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because of the arch approach
she takes to the scenes.
:05:14
This happens to be my beautiful wife,
Genie Francis, as the newscaster.
:05:22
Our two heroes here,
Brady Corbet and Soren Fulton,
:05:27
make up two-thirds of the team
that the movie is built around.
:05:35
We cast in America for the three kids
:05:37
and we saw over 3,000 actors
and ended up with these three wonderful leads.
:05:43
Here, we see the work of Framestore
for the first time.
:05:46
Framestore, the visual effects house,
who did all of our 680 opticals.
:05:54
Most significantly, I think, these spaceships
are all computer generated
:05:59
and the lighting, the texture,
the interaction with the water,
:06:04
the waves, the lightning,
I think is quite phenomenal actually.
:06:13
We started in preproduction with them,
:06:16
designing the movement, the colours
and the shape of the ships.
:06:21
Our producers, Mark Huffam and Tim Bevan,
:06:25
wisely decided that,
contrary to the way things are usually done,
:06:31
the art department
and the visual effects department
:06:34
would be housed in the same building
and start on the film at the same time.
:06:39
So that, in preproduction,
:06:41
we were able to collaborate, as I mentioned,
:06:45
on the design, movement, colour, size, scope
:06:49
of all the five Thunderbirds,
:06:52
which are characters
in the picture as much as these actors are,
:06:56
and FAB 1, which is Lady Penelope's car.