SCI-FI Wire have published another mini-article on the second Transformers Movie, this time after talking to the Visual-Effected supervisor and Second-unit director of the first live action Transformers Moive, Scott Farrar.
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Scott Farrar, visual-effects supervisor and second-unit director of Michael Bay's Transformers, told SCI FI Wire that the recently announced sequel will be more ambitious visually.
"We want to improve on some of the processes that we did,"
Ferrar said in an interview at Industrial Light & Magic in San
Francisco, where the film's transforming robots were created. "I think
what we're going to do is get faster and know our problems sooner and
quicker. And then, of course, I know Michael's always thinking about
new, crazy actions. And we're open to that."
After discussing the monumental task of creating the effects
for the first film, Farrar groaned and fell off his chair in jest when
asked about the sequel, which was announced last week with an
anticipated release date of June 26, 2009.
"It's a circus, and they're going to raise the tight-wire
walker a little bit higher next time," he said. "But it's all going to
be dramatic. I think the commitment is not to just chuck out a sequel.
The commitment is—and this makes us really happy here—that it's a deep
story. There are lots of layers to the story of all these Decepticons,
everybody. And so they want to really keep the characters rich."
Farrar added that the filmmakers plan to use the techniques
and technology they learned on the first film to make the second even
better. "It was difficult and, I think, laborious and I think we
learned a lot by the end," he said. "I think we've learned a lot about
lighting, and I think we can go to much moodier lighting. Lots of
things. It'll be improved."
Transformers will be released on DVD and HD DVD Oct. 16."
The original report can be found here.
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