Comments on: Dufflepuds to be entirely Computer Generated?

By: Charlie Bushong

Charlie Bushong — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:25:17 +0000

I think that a partial CG Dufflepud will be work perfectly fine.

By: Lily_of_Archenland

Lily_of_Archenland — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:24:43 +0000

Wait… does this mean we have a tentative Dufflepud actor? Or was he just helping run tests? I’m confused.

By: Reepicheep, Knight of Narnia

Reepicheep, Knight of Narnia — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:13:37 +0000

I like what they did with Mr. Tumnus. I think the same sort of method would be cool for the Dufflepuds. I image that being a partially CG animated character is probably more fun for the actors than a full CG creature.

By: iluv_skandi

iluv_skandi — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:51:56 +0000

hope they don’t look fake. as long as they look better then video game quality (they won’t be that bad i know) i am fine…..

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:22:37 +0000

The entry has been removed from Ravitz’s resume, following the pattern of quickly-vanishing concept art and storyboards.

I always assumed “small” dufflepuds would be fully-CGI, but if the characters were larger, they’d be half-and-half human/CGI, like Tumnus.

Isn’t Jim Rygiel was the senior VFX supervisor on VDT? IMDb lists them both. Interesting.

By: Paul Martin

Paul Martin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:45:27 +0000

Yep, that’s what I was thinking as well. It’s good to see that someone agrees with my position on this.

By: glumPuddle

glumPuddle — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:10:43 +0000

I think green screen tests clearly imply that they are experimenting with the Tumnus method. If they were doing 100% CGI characters, there wouldn’t be any need for green screen.