. This was an inevitability.

[BlueMarsalis79]

It was not meant to go straight to streaming initially, budget's probably decent enough.

[Master]

So, the monster has elecrtomagnetic crossbow insted of plasmacaster. Cool, definitely cool looking. I wonder if P2 Pred had the same!

[BigDaddyJohn]

So, the monster has elecrtomagnetic crossbow insted of plasmacaster. Cool, definitely cool looking. I wonder if P2 Pred had the same!

Considering every hand held weapon (net gun, combistick) is still visible while City Hunter is cloaked in P2, and when firing the spear thing nothing is seen, I'd say it's something different, probably wrist mounted.

[Corporal Hicks]

"Most of it is practical and some of it is CG. I'm not someone who thinks CG is awful and I fetishize practical effects and suit work. Oftentimes, I feel pulled out of the movie when I see the man in that suit as much as I've been pulled out of a movie when I feel the artifice and digitally recreated creature or effect. I really wanted to combine both thoughts and mainly rely on the practical suit, but enhance key moments with visual effects, like his calf muscles. Sometimes the hands are changing or you see a throat throbbing."

https://freshfiction.tv/interview-how-prey-went-from-an-innovative-idea-to-a-meaningful-movie/

That's actually really interesting considerations. I hadn't really thought about any of those kind of movements or adjustments before.

[Xerxész]

Considering every hand held weapon (net gun, combistick) is still visible while City Hunter is cloaked in P2, and when firing the spear thing nothing is seen, I'd say it's something different, probably wrist mounted.

The new speargun is handheld, not wrist mounted. This can be clearly seen in proper aspect ratio TV spot.

[Doomofman]

"Most of it is practical and some of it is CG. I'm not someone who thinks CG is awful and I fetishize practical effects and suit work. Oftentimes, I feel pulled out of the movie when I see the man in that suit as much as I've been pulled out of a movie when I feel the artifice and digitally recreated creature or effect. I really wanted to combine both thoughts and mainly rely on the practical suit, but enhance key moments with visual effects, like his calf muscles. Sometimes the hands are changing or you see a throat throbbing."

https://freshfiction.tv/interview-how-prey-went-from-an-innovative-idea-to-a-meaningful-movie/

That's actually really interesting considerations. I hadn't really thought about any of those kind of movements or adjustments before.

Hopefully it blends well. A mix of practical and CG can be fine but if it doesn't blend it's a bit jarring

[Kailem]

Blade 2 did an amazing job of blending practical effects with CG-enhanced jaws and mandibles, so it's definitely an effect that can work really well:



From the quote Hicks posted especially, it certainly sound like we're going to be getting "CG touch-ups" here and there rather than just a straight split of "CG for the cloaked Pred, practical for everything else" that we've seen before.

[BigDaddyJohn]

Considering every hand held weapon (net gun, combistick) is still visible while City Hunter is cloaked in P2, and when firing the spear thing nothing is seen, I'd say it's something different, probably wrist mounted.

The new speargun is handheld, not wrist mounted. This can be clearly seen in proper aspect ratio TV spot.

I was talking about what City Hunter have in P2. 

[PredatorvsAliens]

wasent wolf cg too in that one shot on his home planet ?
if that's the case i dont really mind it because they know they can never get the face right pratical
but when using cg if that's the case
i dont really mind it.

dont get me wrong pratical all the way but if they cannot get it right im ok with the CG.

[BigDaddyJohn]

God I can't wait for the scene where the bone mask of Feral is shattered by a tomahawk and reveals the true mask under it.